Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean Volume I defeat in France to el Hamma 1939-1945

Vic Flintham

ISBN 10: 1902109643 / ISBN 13: 9781902109640

Published by Hikoki Publications, GB, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Close Call: RAF Close Air Support in the Mediterranean Volume I defeat in France to el Hamma 1939-1945
• Publisher: Hikoki Publications, GB
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902109643
• ISBN 13: 9781902109640
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Close support for the Army by the Royal Air Force evolved during World War II from a state of near non-existence to becoming a fully integrated part of the battle plan. Nowhere was co-operation more refined and better developed than in the Mediterranean theatre.

In the first of two volumes, the author traces the evolution and development of close air support, beginning during the final year of the Great War, via the doldrums of the inter-war years, to the point where the RAF was criticised heavily because of its apparent absence at Dunkirk. The rise and demise of Army Co-operation Command is examined in detail, followed by the first systematic close air support in East Africa and the various campaigns in the Western Desert.

Reference has been made to logbooks, diaries and autobiographies of many of those who were there. Complemented with maps, diagrams and hundreds of photographs, it provides a comprehensive account of this neglected aspect of operations in World War II.

About the Author

Vic Flintham, Andrew Thomasare are experts in the codes used by the British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Units since 1938.