Somme Success: The Royal Flying Corps and the Battle of the Somme, 1916

by Peter Hart

Book Overview

High above the blood soaked trenches of the Somme during the Summer and Autumn of 1916, the Royal Flying Corps were acting out - and winning - one of the first great aerial battles of history.

Even in those pioneering days of flying, primitive aircraft flown by brave young men were of significant military value. Before the battle, photographic reconnaissance aircraft from both sides were desperately trying to map the opposition's deployment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184884882X
• ISBN13: 9781848848825
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"