Anthony J Cumming: 2 books
by Anthony J. Cumming
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
This persuasive study attacks the key myths surrounding the Battle of Britain to revise the relative status of maritime and aviation factors in the defense of Britain. Without denigrating the heroism of the fighter pilots, Anthony Cumming challenges the effectiveness of the Royal Air Force in 1940 and...
The Battle for Britain
Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy, 19091940
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
The book is a short review of British air and naval power from 1909 -1940 and represents an attack upon independent” airpower. When Bleriot became the first man to fly the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine in 1909, it seemed to mark the beginning of a fundamental decline in British...