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Evening all. I am wondering if anyone on the forum would be able to recommend a book on the story of the Royal Naval Air Service?
My grandfather served with them from 1915, and whilst there is a reasonable amount of literature out there, I have not a lot relating to their bases in East Anglia and anything to do with training.
He was a rigger, not aircrew.
Any suggestions gratefully received. (I have asked on the Nostalgia forum but thought I would try my luck here as well )
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My grandfather served with them from 1915, and whilst there is a reasonable amount of literature out there, I have not a lot relating to their bases in East Anglia and anything to do with training.
He was a rigger, not aircrew.
Any suggestions gratefully received. (I have asked on the Nostalgia forum but thought I would try my luck here as well )
William Adair RNAS
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Snap! My Grandfather, Airframe Rigger, 9 Sqn RNAS and Depot at Dunkirk.
Can’t help with your query, but at least you have some suitable company!
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You might be able to get his records BTW
see
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/289670-r-n-a-s/
also may be of interest
https://www.fleetairarmoa.org/fleet-...l-air-stations
https://www.greatwarforum.org/
see
https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/289670-r-n-a-s/
also may be of interest
https://www.fleetairarmoa.org/fleet-...l-air-stations
https://www.greatwarforum.org/
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Interesting links, Nutloose ... thank you!
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Might we worth contacting the museum at Eastchurch it was an RNAS station, although not in East Anglia. https://www.facebook.com/Eastchurchaviationmuseum/
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Brad King's Royal Naval Air Service 1912 to 1918 (Hikoki) is very good, but it's long out of print and quite expensive. It does tend to deal with the operational side more than training, but I'm sure it mentions some training (Can't actually access my copy at the moment)
I came across this Pen & Sword book: Voices in Flight: The Royal Naval Air Services during WWI £4.99 on Kindle. Written by former FAA AEO Malcolm Smith based on anecdotes"drawn from the extensive archive maintained by the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton". I think it is just pilots though. "He includes first-hand testimonies from pilots manning early seaplane stations."
I haven't read much about the RNAS since BRNC but I am going to buy this myself.
The following was in the bibliography of a history of the FAA I have:
The Navy Records Society (navyrecords.org.uk) published (in 1969) Documents relating to the Royal Naval Air Service , Volume I, 1908-1918 Edited by the RN Official Historian Capt. Stephen Roskill - I believe it is now available online to members (£40 per annum). "The documents are largely from the National Archives, with a small minority from personal collections in repositories such as Kings College London and the National Maritime Museum."
An internet search on 'Royal Naval Air Service books' returned quite a few others
I haven't read much about the RNAS since BRNC but I am going to buy this myself.
The following was in the bibliography of a history of the FAA I have:
The Navy Records Society (navyrecords.org.uk) published (in 1969) Documents relating to the Royal Naval Air Service , Volume I, 1908-1918 Edited by the RN Official Historian Capt. Stephen Roskill - I believe it is now available online to members (£40 per annum). "The documents are largely from the National Archives, with a small minority from personal collections in repositories such as Kings College London and the National Maritime Museum."
An internet search on 'Royal Naval Air Service books' returned quite a few others
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