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Author : Frances Louise Wilkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781399062183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)
Download or read book The Royal Auxiliary Air Force written by Frances Louise Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leslie Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780855111106
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Twenty-one Squadrons written by Leslie Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om reserveenhederne (Auxiliary Air Force) i det engelske flyvevåben.
Author : Frances Louise Wilkinson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526751054
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Air Force written by Frances Louise Wilkinson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What is almost certainly the definitive account of the Auxiliary Air Force, the Special Reserve and the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.” —Paul Nixon, Army Ancestry Research To date, little has been written about the Territorial Air Force as a voluntary military organization and no sustained analysis of its recruitment and social composition undertaken. Made up of three different parts, the Auxiliary Air Force, the Special Reserve and the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, these three separate and different groups have not featured significantly in existing literature. Along with a history of the Territorial Air Force, this book includes an analysis of how the volunteers joined, and what kinds of men were accepted into the organizations as both pilots and officers. The influences class and social status had on recruitment in the run up to the Second World War are also discussed. There is an exploration of the key differences between the Auxiliary squadrons and the SR squadrons, as well as the main reasons for the idea of merging the SR squadrons into the AAF squadrons. Briefly discussed are the newly formed University Air Squadrons that were set up to promote “air mindedness” and to stimulate an interest and research on matters aeronautical. Military voluntarism continued to play a key role in the defense of twentieth-century Britain, and class ceased to be the key determining factor in the recruitment of officers as the organizations faced new challenges. Within both the AAF and the RAFVR the pre-war impression of a gentlemen’s flying club finally gave way to a more meritocratic culture in the post-war world.
Author : Patrick Bishop
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007433166
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two – Spearhead of Victory written by Patrick Bishop and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its existence – the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the nation from defeat then led the advance to victory. A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Author : Ian Piper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780952951612
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (516 download)
Download or read book "605" written by Ian Piper and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm Hobart
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178346903X
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Badges and Uniforms of the Royal Air Force written by Malcolm Hobart and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the relatively short yet highly distinguished history of the Royal Air Force there has been a tendency for the men and women of the Service to be overshadowed by the glamour of the aircraft.Nonetheless it is surprising that there has never before been a complete record of the uniforms and badges of the RAF and its predecessor, the Royal Flying Corps. Malcolm Hobart and Pen and Sword Books have cooperated to rectify this serious omission with this superbly color illustrated and comprehensive collector's guide. Badges of rank and trade are all depicted not only for the flying arms but for ground staff. This valuable addition to our Collector series also covers the RAF Reserves and Auxiliary Service, Air Training Corps and the Royal Observer Corps.
Author : Frances Louise Wilkinson
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 9781526797995
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (979 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Air Force written by Frances Louise Wilkinson and published by Air World. This book was released on 2023-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, little has been written about the Territorial Air Force as a voluntary military organization and no sustained analysis of its recruitment and social composition undertaken. Made up of three different parts, the Auxiliary Air Force, the Special Reserve and the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, these three separate and different groups have not featured significantly in existing literature. Current historiography of the AAF and SR is dominated by the experiences of Nos. 600 and 601 Squadrons, which were based in London, and presents a popular image of a gentlemen's flying club, while that of the RAFVR presents an image of a much more egalitarian institution, intended to be a citizens' air force. This book will present the history of the Territorial Air Force from its creation in the early 1920s until 1957. It will consider the ideas behind the formation of two different types of reserve for the RAF and it will examine the way in which men were recruited for the three different groups. Woven throughout the text will be an analysis of how the volunteers joined, and what kinds of men were accepted into the organizations as both pilots and officers. It will also analyze the influences class and social status had on recruitment in the run up to the Second World War. It will explore the key differences between the Auxiliary squadrons and the SR squadrons, as well as the main reasons for the idea of merging the SR squadrons into the AAF squadrons. It will briefly discuss the newly formed University Air Squadrons which were set up to promote "air mindedness" and to stimulate an interest and research on matters aeronautical. Military voluntarism continued to play a key role in the defense of twentieth-century Britain, but the underlying tensions and weaknesses associated with a class-based voluntary culture meant that the TAF had to change in response to new pressures. Class ceased to be the key determining factor in the recruitment of officers as the organizations faced new challenges. Within both the AAF and the RAFVR the pre-war impression of a gentlemen's flying club finally gave way to a more meritocratic culture in the post-war world.
