Aircraft of World War I Author:Kenneth Munson The war of 1914-1918 was a remarkable and important epoch for many widely different reasons. Not least of thse was this it represented the first widespread use of the aeroplane -- which many people thought would be of little military value -- as a major weapon of war. Such thinking was quickly disproved, and the aeroplanes described in this volu... more »me illustrate how the military aeroplane developed from the unarmed observation machines of 1914 to the highly effective specialised types that were in service by November 1918.
The presentation of the aircraft, to the same style as the author's AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II, again provides a 'complete library in one volume' to the student of this period in the colourful history of aviation.« less