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The Review
Volume 113, Number 2, Spring 2025

Why did Britain lose its leading position in the development of naval aviation between the First and Second World Wars?

By OC Michael Heneghan

In April 1918, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was merged with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form the […]

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