The R.F.C. in the Great War: Pilots, Organisation, Activities and Actions, 1914-18-The Royal Flying Corps in the War by "Wing Adjutant" & War in the Air Tales by A. G. Hales, H. Harper, M. Pemberton

Descriptions of the early days of British air power

This unique Leonaur book contains two accounts of aerial warfare during the First World War. The first describes the Royal Flying Corps from the perspective of one its senior officers. The topics covered include how the first pilots were drawn into the service and how they were trained to become flyers. On the battlefront, long reconnaissance operations, routine patrolling, artillery observation work, bombing and photography missions and ai...