Bibliograph

In The Royal Naval Air Service, Being The War Letters Of The Late Harold Rosher To His Family

Type

Label

In The Royal Naval Air Service, Being The War Letters Of The Late Harold Rosher To His Family

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In The Royal Naval Air Service

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

Being The War Letters Of The Late Harold Rosher To His Family

Summary

As early as 1908, the Royal Navy understood the potential for the use of aircraft in naval warfare. By 1914, the Royal Naval Air Service consisted of 93 aircraft, 6 airships, 2 balloons and 727 personnel. By 1918 when the RNAS was combined with the RAF it had nearly 3,000 aircraft and more than 55,000 personnel. Aircraft working in concert with the Royal Navy and against enemy shipping and coastal installations had come to stay. This interesting book looks at the RNAS from a much more personal perspective-that of one young navy pilot, Harold Rosher. The book tells the story of Rosher's war, based around Dover and engaged in patrolling over and across the English Channel and attacking enemy held coastal defences such as Zeebrugge, principally through letters to his family and provides vital insights into the First World War in the air as experienced by an early naval pilot."-Leonaur Print Version. Author - Lieutenant Harold Rosher R.N., 1893-1916. Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in New York: Macmillan, 1916

Target audience

adult

Classification