Stalking The U-Boat

by Rossano, Geoffrey L.; Bradford, James C.; Smith, Gene Allen

• ISBN13: 9780813034881
• ISBN10: 0813034884
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-14
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

Begun as antisubmarine operations during World War I, U.S. naval aviation faced enormous logistical, administrative, personnel, and operational problems. Geoffrey Rossano provides a sustained and comprehensive narrative of combat operations as well as a detailed survey of all naval aviation facilities operated during the war.

Author Biography

Geoffrey L. Rossano is the editor of Price of Honor: The World War One Letters of Naval Aviator Kenneth MacLeish. He lives in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
The First Aeronautic Detachment	p. 5
Progress Report: September 1917-March 1918	p. 43
Under the Gun: NAS Dunkirk 1917-1918	p. 55
The French Coastal Unit	p. 81
Progress Report: March-September 1918	p. 123
Spinning the Spider Web: Naval Aviation in England	p. 149
The Irish Bases	p. 208
On Duty, Off Duty: The Work and Life of the Station	p. 231
Gasbags: Development of the Navy LTA Program	p. 261
Sunny Italy: Naval Aviation in the Mediterranean	p. 285
The Northern Bombing Group	p. 314
Till It's Over, Over There: September 1918-April 1919	p. 345
Appendixes	p. 371
Notes	p. 377
Bibliography	p. 409
Index	p. 415
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