Per ardua : the rise of British air power 1911-1939 - Saunders, Hilary Aidan St. George, 1898-1951 (London ; New York (etc.) : Oxford University Press, 1944)
"This will, I hope, be the first volume of a short history of the Royal air force from its beginning as an air battalion in 1911 to its apotheosis in 19--? when this war ends."--Pref.
Keywords: Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force; World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations