DEFENCE IN DISARRAY
Mar 19, 2018
3 minutes
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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