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082			_a940.544941 _bASH
100			_aStarkey, David
245		0	_aSir Frederick Sykes and the Air Revolution, 1912-1918
260			_bRoutledge _c1999
300			_a880 pages
500			_aThis is a long-overdue study of Sir Frederick H. Sykes, Chief of the Air Staff of Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War. Historians, for the most part, have either overlooked Sykes or misinterpreted him, leaving a gap in the story of British flying. Contrary to previous images of Sykes, we now see that he was not a secretive intriguer or a tangential subject in RAF history. Rather, he played a fundamental part in organizing and leading British aviation from 1912 to the end of 1918. He provided organization, visionary guidance and efficient administrative control for the fledgling service that tried to survive infancy in the heat of battle.
650			_aHistory
942			_cENGLISH
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