The RAF in 100 Objects

by Peter Jacobs

It was in the closing year of the First World War, on 1 April 1918, that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. Since then, the RAF has helped lead the world in the development of aviation and air warfare. From the fighters and bombers of the Second World War, through the early jet age and into modern remotely piloted air systems, the last hundred years’ development has been astronomical, and the human story no less impressive. Here Peter Jacobs gathers the most poignant objects of the RAF’s proud history and displays them together, in full splendid colour, for the first time. Aircraft, memorials, uniforms, equipment, and some items you would never expect – it’s all here, ready to be explored.

Genres: History, Reference, Nonfiction

352 pages, Paperback

Published October 16, 2017

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good range of objects giving a broad history of the RAF. The start of the book is stronger than the end which gets a bit technical and has a lot of planes as objects. Scrapes a four due to strong start.

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a strange, but interesting collection of objects connected to the RAF, from a letter written by T E Lawrence to one of the best aircraft of the 20th century the TSR2 (even though the idiotic government cancelled it).
This is a book that I would probably never have read had it not been bought for me as a present, however I was quite surprised how much I enjoyed working my way through the different objects.