Aviation in Canada: Fighter Pilots and Observers, 1915-1939
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***Hardcover book***
This is a beautifully produced coffee table-size book. Solid Canadian history from start to finish, this authoritative book revives a key theme in Canada’s aviation heritage in a landmark year – the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
This is a book similar to an encyclopedia of Canadian aviation interspersed with vignettes of pilot exploits. From just before the First World War to the start of Second World War, the authors are keen to present the historical development, use and implementation of aircraft. The impact of aviation cannot be diminished in its application during wartime. In this volume, the authors present a succession of aircraft progressing in development and men promoting tactics to obtain the best outcomes in each engagement in the air or ground support during The Great War. Additionally, Milberry and Halliday add significantly to the book with snippets of pilot aerial engagements, ground support and balloon busting. And the authors finish with the increasingly important Canadian efforts to modernize aviation between the wars.
