PER ARDUA : The Rise of British Air Power, 1911 - 1939






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Characteristics
Book cover finish | Canvas finish, Bradel, Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
Special features | Dedicated copy, Slightly damaged dust jacket |
Condition | Used, very good condition |
Number of pages | 368 |
Published date | 1944 |
Language | English |
Size | 15 x 23 x 3 cm |
Author | Hilary St. George Saunders |
Editor | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Description
" PER ARDUA AD ASTRA "
the famous motto of the R.A.F., could be translated " the steep way to the stars ". The R.A.F.'s climb to immortality has been both steep and swift. In Per Ardua, the author traces it from the early pioneering days, through the stem and hazardous air campaigns of 1914 - 18, up to the outbreak of the present war. The author has chronicled the recent achievements of the R.A.F. in his official books, The Battle of Britain, Bomber Command, and Coastal Command. Fully to appreciate these achievements - the courage, the skill, the tradition of attack which lie behind them - we must look back with him to the brief, brilliant careers of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, which laid the foundation of Britain's air power. Per Ardua is an authoritative history ; and it has caught from its subject the spirited unorthodoxy, the humour and the professional seriousness which are characteristic of the R.A.F. tradition.