The US Coast Guard and early naval aviation * A single comprehensive
volume telling the history of early Naval Aviation; Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard
This unified history of all naval aviators describes the
interrelationship and mutual support of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Before 1920, the Marine Corps and Coast Guard did not own aircraft; the three
sea service’s aviators flew Navy aircraft on Navy missions from Navy ships and
Navy Air Stations, commanded by Navy and Coast Guard aviators. It was during
this unique time that the bond between them was born.
This book was born of the frustration of looking for an answer and
not finding it; or finding, after a long search, an answer so elementary as to
be inadequate. Few, if any, books are written with balanced coverage about sea
service events and people living from the beginning of the Twentieth Century
through the volatile times of World War I and aviation’s rapid advancement to
1938.
The book is documented with 427 endnotes, and features 281 vintage
aviation photographic images and a nautical chart of historical note embedded
within its text. This balance of photographs and endnote documentation provides
both a visual and written history that will come alive for the reader, who will
learn that enormous creativity was involved in the birth, development and
advancement of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard air forces and their aircrew’s
capabilities.
