PER ARDUA AD ASTRA: Seventy Years of The RFC and The RAF by Michael Donne

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA: Seventy Years of The RFC and The RAF

by Michael Donne
and Squadron Ldr Cynthia Fowler

DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0584110227
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Frederick Muller 1982
Size (mm): 205 w x 275 h x 20 d
Pages: 191
SKU: A4/2403/0365/K547

ABOUT
On 13th April 1912, the Royal Flying Corps was constituted by a Royal Warrant of King George V. This aerial fighting force emerged only just in time, for World War 1 erupted in August 1914.

This book tells the story of the RFC and the RAF in both words and pictures, from the earliest days of ballooning, through man-lifting kites and the earliest flimsy aircraft, to the supersonic Tornado multi-role combat aircraft of today.

Lavishly illustrated with archive photographs and many from private collections, some published here for the first time. This book will be of immense interest to historians and modellers and those with an interest in the history of aviation.

Illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images. Decorated end papers.

CONDITION
Immaculate, near new with only light shelf wear on dust jacket.

REMARKS
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