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GRUB STREET Military History 2015/2016 Welcome to our new catalogue and thank you for your continued support of our list. Here is a reminder of the praise we’ve received in the past: GRUB STREET NEW BOOKS & STOCKLIST ‘Many readers will already have Grub Street books on their shelves, the publisher having cut a well-deserved niche for accuracy and JANUARY 2015–JANUARY 2016 readability – not an easy balance. They have an enviable reputation for well-researched works that are difficult to put down.’ Flypast CONTENTS ‘Grub Street is a publisher to be congratulated for reprinting New Titles 2 important books.’ Cross & Cockade International Bestselling Ebooks 21 Ebooks 23 ‘Some of the most valuable, and well-researched books in my library are those published by Grub Street. Although a publishing company Illustrated backlist 24 of modest size, they have consistently produced a list of titles WW2 – Battle of Britain 24 that have filled gaps in the marketplace.’ Tony Holmes, Jets WW2 – Bomber Command 25 WW2 – General Interest 26 ‘The GOGS (Gods of Grub Street) have maintained an awesome quantity and quality of production.’ Cartoons 27 The Aerodrome WW1/Modern Aviation 28 ‘Books from Grub Street can always be relied upon to be the A-Z Backlist by Title 29 very best in their class.’ The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society All trade orders should be sent to: All correspondence should be addressed to: ‘For some time now Grub Street have been producing fantastic Littlehampton Book Services Ltd Grub Street Ltd Faraday Close 4 Rainham Close books on the classic British war jets.’ Durrington London SW11 6SS War History Online Worthing Tel: 0207 924 3966/738 1008 West Sussex Fax: 0207 738 1009 BN13 3RB Email: [email protected] Tel: 01903 828500 Web: www.grubstreet.co.uk Fax: 01903 828801 Twitter: @grub_street From time to time we have signed editions of our titles. -
Delivering Security in a Changing World Future Capabilities
Delivering Security in a Changing World Future Capabilities 1 Delivering Security in a Changing World Future Capabilities Presented to Parliament by The Secretary of State for Defence By Command of Her Majesty July 2004 £7.00 Cm 6269 Chapter 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 2 Force Structure Changes 5 Chapter 3 Organisation and Efficiency 11 Chapter 4 Conclusions 13 Annex Determining the Force Structure 14 © Crown Copyright 2004 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and departmental logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Any enquiries relating to the copyright in this document should be addressed to The Licensing Division, HMSO, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich, NR3 1BQ. Fax: 01603 723000 or e-mail: licensing@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk Foreword by the Secretary of State for Defence the Right Honourable Geoff Hoon MP In the Defence White Paper of last December I set out the need to defend against the principal security challenges of the future: international terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and weak and failing states. Our need in the future is for flexible and adaptable armed forces properly supported to carry out the most likely expeditionary operations. To create a more sustainable and affordable force structure which better meets these operational requirements we have secured additional resources: the 2004 Spending Review allocated £3.7 billion to defence across the Spending Review period, which represents an average real terms increase of 1.4% a year. -
Aircraft Carrier Operating Procedures
This document belongs to “Speed & Angels” and shall not be reproduced. Created by: DCS-Sn@k3Sh!t for educational and training purposes only. Aircraft Carrier Operating Procedures This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 4.0 International License. For DCS World 2.5 Revision 01 © Copyright Act R.S.C. 1985 c. C-42. This document belongs to “Speed & Angels” and shall not be reproduced. Foreword: Created by: DCS-Sn@k3Sh!t for educational and training purposes only. The goal of every Naval Officer who is selected for jet pilot training is to become a tactical carrier pilot. Carrier pilots are the best because they must be the best. The carrier environment will not tolerate anything less. Landing and launching aircraft as well as moving equipment and personnel in a relatively small area requires precise coordination for safe operation. Handling aircraft on a flight deck is more complicated than at a field due to the high winds across the deck, small crowded deck, the proximity of the deck edge and the ship's movement. Successful and safe operations in and around the carrier depend on a coordinated team effort in which all team members do their job properly. There is no excuse for not knowing and not using correct procedures around the ship and there are no exceptions to this rule. This manual is written with the intent to achieve the highest possible standard of “Carrier Operations” within DCS World. After studying this manual, you should be able to operate safely and expeditiously on and in proximity of the carrier. -
Master Narrative Ours Is the Epic Story of the Royal Navy, Its Impact on Britain and the World from Its Origins in 625 A.D
NMRN Master Narrative Ours is the epic story of the Royal Navy, its impact on Britain and the world from its origins in 625 A.D. to the present day. We will tell this emotionally-coloured and nuanced story, one of triumph and achievement as well as failure and muddle, through four key themes:- People. We tell the story of the Royal Navy’s people. We examine the qualities that distinguish people serving at sea: courage, loyalty and sacrifice but also incidents of ignorance, cruelty and cowardice. We trace the changes from the amateur ‘soldiers at sea’, through the professionalization of officers and then ships’ companies, onto the ‘citizen sailors’ who fought the World Wars and finally to today’s small, elite force of men and women. We highlight the change as people are rewarded in war with personal profit and prize money but then dispensed with in peace, to the different kind of recognition given to salaried public servants. Increasingly the people’s story becomes one of highly trained specialists, often serving in branches with strong corporate identities: the Royal Marines, the Submarine Service and the Fleet Air Arm. We will examine these identities and the Royal Navy’s unique camaraderie, characterised by simultaneous loyalties to ship, trade, branch, service and comrades. Purpose. We tell the story of the Royal Navy’s roles in the past, and explain its purpose today. Using examples of what the service did and continues to do, we show how for centuries it was the pre-eminent agent of first the British Crown and then of state policy throughout the world. -
Staffp2facts May06
STAFF CADET PART II FACT SHEET HQ Kent Wing Air Training Corps Yeomanry Cottages, Boxley Road, Maidstone, Kent ME14 2AR Officer Commanding Wing Commander A. Atkins RAFVR(T) Wing Administrative Officer Squadron Leader R. Bushby RAFR (Including co-ordination of Camps and AEF) Wing Hon Chairman Squadron Leader R. E. Fawkes RAFVR(T) (Retd) Wing Chaplain Reverend D. Barnes Squadrons: 36 Staff Numbers: Officers: 63; Adult SNCOs: 68; Civilian Instructors 146 (correct at 20-Mar-06) Number of Cadets: 1115 enrolled and probationers (correct at 30-Sep-05) Wing Staff and Duties (as at 01-Jan-05) Post Duties WSO1 Squadron Leader V. R. Beaney RAFVR(T) Deputy Adventure Training Technical Officer, BELA Course Director, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award & Area 1 Staff Officer WSO2 Squadron Leader C. Hatton RAFVR(T) Gliding Liaison, Health and Safety, Airshows, Aircraft Recognition, Aeromodelling, AWO/Adult SNCO Liaison & Area 2 Staff Officer WSO3 Squadron Leader B. J. Fitzpatrick RAFVR(T) Classification and Syllabus Training (inc. BTECs), Pre-Adult and Adult Training Courses, Marconi-Elliott and Clarke Competitions, Bands & Area 3 Staff Officer WSO4 Squadron Leader R. C. Goodayle RAFVR(T) Deputy OC Wing, Adventure Training Technical Officer, Green Camps and ACF Liaison, PMC, Pentathlon & Area 4 Staff Officer WSO5 Flight Lieutenant D. C. Horsley RAFVR(T) Corporate Communications, Radio Communications, Flying Development and Flying Opportunities, Work Experience and Station Visits, Elworthy Trophy & Special Projects WSO6 Squadron Leader P. Atkins RAFVR(T) Cadet NCO Training Courses, Adult and Cadet First Aid Training, Techniques of Instruction, Nijmegen, Overseas Visits & Sun’n’Fun WWO AWO H. Hollamby Area Warrant Officers Wing Duties Performed by Squadron Staff Shooting Flight Lieutenant M. -
