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Author | : James Davilla |
Publisher | : Flying Machines Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781891268090 |
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This is the full story behind some of the most important Allied aircraft of WWI. More than 950 rare photos and 25 pages of color plates document all 400 French planes that were the mainstay of Allied air power. Three-view drawings in standard scales (1/48 and 1/72) are perfect for modelers and artists. Includes operational details and orders of battle.
Author | : Vital Ferry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-01-31 |
Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
ISBN | : 9782352503705 |
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During the cradle of aviation, at the beginning of the Great War, France had access to only a few dozen military aircraft, with a staff who didn't quite know what to do with them. However, during the course of the conflict, the embryonic Air Force, dedicated to the creation of reconnaissance and bombing missions, evolved like wildfire to the point that by the Armistice of 11 November 1918, French military aviation had become one of the world's most powerful as a result of the construction of 10,000 aircraft spread throughout nearly 300 squadrons. Having became the first nation equipped with an air force, the French aviation industry in its infancy before the war, had been able to produce in four years 50,000 aircraft, may of which would go on to support a number of her allies, including Britain, Russia and especially the United States. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of the French Air Force from 1914 to 1918 through a historical narrative peppered with anecdotes and illustrated with many unpublished pictures from the period and profiles of the most iconic devices. The work is complete with full specifications of aircraft built and used by France during the four years of the Great War.
Author | : Ian Sumner |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526701812 |
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The French air force of the First World War developed as fast as the British and German air forces, yet its history, and the enormous contribution it made to the eventual French victory, is often forgotten. So Ian Sumner's photographic history, which features almost 200 images, most of which have not been published before, is a fascinating and timely introduction to the subject. The fighter pilots, who usually dominate perceptions of the war in the air, play a leading role in the story, in particular the French aces, the small group of outstanding airmen whose exploits captured the publics imagination. Their fame, though, tends to distract attention from the ordinary unremembered airmen who formed the body of the air force throughout the war years. Ian Sumner tells their story too, as well as describing in a sequence of memorable photographs the less well-known branches of the service the bomber and reconnaissance pilots and the variety of primitive warplanes they flew.
Author | : André Jouineau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9782915239492 |
Download French Aircraft 1939-1942: Dewoitine to Potez Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Thanks to this second volume, every single one of France's combat aircraft (fighters, bombers and recce aircraft) in the early years of W.W.II is now offered to the international audience, including the lesser known types. Each type is featured with an historical text, period photographs and color profiles.
Author | : Alain J. Pelletier |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : Bombers |
ISBN | : 9780897474580 |
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French Bombers of WW II (SC). Provides an highly detailed look at the various bombers used by France and the areas in which they operated. Includes full color artwork/ profiles, insignia, technical data, & numerous B&W photos.
Author | : John McIntosh Bruce |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mark C. Wilkins |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-08-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781636241449 |
Download French Fighter Aircraft in World War I Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A fully illustrated examination of the design and manufacture of French fighter aircraft through World War I.
Author | : Jack Herris |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781906626662 |
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Illustrated with detailed artworks of combat aircraft and their markings, 'The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of WWI' is a comprehensive study of the aircraft that fought in the Great War of 1914–18. Arranged chronologically by theater of war and campaign, this book offers a complete organizational breakdown of the units on all the fronts, including the Eastern and Italian Fronts. Each campaign includes a compact history of the role and impact of aircraft on the course of the conflict, as well as orders of battle, lists of commanders and campaign aces such as Manfred von Richtofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Albert Ball and many more.
Author | : Greg Baughen |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2018-04-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download The Rise and Fall of the French Air Force Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
On 10 May 1940, the French possessed one of the largest air forces in the world. On paper, it was nearly as strong as the RAF. Six weeks later, France had been defeated. For a struggling French Army desperately looking for air support, the skies seemed empty of friendly planes. In the decades that followed, the debate raged. Were there unused stockpiles of planes? Were French aircraft really so inferior? Baughen examines the myths that surround the French defeat. He explains how at the end of the First World War, the French had possessed the most effective air force in the world, only for the lessons learned to be forgotten. Instead, air policy was guided by radical theories that predicted air power alone would decide future wars. Baughen traces some of the problems back to the very earliest days of French aviation. He describes the mistakes and bad luck that dogged the French efforts to modernise their air force in the twenties and thirties. He examines how decisions made just months before the German attack further weakened the air force. Yet defeat was not inevitable. If better use had been made of the planes that were available, the result might have been different.
Author | : Mark C. Wilkins |
Publisher | : Casemate |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2021-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612008828 |
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"Go buy this book right now. It is rare that ISD gives an instant five-star rating to any new volume, but Mark C. Wilkins' British Fighter Aircraft in World War I is a rare book." — Indy Squadron Dispatch World War I witnessed unprecedented growth and innovation in aircraft design, construction, and as the war progressed—mass production. Each country generated its own innovations sometimes in surprising ways—Albatros Fokker, Pfalz, and Junkers in Germany and Nieuport, Spad, Sopwith and Bristol in France and Britain. This book focuses on the British approach to fighter design, construction, and mass production. Initially the French led the way in Allied fighter development with their Bleriot trainers then nimble Nieuport Scouts—culminating with the powerful, fast gun platforms as exemplified by the Spads. The Spads had a major drawback however, in that they were difficult and counter-intuitive to fix in the field. The British developed fighters in a very different way; Tommy Sopwith had a distinctive approach to fighter design that relied on lightly loaded wings and simple functional box-girder fuselages. His Camel was revolutionary as it combined all the weight well forward; enabling the Camel to turn very quickly—but also making it an unforgiving fighter for the inexperienced. The Royal Aircraft Factory’s SE5a represented another leap forward with its comfortable cockpit, modern instrumentation, and inline engine—clearly influenced by both Spads and German aircraft. Each manufacturer and design team vied for the upper hand and deftly and quickly appropriated good ideas from other companies—be they friend or foe. Developments in tactics and deployment also influenced design—from the early reconnaissance planes, to turn fighters, finally planes that relied upon formation tactics, speed, and firepower. Advances were so great that the postwar industry seemed bland by comparison.