Air Power at Sea - The Aircraft Carrier
by peter dancey
Price: $2.50 USD. 2480 words.
Published on September 22, 2011. .
This book examines the value of the aircraft carrier to military operations world-wide The United States pioneering the carriage of heavier-than-air machines on sea-going vessels although it was the UK that commissioned the first custom-built aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier proved invaluable in WW II especially the fast American escort carriers. Most carrier innovations came from the UK.