The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Air War The Development of Aircraft During the War
RCC8006
Rise of the Fighter Aircraft, 1914-18
ISBN
0933852428
Purchase Price
£18.75 (second hand)
Date Purchased
November 24, 2020
Publisher
Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America (1984, Annapolis, Maryland)
Notes
This book examines the development of the fighter aircraft as a military weapon, stressing the interplay of technology, tactical thought, combat experience, and the emergence of a new breed of warrior - the fighter pilot. The book offers significant lessons to those concerned with military aviation in modern times. It covers all combatants in the war, and has a very full complement of images (presented in the book as "A Photographic Essay on the Evolution of the Fighter, 1914 - 1918").
0933852428
Purchase Price
£18.75 (second hand)
Date Purchased
November 24, 2020
Publisher
Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America (1984, Annapolis, Maryland)
Notes
This book examines the development of the fighter aircraft as a military weapon, stressing the interplay of technology, tactical thought, combat experience, and the emergence of a new breed of warrior - the fighter pilot. The book offers significant lessons to those concerned with military aviation in modern times. It covers all combatants in the war, and has a very full complement of images (presented in the book as "A Photographic Essay on the Evolution of the Fighter, 1914 - 1918").
