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Book Review – Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two: The Western Desert and Tunisia, 1940-43

May 10, 2012by Ross Leave a comment

[Cross posted at Birmingham "On War"] Brad Gladman, Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two: The Western Desert and Tunisia, 1940-43. London: Palgrave, 2009. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. […]

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Book Review, Air Power, Second World War - North Africa, War Studies, Military History, Royal Air Force

Annual Meeting of the Society for Military History 2011

February 1, 2011by Ross Leave a comment

I had some good news today. I heard that my paper, part of a panel proposal entitled ‘A New (?) Way of War: Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the […]

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Air Power, Doctrine, Events, PhD, Royal Air Force, Thesis

No. 2 Squadron SAAF – 23rd March 1943

January 26, 2009by Ross 3 Comments

I have been busy the last few days hence the lack of posts on this project. Thankfully I am not doing it in ‘real time’ to the event so it […]

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Air Power, Second World War - North Africa
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A Case Study in Army-Air Force Co-Operation

January 26, 2009by Ross Leave a comment

My post blogging of the Battle for the Mareth Line, which I have fallen behind with, was based upon research I had done in preperation for a conference I attended […]

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Academia, Air Power, Second World War - North Africa

No. 2 Squadron SAAF – 21st March 1943

January 20, 2009by Ross Leave a comment

Here is the second post for operations on 21 March. Eleven of our pilots were early on the job this morning when they took the air shortly before eleven o’clock. […]

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Air Power, Second World War - North Africa

No. 2 Squadron SAAF – 20th March 1943

January 19, 2009by Ross 3 Comments

Here is the first entry from the Squadrons ORB. At this time the Squadron was equipped with Cutiss Kittyhawks. Operations started with a rush to-day, the squadron acting as close, […]

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Air Power, Second World War - North Africa

Post-Blogging the Battle of the Mareth Line – Introduction

January 19, 2009by Ross 3 Comments

Inspired by Brett Holman’s experiment of post-blogging the Sudeten Crisis I have decided to have a go at some thing similar, albeit over a much smaller time frame. I am […]

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Air Power, Blogging, Second World War - North Africa

Gallipoli, Combined Operations and Air Power

June 6, 2008by Ross 2 Comments

Just a bit that I have been working on lately for my thesis. This is part of my attempt to place air power and combined operations in its historical context […]

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Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Combined Operations, First World War, Thesis

The Development of RAF Air Power in North Africa – Conclusion

March 11, 2008by Ross 1 Comment

Here is the conclusion to my work on the RAF’s Desert Air Force. The other two parts can be seen here and here. Much of the conclusion is derived from […]

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Air Power, Royal Air Force, Second World War, Second World War - North Africa

The Development of RAF Air Power in North Africa – Main Body

February 15, 2008by Ross 9 Comments

This is the second piece of my analysis of RAF tacical air operation during the north african campaign. ———————————-  The main body of this work will aim to analyse the various […]

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Air Power, Royal Air Force, Second World War, Second World War - North Africa

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