Biplanes and Bombsights: British Bombing in World War I
George K. Williams - Biplanes and Bombsights: British Bombing in World War I
Air University Press | 1999 | ISBN: N/A | English | 328 pages | PDF | 17.9 MB
Air University Press | 1999 | ISBN: N/A | English | 328 pages | PDF | 17.9 MB
This study measures wartime claims against actual results of the British bombing campaign against Germany in the Great War. Components of the' Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), the Royal Flying Corps (RFC); and the Royal Air Force (RAF) conducted bombing raids between July 1916 and the Armistice. Specifically, Number 3 Wing (RNAS): Wing of Eighth Brigade (RFC), and the Independent Force (IF) bombed German targets from bases in France. Lessons supposedly gleaned from these campaigns heavily influenced British military aviation, underpinning RAF doctrine up to and into the Second World War.