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Naval aviation in World War I / by Adrian O. Van Wyen and the editors of Naval aviation news.

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Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (90 pages) : illustrations, portraits
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1969.
  • Distributor: Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Received Dec 10, 1969.
"Issued by the office of the Chief of Naval Operations."
GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Formatted Contents Note:
In the beginning -- First naval aviation unit in France -- Aviation ground schools at MIT -- The first Yale unit -- Trained by the Royal Flying Corps -- The Navy builds an aircraft factory -- The first lighter-than-air class at Akron -- WW I diary recounts air/sea saga -- Naval aircraft of World War I -- The second Yale unit -- U.S. markings -- Rare birds -- Developing the flying bomb -- The origin of Navy wings -- The war against the U-boat -- A medal of honor exploit -- The Navy's first ace -- The northern bombing group -- At the end.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NHHC, viewed Dec. 20, 2021).
Subject:
United States. Navy > Aviation.
Naval aviation.
Naval history, Modern > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, American.
Naval aviation in World War I