RAF in Camera: 1950s

by Keith Wilson

For aviation, the 1950s was a fascinating decade. For the Royal Air Force, it witnessed the transition from propeller to jet aircraft in the fields of fighter, bomber, trainer and transport aircraft. The 1950s saw the end of the Second World War veterans - Lancasters, Spitfires, Mosquitoes and Sunderlands. They were replaced by the first generation of jet aircraft including the Vampire, Hunter, Javelin and, at the end of the decade, the English Electric...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473827957
• ISBN13: 9781473827950
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 288 Pages