Ron Mackay

Britainâs Fleet Air Arm in World War II

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The 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 Am… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7643-2131-3
EAN: 9780764321313
Produktnummer: 21103671
Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Masse: H27.9 cm x B21.5 cm 2'000 g
Abbildungen: over 300 b/w photos, color aircraft profiles
Gewicht: 2000

Über den Autor

Ron Mackayâs interest in military aviation began during WWII. The local Coastal Command airfield at his birthplace of Wick, in northern Scotland, provided a wealth of British and American designs with which to stimulate his interest; postwar National Service with the RAF sustained that interest. A working knowledge of German has further extended his field of study into the Luftwaffe. To date, he has produced 25 books covering the aforementioned Allied and Axis Air Forces that include several co-authored projects; a further number are in the process of completion.