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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
The history of military aviation
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History of military aviation.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Royal Flying Corps operations on the Western Front -- The Royal Flying Corps -- logistic system 1914-18 -- The supply of aircraft and aero-engines 1914-18 -- 1916: The Somme -- 1917: Arras and Third Ypres -- 1918: Logistics on the move -- Conclusions and enduring principles -- Appendix A: Logistic data -- Appendix B: Logistic units 1914-18. |
| Summary |
The Bridge to Air Power describes how the development of the air weapon on the Western Front during the First World War required a radical and unprecedented change in the way that national resources were employed to exploit a technological opportunity. By examining the performance of the Royal Flying Corps, and its successor the Royal Air Force #x96; the world's first independent air service #x96; it explains how logistic competence was the precondition for air superiority and the #x91;modern style of warfare' #x96; in the form of indirect, predicted artillery fire. The Royal Flying Corps was led by a new bre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- History.
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. |
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History. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Logistics -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British.
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| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Logistics support for Royal Flying Corps operations on the Western Front, 1914-18 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Dye, Peter. Bridge to airpower. Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2015] 9781612518398 (DLC) 2015012372 |
| ISBN |
9781612518404 (electronic book) |
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1612518400 (electronic book) |
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1612518397 |
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9781612518398 |
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9781612518398 (alkaline paper) |
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