GARDINER, IAN.

The Flatpack Bombers. The Royal Navy & the Zeppelin Menace.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2009. 1848840713. 1st edition. "Thiis 'menace', which no aircraft could match, spurred the British government into creating the Royal Flying Corps. It also led Winston Churchill and the Royal Navy to set about bombing these airships on the ground in 1914. Thus it was that the Royal Naval Air Service, with IKEA-style flatpack aeroplanes, pioneered strategic bombing which led to the Blitz and the massive raids on Germany and Japan in the Second World War.." 24cms x 16cms x 2cms. Pp.xii/163, 16 pages of black & white photo illustrations + 3 maps, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Black boards, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 51000

Catalogue: Military: : Navy

Keywords: Ian Gardiner Signed Flatpack Bombers Royal Navy Zeppelin Raids World War One Dusseldorf Friedrichscafen Cuxhaven Aircraft Carrier 52431 Military: : Navy

MASEFIELD, JOHN.

Sea Life in Nelson's Time.

London: Sphere Books, 1972. "Masefield's book was the first of its kind and though there have been many similar books since it was first published in 1905, it remains the most comprehensive introduction to the subject. It is not only a sicial study of te officers and men, how they were paid, fed and punished, but it also contains an excellent account of the technology of the period - the ships and guns and the way in which they were sailed and fought." 25cms x 19.5cms. Pp.xii/105, 16 colour plates. Green cloth with colour laminated illustrations pasted to front and rear boards. G+.

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Book number: 49978

Catalogue: Military: : Navy

Keywords: John Masefield Sea Life Nelson Ship Design Rigging Decks Guns Carronades Officers Captain Midshipmen Surgeon Boys Kings Allowance Grog Punishments Cat Flogging Fleet Navy History 51485 Military: : Navy