Author : Royal Air Force Personnel Management Agency
Publisher : Stationery Office/Tso
ISBN 13 : 9780117730229
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Air Force List written by Royal Air Force Personnel Management Agency and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual publication provides details of serving officers, warrant officers and master aircrew of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Air Force Reserve, and the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. This edition is corrected to include officers serving in the Ministry of Defence and Command Headquarters as of 1 July 2004, and includes later appointments where known. It also gives details of Battle Honours of the RAF Squadrons. The Royal Air Force Retired List is published separately.
Author : Philip Congdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Per Ardua Ad Astra written by Philip Congdon and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En håndbog med oplysninger om alle sider af RAF herunder enheder opstået inden for RAF samt RAF relationer til andre lande.
Author : Robin J. Brooks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905270548
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Kent's Own written by Robin J. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Probert
Publisher : Potomac Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten Air Force written by Henry Probert and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2. Verdenskrig. Beretning om RAF's deltagelse i krigen i Sydøstasien og i Stillehavet.
Author : Ian Piper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780952951605
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (516 download)
Download or read book "We Never Slept" written by Ian Piper and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Buckley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019251895X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book The Royal Air Force written by John Buckley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1918, the Royal Air Force became the first major independent air force in the world. Formed to serve a strategic need in the most intensive war that Britain had then fought, the RAF continued in the inter-war era to play a key role in the political and diplomatic world, and in defending the Empire. During the Second World War, the RAF was pivotal in defending Britain from invasion in the Battle of Britain, and then in leading the assault on the Axis powers, most notably through the contentious bomber offensive against Germany. In the post-war world, the RAF adapted and developed into a force to meet the needs of the United Kingdom during the Cold War, the retreat from Empire, and most recently in the move to coalition warfare against low intensity threats, all against a backdrop of diminishing resources and shifting priorities. This is the story of the RAF over the first century of its existence: how it has confronted the many challenges and threats it has faced — from the Luftwaffe in 1940, through the spectre of nuclear holocaust in the Cold War, to the fight against terrorism in the 21st century — and how it has contributed to the defence of the United Kingdom throughout that period.
Author : Robin J. Brooks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781553220
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Kent's Own written by Robin J. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Shrieking from the clouds, the Stukas achieved the measure of surprise they needed. The accuracy of the raid was good. Every runway was hit, the length of them just bomb craters, rock and earth. Fires were started in all the hangers eventually spreading to enormous proportions. As the operations room disappeared in one large explosion, the Station Commander fell dead with a piece of jagged concrete driven straight through his skull...' 500 Squadron was formed in 1930 at Manston in Kent. Initially recruited from Kent men and women, it became an international in character when war broke out with Battle Honours are the English Channel and North Sea, Dunkirk, Biscay Ports, Atlantic, North Africa, the Mediterranean and Italy. In peacetime, it won the coveted Cooper and Esher Trophy twice for the best performance in the auxiliary squadrons. Sadly, it fell victim to defence cuts in 1957 when all auxiliary squadrons were disbanded. The squadron may have disappeared from the Royal Air Force Order of Battle, but it will never be forgotten. Its history lies in the annals of the service and the fact that the Old Comrades Association of 500 Squadron hold an annual reunion at their ancestral home, RAF Manston in Kent.
Author : Royal Air Force Personnel Management Agency
Publisher : Stationery Office/Tso
ISBN 13 : 9780117730380
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Air Force List 2006 written by Royal Air Force Personnel Management Agency and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was the last list to be published by TSO. Enquiries should be directed to: Air Mann Sec Coord, Hurricane Block, ACGQ, RAF High Wycombe, Naphill, Bucks HP14 4UE
Author : Tom Killebrew
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574411691
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book The Royal Air Force in Texas written by Tom Killebrew and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the outbreak of World War II, British RAF officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather. In the USA, six civilian flight schools dedicated themselves to instructing RAF pilots. Tom Killebrew explores the history of the Terrell Aviation School.
Author : Great Britain. Air Force Department. Air Historical Branch
Publisher : H.M. Stationery Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Royal Air Force Builds for War written by Great Britain. Air Force Department. Air Historical Branch and published by H.M. Stationery Office. This book was released on 1997 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text looks at the less glamorous war efforts such as constructing Nissan huts, airfields and sewage disposal schemes in Middle Wallop, conducting bomb trials in Orfordness, devising mud hut officers' messes in Nigeria and carved out caves in Massawa. This is a facsimile edition of a declassified Royal Air Force publication entitled Works. It is an engineer's history of the work of the Air Ministry Directorate-General from 1935 to 1945, and a technical paper on ten years of constructional work.
