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Coastal Patrol - Royal Navy Airship Operations During the Great War 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
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Coastal Patrol - Royal Navy Airship Operations During the Great War 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
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In the summer of 1915 the Royal Naval Air Service found itself
engaged in an unexpected war at sea, the fight to prevent the
German submarine fleet from disrupting the flow of vital supplies
to the British Isles, necessary for the conduct of the war. It was
a war that had to be won because by the spring of 1917 the U-boat
campaign against Allied merchant shipping was close to bringing the
British war effort to the point of collapse. Airships of the RNAS
played a vital part in this new war at sea. This book tells the
story of the young men who ventured out over the often hostile
waters around the British Isles in airships, who were expected to
hunt down the German submarines and to attack them with the
hopelessly inadequate weapons at their disposal. The story is told
by those who took part in this new form of warfare, through pieces
written by them or via interviews with veterans. It covers the
entire experience of being an airship pilot, from initial training,
through their numerous adventures while flying these frail craft
over the coastal waters of the British Isles, to the final victory
in 1918.
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