Project Gutenberg 2010-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 94 Bott, Alan 1893 1952 Contact Bott, Alan John 18026266 Cavalry of the Clouds Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cavalry of the Clouds" by Alan Bott is a military aviation memoir written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the experiences of the author as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, specifically focusing on the operations of his squadron against German forces in the Western Front. Bott aims to shed light on the often-overlooked role and challenges faced by the Flying Corps, as well as to highlight the evolution and importance of aviation in modern warfare. The opening of the memoir details the lengthy and often tedious preparations leading up to the author's deployment to France. It reflects on the anticipation and anxiety experienced by pilots as they awaited their "Date" of embarkation. Bott introduces the reader to the various facets of squadron life, including training, the camaraderie among pilots, and the specialized tasks they undertook in the air. He sets up the contrast between civilian misconceptions of what air combat entails and the reality of the pilots' work, which is fraught with danger, organization issues, and unforeseen complications. By providing a personal narrative of his initial experiences, Bott effectively draws readers into the world of aerial warfare, establishing a foundation for the more intense episodes of conflict that are sure to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31211/31211-h/images/cover.jpg en Aeronautics, Military World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations D501 Text Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 353484 347873 2024-09-13T08:56:47.642806 2023-09-14T03:32:30.051392 text/html text/html 350555 2010-02-07T11:12:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 338042 2010-02-07T11:12:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355371 2024-09-13T08:56:53.614715 application/epub+zip 357891 2024-09-13T08:56:48.735726 application/epub+zip 212169 2024-09-13T08:56:48.192741 application/epub+zip 475242 2024-09-13T08:56:57.481691 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427413 2024-09-13T08:56:52.907700 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281999 2022-09-14T10:48:20.383210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311673 311549 2024-09-13T08:56:46.933740 2023-09-14T03:32:29.518321 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 311499 2010-02-07T11:12:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 123304 2010-02-07T11:12:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 311500 2010-02-07T11:12:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 123210 2010-02-07T11:12:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20413 2024-09-13T08:56:57.629655 application/rdf+xml 18142 2024-09-13T08:56:48.288704 image/jpeg 2641 2024-09-13T08:56:48.240701 image/jpeg 340791 2024-09-13T08:56:47.678722 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog