British Naval Aviation in World War II: The US Navy and Anglo-American Relations

by Gilbert S. Guinn and G.H. Bennet

Book Overview

Throughout World War II, the United States played a pivotal role in the development of British maritime aviation. Even before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm pilots were being trained in the United States under a scheme set up by the United States Navy as part of the Lend-Lease agreement. For many young British aviation cadets the journey across the Atlantic and America was eye-opening. Men found themselves caught...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780760345
• ISBN13: 9781780760346
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"