Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal Recollection

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Author: Jones, H. A. (Henry Albert),1893-1945
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Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal Recollection

Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal Recollection

€6,21

Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal Recollection

€6,21
Author: Jones, H. A. (Henry Albert),1893-1945
Format: eBook
Language: English

Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal Recollection

At a meeting of a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence which met in the middle of July, 1918, to consider the question of the official history of the Air Force, Admiral Slade welcomed Sir Walter Raleigh as the prospective author of a history which would be both interesting and uniqueunique in the sense that no history of the kind had ever been written before. Almost too good a chance, was the interjection of Sir Walter. Sir Walter took up the history with enthusiasm. At Oxford throughout the war he had been chafing under the inactivity which was imposed on him by his age. Oxford was empty of men. There was not even a lot of lecturing to do. The Air History gave him just such an opportunity as he loved. It was an adventure, and he looked upon life itself as an adventure. He was possessed of a fine imagination, and the story of the air had for him a great appeal. He had the heart of a boy. In a fine passage on the temper of the Air Force he says in his book: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46606
Author: Jones, H. A. (Henry Albert)
Release Date: Aug 17, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

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