Author: GARDINER, IAN.
Title: The Flatpack Bombers. The Royal Navy & the Zeppelin Menace.
Description: 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.

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


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