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Overview
The outbreak of World War I found the British Army's Royal Flying Corps with just over 200 fragile, unarmed reconnaissance aircraft, and a uniformed strength of just over 2,000 all ranks; the Royal Naval Air Service had some 50 seaplanes. By the Armistice of 1918 the unified Royal Air Force was the largest in the world, with about 22,650 aeroplanes - including a strategic bomber force - and 27,330 men operating from some 700 bases. This second in a two-part study covers RAF, WRAF and RAFNS uniforms from the unification of the service in April 1918; and the whole span of flying clothing during the Great War.
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- ISBN-13: 9781841760025
- ISBN-10: 1841760021
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
- Publish Date: March 2001
- Dimensions: 9.74 x 7.28 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.42 pounds
- Page Count: 48
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