Peter Cooksley: 2 books
by Peter Cooksley
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Of more than 600 Victoria Crosses awarded to British and Empire servicemen during the First World War, 19 were awarded to airmen of the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Of these, four were posthumous awards and all but one of the total were to officers. Some of these valorous...
by Peter G. Cooksley
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2007
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were the precursors of the oldest independent air arm in the world—the RAF. The RFC was formed in 1912, combining the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers and the Naval Air Organization, and embracing a Central Flying School and...