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The growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940 / T.C.G. James ; edited and with an introduction by Sebastian Cox.

Title
The growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940 / T.C.G. James ; edited and with an introduction by Sebastian Cox.
Author
James, T. C. G.
Publication
London ; Portland, OR : Whitehall History Pub. in association with Frank Cass, 2002.

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Additional Authors
Cox, Sebastian.
Description
xiv, 149 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., plans; 26 cm.
Summary
"This volume deals with the development of Britain's air defence during the years leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War, and the development of the system during the early period of the war, leading up to the Battle of Britain. Originally classified as 'secret', this report was written during the war as an internal Air Ministry history by Cecil James, a historian working for the Air Historical Branch. It is published here for a general audience for the first time."--Jacket.
Series Statement
  • Air defence of Great Britain / T.C.G. James ; vol. 1
  • Royal Air Force official histories, 1471-5414
  • James, T. C. G. Air defence of Great Britain ; v. 1.
Uniform Title
Royal Air Force official histories
Subject
  • Great Britain. Fighter Command > History
  • Air defenses > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, British
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Quelle.
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
App. 4. The Reorganisation of Home Command: Extracts from an Air Council letter dated 4 May 1936 -- App. 5. Proposed Allotment of Anti-Aircraft Guns and Searchlights, June 1936 -- App. 6. Air Attack on Great Britain -- App. 7. Extract from an Air Council letter to all Commands, 19 April 1937 -- App. 8. Nature of German Air Attack on Great Britain: Extract from Air Staff Appreciation of March 1939 -- App. 9. Orders of Battle: 1926, 1934 and 1936 -- App. 10-16. Letters between C-in-C fighter Command and Air Ministry on the subject of fighter reinforcements for France and the air defence of the UK May 1940 -- Map 1. The Re-orientation of the Air Defences of Great Britain -- Map 2. The 1923 Plan for the Air Defence of Great Britain.
ISBN
0714651184 (cloth)
LCCN
^^2001037169
OCLC
47100633
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library