The RFC/RNAS Handbook, 1914-1918

The RFC/RNAS Handbook, 1914-1918 PDF Author: Peter G. Cooksley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Get Book

Book Description
In the late 19th century, aviation was dismissed by some military personnel as a waste of time. But, by 1912 the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) had been formed, combining the Air Battalion of the royal Engineers and the Naval Air Organization. Two years later, just one month before the outbreak of World War I, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was created as an idependent unit.