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BL
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| Record Number
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955594
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| Doc. No
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b709964
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| Main Entry
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Revell, Alex.
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| Title & Author
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No 56 Sqn RFC/RAF /\ Alex Revell.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Osprey,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Aviation elite units ;; 33
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (128 pages) :: illustrations (some color).
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| ISBN
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1849081042
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: 9781849081047
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1846034280
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9781846034282
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Imprint; Contents; Promise Fulfilled; France; Estree Blanche; Over the Salient; New Year and New Tactics; Kaiserschlacht; Last Offensives; Appendices; Index.
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| Abstract
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By the autumn of 1916, with the formation of the new Jagdstaffeln, the pendulum of aerial supremacy had once again swung in favour of the German Air Force. The battle of the Somme in 1916 saw the RFC suffer losses of nearly 400 aircrew between September and November, and British casualties were to reach a zenith in the 'Bloody April' of 1917 when 319 aircrew were lost, killed or taken prisoner of war. This was the situation when No 56 Squadron arrived in France at the end of April 1917. Equipped with the superb new SE 5, it was the first fighter squadron of the RFC to be able to meet the Albat.
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Great Britain.-- History.
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Great Britain.
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Airplanes, Military-- Markings-- Great Britain.
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S.E.5 (Fighter plane)
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World War, 1914-1918, Personal narratives, British.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Aerial operations, British.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Campaigns-- France.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Regimental histories-- Great Britain.
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Airplanes, Military-- Markings.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War I.
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Military campaigns.
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Military operations, Aerial-- British.
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Regimental histories.
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S.E.5 (Fighter plane)
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France.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.4/4941
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| LC Classification
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D602.R37 1995eb
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