H.M.S. EAGLE This Is the Twenty-First Ship of the Royal Navy to Hear The
H.M.S. EAGLE This is the twenty-first ship of the Royal Navy to hear the name. CREST:- Azure, an eagle displayed argent, taloned gules. MOTTO:- Arduvr .id Solezn, BATTLE HONOURS:- Portland 1653 Gabbard 1653 Lowestoft 1665 Oixfordness 1666 Barfleur i 692 Gibraltar 1704 Ushant 1747 Sadras 1782 Providien 1782 Trincomalee 1782 Calabria 1940 Mediterranean 1940 Malta Convoys 1942 BUILDERS:- Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd. , Belfast. ORDERED 19th May, 1942 LAID DOW:- 24th October, 1942 cjs the AUDACIOUS. Renamed EAGLE on 21st January, 1946. LAUNCHED:- 19th 12% 1946 by H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth, t- Duchess of Edinburgh, .1 COMPLETED:- 31st October, 1951. COmaSSIOlTSD:- 31st October, 1951. DISPIACEI.'MT:- -6,800 tons LENGTH 72' ft. (P.P.) 803f ft (p.A.) BEAM 112$ ft. COST £15,000,000 (less gun armament) PEACE COMPLEMENT About 2,000 officers and men. The Commanding Officer is Captain G-uy WTLLOUGHB7', a Navel Pilot, who entered, the Service through Osborne and Dartmouth in 1916* Between the wars he served in the Aircraft Carriers HERMES, COURAGEOUS, FURIOUS and GLORIOUS, the battle cruiser REPULSE, end the cruiser IOEK. At the beginning of "arid War II he was serving for the second time in the carrier GIORIOUS, as Commander lAir). Later he served in the Admiralty for a period and then commanded the escort carrier ACTIVITY. Towards the finish of the war- he was Chief Staff Officei to Rear-Admiral (Air) in the Eastern Fleet and also served in the aircraft carriers ILLUSTRIOUS and mroMTAT.LE. In 1%5 he was appointed Director f Naval Air Warfare at the Admiralty in 1947 he attended the Irperial Defence College, and, in 19'+8, went to Australia to advise the Commonwealth Government concerning the introduction of Aviation j.nto the Royal Australian Navy. -
The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles
The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles The Chinese Navy Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles Saunders, EDITED BY Yung, Swaine, PhILLIP C. SAUNderS, ChrISToPher YUNG, and Yang MIChAeL Swaine, ANd ANdreW NIeN-dzU YANG CeNTer For The STUdY oF ChINeSe MilitarY AffairS INSTITUTe For NATIoNAL STrATeGIC STUdIeS NatioNAL deFeNSe UNIverSITY COVER 4 SPINE 990-219 NDU CHINESE NAVY COVER.indd 3 COVER 1 11/29/11 12:35 PM The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles 990-219 NDU CHINESE NAVY.indb 1 11/29/11 12:37 PM 990-219 NDU CHINESE NAVY.indb 2 11/29/11 12:37 PM The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles Edited by Phillip C. Saunders, Christopher D. Yung, Michael Swaine, and Andrew Nien-Dzu Yang Published by National Defense University Press for the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs Institute for National Strategic Studies Washington, D.C. 2011 990-219 NDU CHINESE NAVY.indb 3 11/29/11 12:37 PM Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Defense or any other agency of the Federal Government. Cleared for public release; distribution unlimited. Chapter 5 was originally published as an article of the same title in Asian Security 5, no. 2 (2009), 144–169. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Used by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Chinese Navy : expanding capabilities, evolving roles / edited by Phillip C. Saunders ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. -
RAFOC REMINISCENCES and RAMBLINGS - WEEK 28 - 16Th OCTOBER 2020 GREETINGS
ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS’ CLUB Johannesburg P.O. Box 69726 BRYANSTON 2021 [email protected] www.rafoc.org President: David MacKinnon-Little Vice Presidents: Basil Hersov, Colin Francis, Geoff Quick, David Lake Chairman: Bruce Harrison [email protected] Tel: 011 673 0291 Cell: 083 325 0025 Vice Chairman: Jon Adams [email protected] Tel: 011 678 7702 Cell: 082 450 0616 Hon. Secretary: Colin Ackroyd Tel: 012 942 1111 Cell: 082 800 5845 Hon. Treasurer: Jeff Earle Tel: 011 616 3189 Cell: 083 652 1002 Committee Members: Russell Swanborough Tel: 011 884 2611 Cell: 083 263 2740 Karl Jensen Tel: 011 234 0598 Cell: 082 331 4652 Jean-Michel Girard Cell: 083 659 1067 Geoff Fish Tel: 012 667 2759 Cell: 083 660 9697 Web Master: Hanke Fourie Tel: Cell: 082 553 0210 Bank Account: Nedbank - Melrose Arch Br: 19 66 05 Account 19 66 278 063 RAFOC REMINISCENCES AND RAMBLINGS - WEEK 28 - 16th OCTOBER 2020 GREETINGS: Day 200 of the great lockdown arrived this week, with the WHO (allegedly) changing stance on lockdowns now that the real economic consequences are apparent, and Covid cases fall far short of early “doomsday predictions”. Otherwise, it was quite a week – the heated debate on testing and preventive measures continues in the UK, with pubs and restaurants being closed, and Sir Keir Starmer accusing the PM of causing "confusion, chaos and unfairness" by waiting until this week to announce a new local lockdown system. (He would, wouldn’t he?) Indonesia using scarecrows to keep Covid away.... The next turn in the US Presidential election campaign was that Trump, having tested positive for Covid, is now ”immune”...the media frenzy continues. -
Mk 7 Aircraft Recovery Equipment
CHAPTER 3 MK 7 AIRCRAFT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT Present-day aircraft normally require the use of then opened, allowing fluid to be forced from the runways that are 5,000 to 8,000 feet long in order to accumulator back into the engine cylinder, forcing the land ashore. On an aircraft carrier, these same aircraft ram out. As the ram moves out of the cylinder, the are stopped within 350 feet after contacting the deck. crosshead is forced away from the fixed sheave This feat is accomplished through the use of aircraft assembly, pulling the purchase cables back onto the recovery equipment, including an emergency barricade engine until the crosshead is returned to its BATTERY that brings a landing aircraft to a controlled stop by position and the crossdeck pendant is in its normal absorbing and dispelling the energy developed by the position on the flight deck. landing aircraft. This recovery equipment is commonly called arresting gear. PRERECOVERY PREPARATIONS The sole purpose of an aircraft carrier is to provide Prior to recovery of aircraft, all recovery equipment a means of launching a strike against an enemy and landing area must be made ready and all personnel anywhere in the world. After the aircraft complete their properly positioned. The following is a general listing mission, the carrier must provide a means of safely of the events that must be accomplished prior to the recovering them. The Mk 7 arresting gear provides this recovery of aircraft: means. • All operational retractable sheaves raised to the full up position AIRCRAFT RECOVERY • LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe aircraft All aft deckedge antennas positioned, as arrestments aboard aircraft carriers. -
\Aircraft Recognition Manual
Jf V t 9fn I 4-'!- Vw'^ ' 'o | ^ renai; 408.$ /•> ,A1.AI / -3o FM DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FM 30-30 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NavWeps 00-80T-75 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AFM 50-40 MARINE CORPS NavMC 2522 \AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION MANUAL SI ISSUED BY DIRECTION OF\ CHIEF OF BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS \ \ I 4 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FM 30-30 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NavWeps 00-80T-75 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AFM 50-40 MARINE CORPS NavMC 2522 AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION MANUAL •a ISSUED BY DIRECTION OF CHIEF OF BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS JUNE 1962 DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY, THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE, WASHINGTON 25, D.C., 15 June 1962 FM 30-30/NAVWEPS 00-80T-75/AFM 50-40/NAVMC 2522, Aircraft Recognition Manual, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. i BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE ARMY, THE NAVY, AND THE AIR FORCE: G. H. DECKER, General, Umted States Army, Official: Chief of Staff. J. C. LAMBERT, Major General, United States Army, The Adjutant General. PAUL D. STROOP Rear Admiral, United States Navy, Chief, Bureau of Naval Weapons. CURTIS E. LEMAY, Official: Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, R. J. PUGH, Colonel, United States Air Force, Director of Administrative Services. C. H. HAYES, Major General, U.S. Marine Corps, Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans). H DISTRIBUTION: ARMY: Active Army : DCSPER (1) Inf/Mech Div Co/Btry/Trp 7-2 44-112 ACSI (1) (5) except Arm/Abn Div 7- 44-236 52 DCSLOG (2) Co/Trp (1) 8- 44-237 137 DCSOPS(5) MDW (1) 8-500 (AA- 44-446 ACSRC (1) Svc Colleges (3) AH) 44447 CNGB (1) Br Svc Sch (5) except 10-201 44^536 -
FROM CRADLE to GRAVE? the Place of the Aircraft
FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE? The Place of the Aircraft Carrier in Australia's post-war Defence Force Subthesis submitted for the degree of MASTER OF DEFENCE STUDIES at the University College The University of New South Wales Australian Defence Force Academy 1996 by ALLAN DU TOIT ACADEMY LIBRARy UNSW AT ADFA 437104 HMAS Melbourne, 1973. Trackers are parked to port and Skyhawks to starboard Declaration by Candidate I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of a university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgment is made in the text of the thesis. Allan du Toit Canberra, October 1996 Ill Abstract This subthesis sets out to study the place of the aircraft carrier in Australia's post-war defence force. Few changes in naval warfare have been as all embracing as the role played by the aircraft carrier, which is, without doubt, the most impressive, and at the same time the most controversial, manifestation of sea power. From 1948 until 1983 the aircraft carrier formed a significant component of the Australian Defence Force and the place of an aircraft carrier in defence strategy and the force structure seemed relatively secure. Although cost, especially in comparison to, and in competition with, other major defence projects, was probably the major issue in the demise of the aircraft carrier and an organic fixed-wing naval air capability in the Australian Defence Force, cost alone can obscure the ftindamental reordering of Australia's defence posture and strategic thinking, which significantly contributed to the decision not to replace HMAS Melbourne. -
The Old Pangbournian Record Volume 2
The Old Pangbournian Record Volume 2 Casualties in War 1917-2020 Collected and written by Robin Knight (56-61) The Old Pangbournian Society The Old angbournianP Record Volume 2 Casualties in War 1917-2020 Collected and written by Robin Knight (56-61) The Old Pangbournian Society First published in the UK 2020 The Old Pangbournian Society Copyright © 2020 The moral right of the Old Pangbournian Society to be identified as the compiler of this work is asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, “Beloved by many. stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any Death hides but it does not divide.” * means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior consent of the Old Pangbournian Society in writing. All photographs are from personal collections or publicly-available free sources. Back Cover: © Julie Halford – Keeper of Roll of Honour Fleet Air Arm, RNAS Yeovilton ISBN 978-095-6877-031 Papers used in this book are natural, renewable and recyclable products sourced from well-managed forests. Typeset in Adobe Garamond Pro, designed and produced *from a headstone dedication to R.E.F. Howard (30-33) by NP Design & Print Ltd, Wallingford, U.K. Foreword In a global and total war such as 1939-45, one in Both were extremely impressive leaders, soldiers which our national survival was at stake, sacrifice and human beings. became commonplace, almost routine. Today, notwithstanding Covid-19, the scale of losses For anyone associated with Pangbourne, this endured in the World Wars of the 20th century is continued appetite and affinity for service is no almost incomprehensible.