Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1921] - 1938 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to air forces, comprising notes and statistics from publications and official records on relative strengths and composition of British and overseas air forces, notably German and Italian, 1930s; growth of aircraft production; rising profits of aircraft companies; use of aircraft in Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939; role of air power in British defence policy including protective measures against air attack; battleship defences against air attack; air warfare in France, Belgium, Italy and Palestine during World War One, 1914-1918. Also extracts from 'Report of the joint board' [United States War and Navy departments], Washington, by Gen John Joseph Pershing, on experiments in aerial bombing of sea vessels and effectiveness of aircraft in search operations at sea, Jun 1921 and list of RAF stations in Britain in 1937. 1 file