Description
World War /Two/Aviation/ RAF/Military/interest
AVIATION/PLANES/AIRCRAFT/MILITARY AIRCRAFT /WORLD WAR ONE & TWO/INTEREST
THE BALLOONATICS
by
MORRIS
PUBLISHED ; JARROLDS
1st EDITION 1970
Bloody April and First of the Many have established Alan Morris as a leading historian of military aviation. By presenting in The Balloonatics the unique story of the kite-balloon units who were born in the Great War and who died with it, Mr Morris has again filled a major historical gap. The result is both an invaluable reference book for the enthusiast and a narrative of inspiring courage and fantastic drama for the general reader. During the First World War the Balloonatics fulfilled the most bizarre of duties: to spy on enemy movements and to direct artillery by telephone while staked out like tiger-bait for hostile aeroplanes and anti-aircraft guns. The author has traced survivors and combed British and foreign archives to produce a closely documented record of aerial traps, ruses and miraculous escapes. The personal stories of these men- and of their hunters, the balloon- busters—are woven into a colourful tapestry of campaigns, inter-service quarrels and political failings.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
CONDITION V GOOD ,WITH DUST JACKET
BINDING TIGHT .CLEAN INTERIOR
DUST JACKET COVERED IN REMOVABLE MYLAR COVER
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