Recently released by Aeronaut Books and author Colin Owers are volumes 5 and 6 of USN and USMC Aircraft 1911–1919:
Volume 5 of this series covers the aircraft that the USN/UMC used in Europe in WWI when they could not obtain combat machines from the USA… The story is told in unprecedented detail from official records and personal reminiscences. The political background is also woven into the story as to why the US air services had to rely on foreign manufactured aircraft and not US manufactured ones. The post-war career of those that served in the USN/USMC is also covered.
Volume 6 completes the story of the foreign aircraft that the USN/USMC had to rely on in order to enter combat in WWI… The experimental aircraft that the USN was interested in are also covered as is the post-war career of some of these in the USN shipplane units.
Volume 5 offers 262 pages and is illustrated with 256 photographs, nine three view drawings, and 20 color profiles, as well as original drawings and sketches. Volume 6 has 205 pages with 192 photographs, nine color profiles and nine three-view drawings of significant types.
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