The RAF and Aircraft Design - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The RAF and Aircraft Design write by Colin S Sinnott. This book was released on 2014-05-22. The RAF and Aircraft Design available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work examines the evolution of the RAF's operational requirements for its home defence air force - for bombers to mount a deterrent counter offensive and for fighters to provide direct defence of Britain. It discusses the management processes, policies and decisions relevant to operational requirements on the basis of a detailed study of Air Ministry papers of the time. By tracing the development of operational requirements, the author exposes the thinking behind the RAF's quest for effective fighter and bomber aircraft. He describes the ideas and concepts of air warfare that were adopted in the 1920s, and shows how these evolved into the Air Staff's requirements for the aircraft which the RAF entered and fought in World War II.
The RAF and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939
The RAF and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The RAF and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939 write by Colin Sinnott. This book was released on 2001. The RAF and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work describes the vitl role of the Air Ministry in the development of the RAF's fighters and bombers before WWII.
Unflinching Zeal
Unflinching Zeal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unflinching Zeal write by Robin Higham. This book was released on 2012-09-15. Unflinching Zeal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This consequential work by a pioneer aviation historian fills a significant lacuna in the story of the defeat of France in May-June 1940 and more fully explains the Battle of Britain of July–October of that year and the influence it had on the Luftwaffe in the 1941 invasion of the USSR. Robin Higham approaches the subject by sketching the story and status of the three air forces--the Armée de l’Air, the Luftwaffe, and the Royal Air Force--their organization and preparation for their battles. He then dissects the the campaigns, their losses and replacement policies and abilities. He paints the struggles of France and Britain from both the background provided by his recent Two Roads to War: From Versailles to Dunkirk (NIP, 2012) and from the details of losses tabulated by After the Battle’s The Battle of Britain (1982, 2nd ed.) and Peter Cornwell’s The Battle of France Then and Now (2007), as well as in Paul Martin’s Invisible Vainqueurs (1990) and from the Luftwaffe summaries in the British National Archives Cabinet papers. One important finding is that the consumption and wastage was not nearly as high as claimed. The three air forces actually shot down only 19 percent of the number claimed. In the RAF case, in the summer of 1940, 44 percent of those shot down were readily repairable thanks to the salvage and repair organizations. This contrasted with the much lower 8 percent for the Germans and zero for the French. Brave as the aircrews may have been, the inescapable conclusion is that awareness of consumption, wastage, and sustainability were intimately connected to survival.
Sustaining Air Power
Sustaining Air Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sustaining Air Power write by Trevor Stone. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Sustaining Air Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Draws on 25 years of original and exhaustive researchRichly illustrated with many previously unpublished photographsContent and style will appeal to a wide readership The Royal Air Force is the world’s oldest independent air arm, yet little has been written about its logistics. This ground-breaking book, which draws on 25 years of original archival research, opens the hangar door on this highly important discipline that has been at the forefront of supporting British air power since 1918. Written by a former senior RAF logistics officer and supplemented by material from veterans and currently serving military personnel, Sustaining Air Power: Royal Air Force Logistics since 1918 explores the fascinating development of RAF logistics. This journey, just short of a century, explores the inter-war years, Second World War, Cold War and the major campaigns the service has been involved in since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990. The main narrative ends in 2014 with the RAF’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Dedicated chapters consider the more specialist aspects of logistics such as tactical and expeditionary logistics, fuels and explosives, transport, training, information technology and how the RAF has managed its extensive supply chain. Richly illustrated, its content and style will appeal to a wide readership.
Rearming the RAF for the Second World War
Rearming the RAF for the Second World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rearming the RAF for the Second World War write by Adrian Phillips. This book was released on 2022-07-28. Rearming the RAF for the Second World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When the RAF rearmed to meet the growing threat from Nazi Germany's remorseless expansion in the late 1930s, it faced immense challenges. It had to manage a huge increase in size as well as mastering rapid advances in aviation technology. To protect Britain from attack, the RAF's commanders had to choose the right strategy and the right balance in its forces. The choices had to be made in peacetime with no guidance from combat experience. These visions then had to be translated into practical reality. A shifting cast of government ministers, civil servants and industrialists with their own financial, political and military agendas brought further dynamics into play. The RAF's readiness for war was crucial to Britain's ability to respond to Nazi aggression before war broke out and when it did, the RAF's rearmament was put to the acid test of battle. Adrian Phillips uses the penetrating grasp of how top level decisions are made that he honed in his inside accounts of the abdication crisis and appeasement, to dissect the process which shaped the RAF of 1940. He looks beyond the familiar legends of the Battle of Britain and explores in depth the successes and failures of a vital element in British preparations for war.
