Raf In Camera 1950s

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473859852

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This photographic record of the RAF during the 1950s looks set to appear widely. Featuring varied and dynamic visual representation throughout, the events of this important decade are enlivened to great effect. The 1950s was a pivotal decade in aviation for many reasons. The RAF were employed in a great number of post-WWII roles, and the beginning of the Cold War saw many advances in the field of developmental aviation. The early years of the decade saw the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II take place, and a variety of photographs taken at the Queen's Review flypast at RAF Oldham on the 15 July 1953 are arrayed here. Meteors, Sabres, Chipmunks, Canberras, Vulcans... the list goes on. A wide selection of action shots illustrate the impressive aesthetics of some of these aircraft in formation. Shots of aircraft utilised during the course of the Cold War also feature, as do highly intriguing photographs of the Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles, stored on Bomber Command bases towards the end of the decade. Each chapter focusses on a specific year, relaying all the most fascinating highlights. This is a colourful, insightful and image-packed history, told with narrative flair and a clear passion for the subject matter at hand.

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473827950

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RAF in Camera: 1950s by Keith Wilson Pdf

This photographic record of the RAF during the 1950s looks set to appear widely. Featuring varied and dynamic visual representation throughout, the events of this important decade are enlivened to great effect. ??The 1950s was a pivotal decade in aviation for many reasons. The RAF were employed in a great number of post-WWII roles, and the beginning of the Cold War saw many advances in the field of developmental aviation. The early years of the decade saw the Coronation of HRH Queen Elizabeth II take place, and a variety of photographs taken at the Queen's Review flypast at RAF Oldham on the 15 July 1953 are arrayed here. Meteors, Sabres, Chipmunks, Canberras, Vulcans... the list goes on. A wide selection of action shots illustrate the impressive aesthetics of some of these aircraft in formation. ??Shots of aircraft utilised during the course of the Cold War also feature, as do highly intriguing photographs of the Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles, stored on Bomber Command bases towards the end of the decade. Each chapter focusses on a specific year, relaying all the most fascinating highlights. This is a colourful, insightful and image-packed history, told with narrative flair and a clear passion for the subject matter at hand.

Author : KEITH WILSON
Publisher : Haynes Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0857333968

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RAF in Camera 1950-59 by KEITH WILSON Pdf

This volume (of what is hoped will become the first of a decade-by-decade series) covers the period 1951–60, which saw the RAF’s transition to the jet age. The photographs cover all kinds of aircraft-related activity, both at home and overseas, when the RAF still had many exotic foreign bases around the globe that made vivid and unusual settings against which to photograph its aircraft and personnel. This book will be part of the Haynes joint publishing program with the RAF and will bear the RAF’s official branding. The Air Historical Branch will be giving the book its full and enthusiastic support. The proposal is for a large-format full-color picture-led book with extended captions that showcases some of the amazing (and often rare) color photographs of the RAF in the post-war years. Most of these pictures were taken by RAF professional photographers and have been archived at the RAF Air Historical Branch (AHB). The majority haven’t seen widespread use since they were first taken.

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526752215

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RAF in Camera by Keith Wilson Pdf

In July 2018, the nation looked skyward over Buckingham Palace in awe as the Royal Air Force celebrated its first 100 years with a spectacular parade and flypast over London. This event demonstrated a very different perspective of the RAF; well away from its operational commitments. The expertise and precision of those RAF pilots flying in some of the most famous aircraft in the world has been displayed since the very first days of military aviation. The Inter-War period was dominated by the Hendon Air Pageants; where many aircraft made their public appearance. Post-war, it was the turn of the jet display teams, with the Black Arrows and Firebirds’ laying the foundations for the aerial mastery that is today’s Red Arrows. The various anniversaries have seen a growth in special artwork being applied to aircraft flown by squadrons celebrating key anniversaries. This is covered in considerable detail within this volume. On the ground, the RAF is represented at major celebrations and key public events by the Queen’s Colour Squadron, which demonstrates its world-famous continuity drill routine while providing a guard of honor for visiting Heads of States. They are frequently accompanied with the Service’s own bands; which have grown from those created by its squadrons over a century ago. From the Berlin Airlift in 1948; to flood relief in Kenya; and the international relief effort in the Caribbean following Hurricane Irma in 2017; the RAF has been deployed overseas in response to numerous international crises. But aid operations have also been mounted at home. Under the banner of ‘Military Aid to the Civil Powers’, helicopters and aircraft have airlifted food and supplies to areas cut off by severe weather; Sea King helicopters have rescued villagers stranded by flash flooding in Boscastle; while Chinook helicopters have assisted with the rebuilding of flood defenses breached by severe floods across the country. The golden age of record-breaking also features in this book. From long-range flights to South Africa and Australia; the Schneider Trophy triumph; speed records in the jet age; along with altitude records with pilots in special pressure suits; the RAF has demonstrated its reputation as a truly pioneering Air Arm. Keith Wilson takes us on a journey through the Royal Air Force’s public persona during their 100 year history. All landmark events are referenced in this thorough, well-researched and image-packed publication. As with the three previous releases, this new addition to the In Camera series is sure to be regarded as something of a collector’s edition and a real enthusiast’s favorite.

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445666037

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RAF in 100 Pictures by Keith Wilson Pdf

An alternative insight into what has really impacted on the RAF in its first century. Profusely illustrated with images from the Air Historical Branch.

Author : Keith Wilson (Photographer)
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445697697

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RAF Coastal Command by Keith Wilson (Photographer) Pdf

RAF Coastal Command was founded as a formation within the Royal Air Force in 1936, at a time when the RAF was restricted into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands.

