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    DEFENCE IN DISARRAY

    Mar 19, 2018 3 minutes
    Source:   German and British aircraft engage on the Western Front. British planes struggled at several stages of the war against the often-superior technology and tactics of the Germans  

    A British aircraft factory. It took years for Britain’s aircraft industry to grow to adequate levels, with the right equipment and properly trained staff

    Lord Cowdray was president of the Air Board from January to November 1917

    “THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1917 SAW THE RFC TAKING INCREASINGLY HIGH CASUALTIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT, CULMINATING IN ‘BLOODY APRIL’ WHEN OVER 250 AIRCRAFT WERE LOST”

    Some of the delays experienced during the air raids of WWI were the result

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