000 03863cam a2200433Mi 4500
001 ocn881887677
003 OCoLC
005 20240624140349.0
006 m o d
007 cr |n|||||||||
008 140628s2006 xx o 000 0 eng d
020 _a9781783838103
020 _a1783838108
029 1 _aAU@
_b000055990348
029 1 _aDEBBG
_bBV044069002
035 _a(OCoLC)881887677
040 _aEBLCP
_beng
_epn
_cEBLCP
_dOCLCQ
_dZCU
_dMERUC
_dICG
_dOCLCF
_dOCLCQ
_dDKC
_dOCLCO
_dOCLCQ
_dOCLCO
_dOCLCQ
_dOCLCO
_dOCLCL
043 _ae-uk---
050 4 _aUG635.G7
_b.Ai7
100 1 _aPhilpott, Ian.
245 1 4 _aThe Royal Air Force - Volume 2 :
_ban Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years 1930-1939.
260 _aHavertown :
_bPen and Sword,
_c2006.
300 _a1 online resource (536 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
505 0 _aCover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART I Operations and Training; Chapter 1 The Failure of Disarmament, 1930 to 1932; Chapter 2 The Rise of the Dictators, 1933 to 1936; Chapter 3 The Prelude to War, 1937 to 1939; Chapter 4 RAF Operations, 1930 to 1939; PART II The Anatomy; Chapter 5 Aircraft, Weapons and Defence Systems -- Procurement and Development; Chapter 6 The RAF at Sea; Chapter 7 RAF Stations, Airfields and Other Establishments; Chapter 8 Support Services, Technical and Supply; Chapter 9 Personnel.
505 8 _aChapter 10 Air Doctrine, the Air Ministry and CommandChapter 11 The Royal Air Force and Government; Appendices; A Aircraft Technical Specifications in the 1930s; B Squadron Locations, 1918-39; C Pilot Training Courses at RAF Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools, United Kingdom, 31 August 1939; D Non-Pilot Aircrew Training at RAF Elementary and Reserve Flying Training Schools, United Kingdom, 31 August 1939; E Administrative Arrangements for the 1931 Schneider Trophy Competition; F Order of Battle of the RAF, 3 September 1939.
505 8 _aG Military and Civil Aircraft Tested at A & EE Martlesham Heath in the 1930sH Pilots on the Strength of Fighter, Fleet Spotter and Reconnaissance Flights of the Fleet Air Arm; I RAF Stations by Commands, 1938, and Forming/Re-forrning of RAF Squadrons on Stations; J RAF Apprentice Entries During the 1930s; K The Various Home and Tropical Officers' Uniforms, 1939; L Members of the Air Council in the 1930s; Bibliography; Index.
520 _aVolume II of this mammoth reference work covers the years in which the League of Nations failed because of the emerging dictatorships in Germany and Italy and the expansionist policies adopted by Japan. Britain was still reeling from the consequences of World War I and the RAF was sadly far behind the other major world powers in aircraft design, still relying on bi-planes that were direct descendants of World War I thinking. It gradually became apparent that, despite UK government dithering, the RAF needed to develop new aircraft, engines and increase production to confront the bully-boy tacti.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bRoyal Air Force
_xHistory
_y20th century.
648 7 _a1900-1999
_2fast
758 _ihas work:
_aThe Trenchard years, 1918 to 1929 The Royal Air Force Volume I (Text)
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFWc7fBhbymGfTg3P9V4hd
_4https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aPhilpott, Ian.
_tRoyal Air Force - Volume 2 : An Encyclopedia of the Inter-War Years 1930-1939.
_dHavertown : Pen and Sword, �2006
_z9781844153916
856 4 0 _3ProQuest Ebook Central
_uhttps://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1718482
942 _2lcc
_cBK
_n0
948 _hNO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 504 OTHER HOLDINGS
999 _c735
_d735