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ROYAL NAVY SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENTS 1912-1931

Written by Dick Cronin
Published by Air-Britain (historians) Ltd. in 1990
ISBN: 0851301657

ROYAL NAVY SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENTS 1912-1931
Written by Dick Cronin.
Stock no. 1828813
1st. 1990. Hardback. Large format. Very good condition.

Some aspects of early naval aviation at sea. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 384 pages. ISBN: 0851301657. Light fading to spine and rear board else a lovely copy.

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Front cover

Cover of ROYAL NAVY SHIPBOARD AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENTS 1912-1931 by Dick Cronin

Contents

  • CONTENTS PART I
  • I. Early Days Home Waters 1912-1917
  • II. Operational uses of platforms in cruisers, Home Waters 1917-1918
  • III. Turret ramps in capital ships, Home Waters 1917-1918
  • IV. Turret ramps in captial ships 1924-1931, Catapult trials 1911-1927
  • Appendix IA: Examples of aeroplanes embarked in ships of the Grand Fleet 1917-1918 with their serial numbers for cross reference pursposes
  • Appendix IB: Examples of aircrew borne in ships of the Grand Fleet on 2 September 1918
  • CONTENTS PART II
  • V. Seaplane operations East Mediterranean 1914 and East Africa 1915
  • VI. Anti-Zeppelin operations by seaplanes in Home Waters 1915-1916
  • VII. Early operations by Anne's and Raven II's seaplanes, East Mediterranean January-April 1915
  • VIII. Operations by Raven II's seaplanes April-July 1915
  • IX. Anne, returns to service, June-December 1915
  • X. Operations by Anne and Raven II January-May 1916, and Ben-my-Chree February 1916
  • XI. Operations by the three seaplane carriers of EI and ESS April-August 1916
  • XII. Further operations by the three seaplane carriers of EI and ESS August 1916-January 1917
  • XIII. Operations by Anne and Raven II Red Sea and Indian Ocean January-June 1917
  • XIV. Operations by Empress, East Mediterranean May-October 1917
  • XV. Operations by seaplanes of EI and ESS off Palestine, October-November 1917
  • XVI. Operations by City of Oxford, Red Sea February-March 1918
  • XVII. Seaplane operations from Laconia, Himalaya and Manica, East Africa April 1916-May 1917
  • XVIII. Seaplanes embarked briefly in ships on anti-submarine and anti-Zeppelin duties 1915-1918
  • XIX. Seaplane operations from Alader Youssanoff and Orlionoch, Caspian Sea 1919
  • XX. Tables of H.M. Ships operating or transporting seaplanes 1913-1920
  • Appendix IIA: Examples of seaplanes embarked in ships of EI and ESS 1915-1918 with their serial numbers for cross reference purposes
  • Appendix IIB: Aircrew of EI and ESS December 1914-January 1918, with Ships in which they served and dates on which they flew operationally from those ships.
  • Appendix IIC: Summary of operations by the five seaplane carriers of EI and ESS from January 1915 to February 1918
  • Appendix IID: Extracts from the diary of Flt Lt G.B. Dacre between January and August 1916
  • Appendix IIE: Administration of HM Ships Anne and Rave II from June 1915
  • Appendix IIF: Brief details of French warships operating with EI and ESS 1915-1917
  • Appendix IIG: Brief details of H.M. Ships comprising Caspian Flotilla 1919
  • Appendix IIH: Summary of seaplanes and pilots embarked in HM Ships engaged in anti-Zeppelin patrols in North Sea June 1915-July 1917
  • Sources
  • Drawings of representative aircraft
  • Additional illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Indices