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'Fascinating, full of original material and shrewd insights ... a masterful historian of air power' Leo McKinstry, Literary Review
The RAF was the world's first air force. This is the story of itsfounding in 1918, as a response to the new terror of aerial warfare, thestruggles to keep it alive amid controversy and opposition, its crucialrole in the Second World War and its unique place in Britain's history.
'Brilliantly lucid' Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph
'RichardOvery is to be congratulated on creating a concise exposition of theformation of the RAF ... this is a book that makes you think' PeterHart, BBC History Magazine
'A skilful pocket history of the founding of the Royal Air Force in 1918 ... a fine introduction' Kirkus Reviews