To Rule The Winds
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Subtitled, the Evolution of the British Fighter Force through Two World Wars, To Rule the Winds is the story of how a co-ordinated force of the Royal Air Force's fighter squadrons came into being as Fighter Command in 1936 and what became of it after the Battle of Britain. It is a large story, told in a series of volumes. This, the first volume, recounts the origins of military aviation in Britain, up to the beginning of the First World War in August of 1914. Bleriot's crossing of the English Channel in1909 proved beyond doubt that Britain could be invaded by air. Thereafter, although the British military authorities did not embrace aeroplanes as weapons of war with alacrity, at least a start was made that enabled a small force of miscellaneous and mostly unarmed aeroplanes to take the field with the British Army in 1914 - a force that would evolve in the course of the Great War into the Royal Air Force. Hardback with paper dustjacket, both in good condition. The jacket is intact with some marking front and rear especially along the folds. The book itself is in very good condition. The cloth boards are clean with slight evidence of a previous sticker on the rear cover. The binding is secure and the pages are clean.
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