WW I Navy Aviation Pilot Flying Officers Fighter Balloons ++ History Book Roster

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WW I US Navy Aviation Pilot Flying Officers Fighter Balloons ++ History Book Roster
This is a RARE long out-of-print book that comes in 8 ½ x 11 staple bound reprint of an otherwise almost impossible to find book.
Covers the history of Naval Aviation, with the Marines, for the first 75 pages. The remaining 225 pages has a listing of all of the aviators from WW I. Plus there is a listing of all of the aviators who were killed in action or while training. Has the date and place of the incident.
Details the prewar bases and schools in place such as Pensacola, Florida, plus bases in the Canal Zone, Nova Scotia, Azoras, and Ireland to name a few.
It has whole sections on the development of seaplanes, dirigibles, and planes, and the inception of anti-submarine patrols off the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico.
There is a great section on the navy’s aerial bombing of enemy bases, from a variety of base in England, Ireland, and stations in France from the Northern Bomb Group at Pauillac, Dunkerque, and Le Criosic to name a few.
There is a section on how the navy patrol in the Mediterranean antisubmarine duty from base in Italy, Spain, and southern France.
Details about the construction of planes and the engines that powered them
Details the combined operations with the naval fleet at sea and the Grand Fleet hazardous duty of keep the shipping lanes free from German submarines.
Lastly covers the fleet air detachments, and with balloons, dirgibles, and lighter than air operations.
Aerial Photography inception and the use of pigeons.
The development of the parachute, and a rare glimpse into the epic NC-4 Transatlantic Flight.
This staple bound book has 300 pages in it.