First Edition. quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xxiv), 771pp. University of Toronto Press, The first of four volumes of the Official History of the RCAF. The definitive account of Canadian World War I airmen. During the war some 20,000 Canadians serving in air units and many such as Bishop, Collishaw, McLaren, and Barker achieved the highest recognition for their achievements. Wise explains in detail the strategies and policies of the Canadian government in directing their part in the air war. With over 200 photographs, maps (some fold-out and color), appendices, notes, index, and map endpapers in color. Fine copy. quarto, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 17400

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Title: Canadian Airmen and the First World War. The...

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, [Toronto]

Publication Date: 1980

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition.

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