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445666051

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RAF Air-to-Air Refuelling by Keith Wilson Pdf

A photographic look at the history and development of the difficult and delicate process of in-flight refuelling.

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445665993

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RAF Transport Command by Keith Wilson Pdf

A pictorial history of Transport Command operations from 1943 to 1967 using images from the RAF Air Historical Branch.

Author : Nesbit Roy,Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 0750915323

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Raf in Camera by Nesbit Roy,Roy Conyers Nesbit Pdf

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Aviation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1473837766

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RAF in Camera: 1960s by Keith Wilson Pdf

The 'Swinging Sixties' was a remarkable decade. For the Royal Air Force it was a most interesting period in their history, representing a period of base closures, contraction and a significant change in equipment - especially in the level of technology operated. In 1960, all three of the V-bombers - Valiant, Vulcan and Victor - were in service. The English Electric Lightning established a firm place in British aviation history by being the first single-seat fighter designed to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. Within Transport Command, the Britannia C.1 was operating alongside the Comet C.2, providing an excellent strategic transport capability. The Comet C.4 would enter service in 1962, the VC-10 C.1 in July 1966 and the Belfast C.1 by the end of 1966. During the decade, the RAF celebrated its 50th Anniversary, having been formed on 1 April 1918. They also came to be embroiled in a number of conflicts, while still playing their part (alongside the British Army and the Royal Navy) in policing a number of territories and theaters including Malaya, Indonesia, Cyprus, Kenya, Rhodesia, Aden, Libya, Bermuda and Anguilla in the West Indies. Here, Keith Wilson takes us on a richly illustrated journey through the decade, with each chapter focusing on a specific year and relaying all the fascinating events and highlights that characterized it. This is a colorful and insightful history, told with narrative flair and a clear passion for the subject matter at hand.

Author : Ian Proctor
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473844414

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The Royal Air Force in the Cold War, 1950–1970 by Ian Proctor Pdf

Soon after the Second world War, wartime allies became Cold War adversaries, and by 1950 the perceived threat of a Soviet strike on Western Europe or Britain dominated military planning. For the next forty years, the Royal Air Force was in the front-line of the Cold War. In Britain and Germany, light bomber crews exercised in preparation for a future conflict, while interceptor pilots stood by ready to counter incursions by Soviet aircraft. Between 1956 and 1969, the elite crews of the iconic V-Force of nuclear bombers trained to perform the ultimate mission, striking targets deep in the heart of Russia. Protecting British interests overseas, personnel at stations across the Middle East and Far East were regularly engaged in supporting operations during the many colonial conflicts which occurred throughout the 1950s and 1960s.Undertaking these duties were new British-designed aircraft introduced to squadrons from the early–1950s. The names of these extraordinary aircraft, which included the Hunter, Lightning, Vulcan and Canberra, became synonymous with the Cold War.In this book, Ian Proctor uses over 150 highly evocative colour images from a single remarkable Air Ministry collection to portray the RAF and its personnel between 1950 and 1970. He provides a selected insight into service life, the aircraft, recruitment and training, and the operations and exercises undertaken by the RAF during a twenty year period of the Cold War.

Author : Roy Conyers Nesbit,Oliver Hoare
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0750910542

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The RAF in Camera by Roy Conyers Nesbit,Oliver Hoare Pdf

For many decades a fascinating and sizeable archive of photographs, depicting the operational and ground activities of the RAF, has remained unrecorded and largely unseen in thousands of documents held at the Public Record Office at Kew. Other equally important images of the RAF can be found in the official archives of the Ministry of Defence in London. Together these two important collections cover a period from 1903, when the RAF's predecessors became interested in the possibilities of military aviation, through to the high-technology application of air power in the Gulf War of 1991. The RAF in Camera 1903-1939 is the first volume in a series which will bring a representative selection of these two collections to the notice of a wider audience. Many of the photographs are published here for the first time and give the reader a fascinating kaleidoscope of images depicting the nascent RAF and its subsequent growth into a world-class air arm in the course of the Second World War. Included in this first volume are images of man's early attempts to fly, the experiences of the First World War, operations during the interwar years in the far-flung corners of the Empire, and the desperate attempts to re-arm the RAF as the storm clouds of war gathered, heralding the outbreak of the Second World War.

Author : Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997-03-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0750915145

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The RAF in Camera, 1903-1939 by Roy Conyers Nesbit Pdf

First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, the first part of a three-volume pictorial history of the RAF, which contains many rare and previously unpublished photographs from collections at the Public Record Office and the Ministry of Defence.

Author : Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998-07
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0750915331

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The Raf in Camera 1939-1945 by Roy Conyers Nesbit Pdf

Author : Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022847342

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The RAF in Camera by Roy Conyers Nesbit Pdf

The RAF in Camera 1946-1995 is the third volume in a series which will bring a representative selection of these two collections to the attention of a wider audience. Many of the photographs are published here for the first time and give the reader a fascinating kaleidoscope of images depicting the vast range of operations in which the RAF was involved from the end of the Second World War right up to the Gulf War. Included are the Berlin Airlift, the 'bush' wars in Kenya, Malaya and Indonesia, atom-bomb tests in Australia and the Pacific, the Korean, Falklands and Gulf Wars, and the Suez and Cyprus crises. Each of the 240 photographs, some taken in action, has been thoroughly researched and is accompanied by a detailed caption. This remarkable volume of illustrations will appeal not only to those with an interest in Royal Air Force, but also to anyone with an interest in the history of military aviation.