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Product Identifiers
PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-100764321315
ISBN-139780764321313
eBay Product ID (ePID)44169010
Product Key Features
Book TitleBritain's Fleet Air Arm in World War II
Number of Pages312 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / World War I
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorRon Mackay
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height8.6 in
Item Weight70.5 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-108884
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal940.54/5941
SynopsisThe 'Air Branch' of the Royal Navy that was to carve its name into maritime history as the Fleet Air Arm faced an 'orphan' existence up to 1937 when the Admiralty, having handed over control in 1918 to the RAF, resumed charge of its aviators. The Force was poorly equipped and dangerously short of qualified personnel with which to effectively challenge its Axis adversaries, and suffered accordingly in the initial stages of World War II. The provision of superior carrier aircraft designs (primarily from the U.S. Grumman and Chance-Vought companies), and a similar whole-sale expansion in Fleet and Escort carriers (most of the latter supplied from American shipyards), as well as the personnel with which to operate the warships and aircraft ensured that by 1943 the Fleet Air Arm was an all-round, efficient Force capable of independent combat operations in all the major War Zones right up to VJ-Day.
LC Classification NumberD786.M176 2005
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