Stalking the U-boat
Subtitle: U.S. naval aviation in Europe during World War I
By: Geoffrey L. Rossano ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780813034881
Description: "Begun as antisubmarine operations during World War I, U.S. naval aviation faced enormous logistical, administrative, personnel, and operational problems. [The author] provides a sustained and comprehensive narrative of combat operations as well as a detailed survey of all naval aviation facilities operated during the war"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first aeronautic detachment; title: Progress report : September 1917-March 1918; title: Under the gun : NAS Dunkirk 1917-1918; title: The French coastal unit; title: Progress report : March-September 1918; title: Spinning the spider web : naval aviation in England; title: The Irish bases; title: On duty, off duty : the work and life of the station; title: Gasbags : development of the Navy LTA program; title: Sunny Italy : naval aviation in the Mediterranean; title: The Northern Bombing Group; title: Till it's over, over there : September 1918-April 1919.