Tartan Airforce
eBook - ePub

Tartan Airforce

Scotland and a Century of Military Aviation 1907-2007

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Tartan Airforce

Scotland and a Century of Military Aviation 1907-2007

About this book

Britain's first flying machine was trailed in Perthshire in 1907 and ever since - whether at war or in peacetime - Scotland has been in the frontline of British military aviation. In Tartan Air Force Deborah Lake investigates Scotland's contribution to military flying over the last hundred years. With a wealth of previously unpublished or little-known accounts from air and ground crew, fliers and non-fliers, this is a comprehensive and entertaining tribute which emphasises the human aspect of Scotland's part in the history. From the Second World War, when many famous missions, including those against the great German battleship Tirpitz, were undertaken from Scottish airfields, to the importance of its RAF air bases and radar stations in asserting the Soviet threat during the Cold War and beyond, Scotland has played its part in protecting the skies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. 1 A Happy Invention
  10. 2 Faltering Footsteps
  11. 3 Experiments and Experience
  12. 4 Bombs, Beardmore and Ghosts
  13. 5 Gallant Gentlemen All
  14. 6 Peace and Dismissal
  15. 7 Not Cash But Courage
  16. 8 In Business Again
  17. 9 Dauntless in War
  18. 10 A Common Effort
  19. 11 Blizzards and Battleships
  20. 12 Grim Days, Valiant Heroes
  21. 13 U-Boats and Flak Ships
  22. 14 Peace and the Cold War
  23. 15 A Changing Age
  24. 16 Modern Times and After
  25. Epilogue
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index