World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Story and Diaries of Captain J M McCleery RNAS/RAF

by Guy Warner

Jack McCleery was born in Belfast in 1898, the son of a mill owning family. He joined the RNAS in 1916 as a Probationary Flight Officer. During the next ten months he completed his training at Crystal Palace, Eastchurch, Cranwell, Frieston, Calshot and Isle of Grain, flying more than a dozen landplanes, seaplanes and flying boats, gaining his wings as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant. In July 1917 he was posted to the newly commissioning aircraft carrier HMS...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848842554
• ISBN13: 9781848842557
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.4"