Royal Aircraft Factory (RAF) (1e GM) : livres - histoire

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Manual (1916 onwards) - An insight into the design, engineering, restoration, maintenance and operation (Haynes Aircraft Manual)

The S.E.5a became known as the 'mount of aces' - the aircraft in which the most successful fighter pilots of Britain and her Empire went to war throughout the last 18 months of the First World War.

It was the Spitfire of the Western Front, delivering greater speed, range, firepower and all-round performance than the vast majority of its opposition. Often working in partnership with the more pugnacious Sopwith Camel, the S.E.5 and S.E.5a ensured that no enemy aircraft was safe even a long way behind their own lines as the Royal Flying Corps gradually won air superiority over the trenches.

Pages du livre "Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Manual (1916 onwards) - An insight into the design, engineering, restoration, maintenance and operation"

This addition to the range of Haynes classic aircraft Manuals delivers an authoritative history of the type's design, development and operational history, as well as a step-by-step guide to the construction, maintenance, restoration and operation of this tremendously significant aeroplane. It covers all marks (S.E.5, S.E.5a, S.E.5b and S.E.5E).

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Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Nick Garton
Présentation :	160 pages, 28 x 22 x 1.3 cm, relié
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais (un dictionnaire technique anglais-français est gratuitement disponible en téléchargement ici)
Editeur :	Haynes Publishing (GB, 2017)
Série :	Haynes Aircraft Manual
ISBN :	9780857338464

FE 2b/d vs Albatros Scouts - Western Front, 1916-17 (Osprey)

In the spring of 1916 the deployment of the RFC's FE 2 - with its rotary engine 'pusher' configuration affording excellent visibility for its pilot and observer, and removing the need for synchronized machine guns - helped wrest aerial dominance from Imperial Germany's Fokker Eindecker monoplanes, and then contributed to retaining it throughout the Somme battles of that fateful summer.
However, by autumn German reorganization saw the birth of the Jagdstaffeln (specialised fighter squadrons) and the arrival of the new Albatros D scout, a sleek inline-engined machine built for speed and twin-gun firepower. Thus, for the remainder of 1916 and well into the next year an epic struggle for aerial superiority raged above the horrors of the Somme and Passchendaele battlefields, pitting the FE 2 against the better-armed and faster Albatros scouts that were focused on attacking and destroying their two-seater opponents.
In the end the Germans would regain air superiority, and hold it into the following summer with the employment of their new Jagdgeschwader (larger fighter groupings), but the FE 2 remained a tenacious foe that inflicted many casualties - some of whom were Germany's best aces (including 'The Red Baron').

Contents: Introduction - Chronology - Design and Development - Technical Specifications - The Strategic Situation - The Combatants - Combat - Statistics and Analysis - Aftermath - Bibliography - Index.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	James F. Miller
Présentation :	80 pages, 25 x 18.5 x 0.5 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos et dessins (en N&B et en couleurs)
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2014)
Série :	Duel (55)
ISBN :	9781780963259

Fokker Fodder - The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c

Designed as the benchmark against which competitors in the 1912 Military Aeroplane Competition were judged, the B.E.2 outperformed them all and was put into production becoming the most numerous single type in Royal Flying Corps service.
The B.E.2c, a later variant, was designed to be inherently stable and was nicknamed the 'Quirk' by its pilots. Intended mainly for reconnaissance, it was hopelessly outclassed by the Fokker Eindecker fighter and its defenceless crews quickly became known as 'Fokker Fodder'.

The Eindecker, piloted by top scoring German aces such as Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, made short work of the B.E.2c in the aerial bloodbath coined as the 'Fokker scourge'. Its vulnerability to fighter attack became plain back home and to the enemy who nicknamed the B.E.2c as kaltes fleisch or cold meat. British ace Albert Ball said that it was a 'bloody terrible aeroplane'.

B.E.2c crews were butchered in increasing numbers. The B.E.2c slogged on throughout the war, and its poor performance against German fighters, and the failure to improve or replace it, caused great controversy in Britain. One MP attacked the B.E.2c and the Royal Aircraft Factory in the House of Commons stating that RFC pilots were being 'murdered than killed.
This resulted in a judicial enquiry that cleared the factory and partly instrumental in bringing about the creation of the Royal Air Force.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Paul R. Hare
Présentation :	160 pages, 24 x 16.5 x 2.1 cm, relié
Illustration :	160 photos en N&B
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Fonthill Media (GB, 2012)
ISBN :	9781781550656

SE 5a vs Albatros D V - World War I 1917-18 (Osprey)

Dans le contexte de la lutte pour la suprématie aérienne durant la Première Guerre mondiale, la fin du printemps 1917 vit deux tentatives concurrentes d'améliorer des modèles éprouvés. Le Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a intégrait des améliorations à la cellule originale du SE 5, ainsi qu'une puissance accrue de 50 chevaux, afin de produire un appareil rapide, fiable et capable de faire des as.
L'Albatros DV, évolution du redoutable D III d'"Avril sanglant", se révéla plus décevant. Néanmoins, l'Albatros demeura le chasseur le plus répandu chez les Allemands lors de leur offensive finale du 21 mars 1918. Malgré ses défauts, la tactique et le savoir-faire allemands firent de l'Albatros DV un adversaire redoutable que les pilotes de SE 5a sous-estimaient à leurs risques et périls.

Ce livre raconte l'histoire de la conception et du développement de ces deux avions de chasse et se conclut par leurs combats dramatiques lors de la dernière année de la Première Guerre mondiale.

Sommaire : Introduction - Chronologie - Conception et développement - La situation stratégique - Spécifications techniques - Les combattants - Combat - Statistiques et analyse - Conséquences - Bibliographie - Lectures complémentaires - Glossaire.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Jon Guttman
Présentation :	80 pages, 25 x 18.5 x 0.6 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré de photos et dessins (en N&B et en couleurs)
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2009)
Série :	Duel (20)
ISBN :	9781846034718