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Author : John McIntosh Bruce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015006066172
Author : J. M. Bruce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 0356037797
Author : James Davilla,Arthur Soltan
Publisher : Flying Machines Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1891268090
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 : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-31
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 2352503701
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the French Air Force from 1914 to 1918 through a historical narrative peppered with anecdotes and illustrated with many unpublished pictures from the period and profiles of the most iconic devices.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 : Jonathan Sutherland,Diane Canwell
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848843363
"At the beginning of World War II the French faced the German invasion with 4,360 modern combat aircraft and 790 new machines currently arriving from French and American factories each month. When the phony war finally ended, some 119 of 210 squadrons were ready for action on the north-eastern front. The others were reequipping or stationed in the French colonies. Of the 119 squadrons France could bring into action only one-fourth of the aircraft were battle-ready.With France overrun by June 1940, what remained of the French air force was either concentrated in the unoccupied zone or had been hastily redeployed to the colonies. Nonetheless, in retaliation for the British attack on the French fleet in Oran, French bombers, based in French Morocco, carried out retaliatory air raids over Gibraltar. The Armee de l'Air de Vichy was born and would fight to the best of its ability against the Free French's allies in theatres as distant as north-west Africa, Syria, Lebanon, Madagascar and the Far East. Not only would they take to the skies against the British and later the Americans, they would also willingly take part in aerial duels against Free French pilots.Only a handful of books have been written on French aircraft, but never has there been a complete history of the operations of the Vichy Air Force and its fratricidal war. This title literally spans the globe, examining forgotten air combats. It is also important to note that many of the Vichy pilots that survived the air combats later volunteered to join the Free French and would fight with great courage and distinction alongside the very pilots that they had been trying to kill.rnrnThis book describes all major theatres of combat, examines the aircraft flown and lengthy appendices cover operational units, victory credits and the Aeronautique Navale"--Dust jacket.
Author : Mark C. Wilkins
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612008820
"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.
Author : Lieutenant Henry Farré
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782890799
During the First World War the skies above became a new frontier for warfare, as many of the soldiers below caught their first glimpse of an airplane from the ground the pioneering airmen fought to gain control of the skies. Amongst the French pilots rose aces such as Hertaux and Guynemer, and embedded in their midst was the unassuming artist Henry Farré commissioned to record their deeds, characters and life in his paintings. Farré was determined to record the airwar and its combatants in intimate detail and lived with the sqaudrons in the field and frequently accompanied the planes up into the fray as an observer. Lieutenant Farré wrote his short but richly detailed and illustrated autobiography a few years after the war whilst the details were fresh in his mind. It stands as an excellent record of the elite French pilots with which he served and whose deeds he painted. Author —Lieutenant Henry Farré Translator — Catharine Rush Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in Boston, Houghton Mifflin company, 1919. Original Page Count – xvii and 142 pages Illustrations — 25 portraits and illustrations
Author : Jack Herris
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1906626669
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 : André Jouineau,Dominique Breffort
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : 2915239231
For the first time, all of France's military aircraft in the first years of WWII are offered to the international audience. Not only the fighters, but every type of combat aircraft, based on an alphabetical order (in two volumes) according to the maker. Foreign aircraft under French cockades are also included, such as the famous Curtiss H 75.
Author : Ian Sumner
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526701817
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 : Jose Fernandez,Patrick Loureaut
Publisher : MMP
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8363678597
Whilst French fighter aircraft of the early war period are well known and the subject of many books, the bomber aircraft used by the French Air Force in this period are not well documented in English. This book describes and illustrates all such aircraft in use in WWII, from the obsolescent to the elegant and up-to-date modern bombers.Fully illustrated with many wartime photos, and scale plans of the major types. Full color profiles of many representative aircraft.
Author : Lee B. Kennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018995459
A complete story of the Great War's air battles, from eastern to western front, from the skies and ses of Europe to those of the Middle East and Africa.
Author : Jon Guttman
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1841767530
This book traces the combat history of the most famous and highest-scoring fighter group in France's World War I Aviation Militaire. Groupe de Combat 12 boasted the highest-scoring Allied fighter pilot, René Fonck, and France's most celebrated hero of the air, Georges Guynemer. Its ranks included numerous other famous aces, such as Rene's Dorme, Alfred Heurteaux, Albert Deullin, and American volunteers Edwin Parsons and Frank L. Baylies. Additionally, Guynemer was instrumental in developing France's premier series of fighter planes, the SPAD VII, XII, XIII and XVII.
Author : Alain J. Pelletier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Bombers
ISBN : 0897474589
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 : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015006066198
