1928 The Story Of A North Sea Air Station; Being Some Account Of The Early Days Of The Royal Flying Corps (Naval Wing) And Of The Part Played Thereafter By The Air Station At Great Yarmouth And Its Opponents During The War 1914-1918

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First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of this work, in the very scarce publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. With photographic plates and vignette illustrations throughout, and with a folding map to the rear.

C. F. Snowden Gamble's account of the activities of the workers of Great Yarmouth air station between 1914 and 1918, motivated, explains Gamble, 'in view of the fact that these played a considerable part in combating the menace of the Zeppelin airship, as well as disputing the efforts of the Imperial German Naval Air Service to establish an aerial supremacy over the North Sea'.