Item LIDDELL HART 15/3/123 - Text of a lecture on the history of the RAF by Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, 1927

Text of a lecture for flying training schools on history of the RAF by AVM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, 1927, covering formation of the Balloon Company of the Royal Engineers, 1879, Air Battalion, 1911, and Royal Flying Corps including naval and military wings, 1912; air force participation in army manoeuvres, 1912; replacement of naval wing by Royal Naval Air Service, 1914; developments and operations during World War One, 1914-1918, including attacks on London by German Zeppelin air ships and airplanes, 1915-1917, and formation of the RAF, 1918. With a bibliography of publications on air power held in the library of the RAF Staff College, Andover [1928]. 1 file