A History of U.S. Naval Aviation
(Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 18, Series of 1930)
Captain W. H. Sitz, USMC, 1930
Available free in the following format: PDF (255 KB)
Published by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (now
OPNAV N98, Director, Air Warfare Division), this monograph covers all aspects
of naval aviation from its origins through the post–World War I era. Contents
include discussion of pre–World War I period, wartime organization and
training, aircraft development and construction, operations during World War I,
record-establishing transatlantic flights, Marine Corps aviation, and naval
aviation’s evolution within the Fleet.
Published: Tue Dec 15 18:15:40 EST 2020