GERALD BOWMAN has written a complete and detailed survey of the part played by air power in the two World Wars. In aviation he eyes the devel 19 ad
1939 and analyses the future significance of present-day design and research.
The book is divided into four parts.
Airpower-Birth to Maturity. Deals with the first beginnings of military air power, Royal Flying Corps, Zeppelins, etc., outlines the structural alterations in aircraft design after 1918 and details the long and perilous struggle for air supremacy of which the Battle of Britain was the beginning.
This section closes with
chapters on the Blitz and the Battle of the Atlantic.
Part Two: The Dominance of Mass
Air Power.
In this section, the author
shows the immense strategic value of air supremacy. Chapters deal with the Battle of Malta, the raids on the Occupied Coastal Defences, the round-the-clock bombing of German industrial targets, desert warfare and the invasion of Italy.
The final chapter describes the part played by Allied airforces on D-Day and during the succeeding weeks.
Part Three: New Weapons in the Air.
Covers the closing phases of World War Il and describes the impact of various new methods of air warfare, including, of course, the atom bomb.
The final section focuses on the future, with the part that airpower plays under the North Atlantic Treaty and the part that it is likely to play in world affairs in view of the advent of the nuclear bomb, the long-range rocket projectile, rising air-speeds and robot control.
The Foreword is by Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., who was Technical Adviser to the very popular B.B.C. Television series
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on which this book is based. The B.B.C. have co-operated fully with the Author to make this book a worthy record of a series which was sold by the B.B.C.
Television Transcription Unit to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and has thrilled millions of viewers in Canada as well as in Britain.
The Author
Ex-Squadron Leader Gerald Bowman learned to fly in 1918 and later worked his way round the world as a seaman in tramp ships. After serving with the R.A.F. throughout the Second World War he stood for Parliament in 1945.
Gerald Bowman (now one of London's best-known newspapermen), is also a successful novelist and short-story writer.
His books include Sawdust Angel, The. Quick and the Wed, Pattern in Poison Ley. and the best-seller Jump For It (see back of this jacket).