RAF, Richard Overy
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RAF, Richard Overy
Language
eng
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fiction
Main title
RAF
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Richard Overy
Summary
The dizzying pace of technological change in the early 20th century meant that it took only a little over ten years from the first flight by the Wright Brothers to the clash of fighter planes in the Great War. A period of terrible, rapid experiment followed to gain a brief technological edge. By the end of the war the British had lost an extraordinary 36,000 aircraft and 16,600 airmen
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adult
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resource.variantTitle
RAF, the birth of the world's first airforce
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