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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> THE compilation of this Handbook was undertaken last year with a view to giving some account of German Military and Naval Aviation up to the autumn of 1918. It was fully realized that such a handbook owing to the limitations both of material and time as well as to motives of expediency could neither be exhaustive nor definitive during the continuance of the War; but it was thought nevertheless desirable that some account even though incomplete should be made accessible as soon as possible. The Air Ministry proposes issuing during the spring of 1919 an enlarged edition in which certain sections will be dealt with more adequately especially the Technical Section which here deals only with the latest types of aeroplanes and the most recent kinds of armament bombs etc. At the termination of hostilities in November 1918 the Handbook was partly printed and it was decided to issue the work in its provisional form in accordance with the original intention. It is hoped that in the forthcoming edition it will be possible to extend fully those sections which are here inadequately treated for the reasons stated above and to include in the Technical Section a description of all types of aeroplanes seaplanes flying-boats balloons airships armament and instruments (wireless installations etc.) connected with aviation which were employed by the German Army since August 1914. (LL)