Re-writing History?

[Pheasant]

Came across this in a bookshop..

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EEmTUGFtL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_SX342_SY445_CR,0,0,342,445_SH20_OU02_.jpg

Seems the RAF was formed in 1912!

[Just This Once...]

…and ended in 2012, which is 2 years later than I thought.

[NutLoose]

Well the front cover review was done by the Mail, so that has to be a kiss of death.


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[SomeGuyOnTheDeck]

Well, the Army Balloon Factory was renamed the Royal Aircraft Factory in 1912... :rolleyes:

[Brian Abraham]

No doubt referring to the signing of the Royal Warrant establishing the RFC 13 April 1912. Pity they couldn't tell the diference re RFC/RAF.

The foundation date for the RAF was not particularly auspicious though - 1 April 1918. :p

[ShotOne]

We know when the RAF was formed but the story didn't start in 1918 and from the review, it looks like a well written and researched book.

[Archimedes]

The hardback - well, the one sitting six feet away from me at the moment - has a different subtitle, the more accurate 'One hundred years of British aerial warfare'. Very odd.

I await the posts claiming that the retitling is all an evil plot by Timo Anderson coercing the publisher with weary cynicism...