COLE, CHRISTOPHER (ED.). - Royal Flying Corps 1915-1916.

London, William Kimber, 1969. 1st Edition. 8vo. 352 pp. illustrated in bl./w. 24 plates, hardcover with dust jacket. Index. Dust jacket with tears, binding good. World War I saw the birth of large-scale aerial warfare. Fighting in a new element with untried weapons, pilots had to learn their combat skills in the heat of the battle. Based on the pilots'own reports, the concise, factual terms of the weekly communiques tell a remarkable story of heroism and daring - an unrivalled contemporary record of Britain's achievements in her first experience of war in the air.