| Description |
1 online resource (122 pages) |
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Vintage aviation library ; 22 |
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Vintage aviation library ; 22
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| Contents |
FRONTCOVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1. EARLY DAYS; CHAPTER 2. HENDON AND CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL; CHAPTER 3. WAR!; CHAPTER 4. STIRRING DAYS; CHAPTER 5. THE MARNE AND AISNE BATTLES; CHAPTER 6. WE MOVE TO BELGIUM; CHAPTER 7. THE YPRES AND LOOS BATTLES; CHAPTER 8. NO. 6 SQUADRON; CHAPTER 9. THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES; CHAPTER 10. GORDON SHEPHERD; CHAPTER 11. NO. 12 SQUADRON; CHAPTER 12. MY FIRST COMMAND; CHAPTER 13. GUNNERY; CHAPTER 14. UPAVON AND LINCOLN; CHAPTER 15. THE 80TH WING; CHAPTER 16. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRONS; CHAPTER 17. SQUADRONS, FIGHTS AND RAIDS |
| Summary |
This candid WWI memoir takes readers inside the cockpit with an RAF officer on the Western Front from the outbreak the Great War until its end in 1918. Louis Arbon Strange was at the Royal Air Force's Central Flying School when war broke out in 1914. He immediately reported to Royal Flying Corps headquarters and joined No. 5 Squadron. Strange remained on active duty throughout the war, serving his country over the Western Front from August of that year until the enemy's surrender. Strange transferred to No. 6 Squadron in 1915 and went on to form and command No. 23 Squadron. Due to illness, he did not accompany his squadron to France, but spent that time training others. He took charge of the Machine-Gun School at Hythe and other schools of aerial gunnery before returning to the Front. There he commanded the 23rd Wing and finally took command of the 80th Wing from June 1918 until the end of the war. As Strange chronicles his experiences, he provides unique insight into how and why the Allied airmen eventually prevailed |
| Notes |
CHAPTER 18. THE END OF ALL THATCHAPTER 19. REFIGHTING OLD BATTLES |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Air pilots, Military -- Great Britain -- Biography
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Air pilots, Military.
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Military operations, Aerial -- British.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612003870 |
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1612003877 |
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