In the Great War of 1914-18 the Royal Navy operated some two hundred dirigibles - non-rigid airships - primarily in protection of coastal shipping, spotting U-boats and mines ahead of convoys. Charlie Holt, Lieutenant RNAS, flying out of Polegate in Sussex, is a highly skilled airshipman, though inclined to be reckless - and not only in the air. There's Amanda, for instance, who has Charlie in her sights; and there was a barmaid in Great Yarmouth - and so on... Whereas now - on a different basis - there's a Belgian girl, ...
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In the Great War of 1914-18 the Royal Navy operated some two hundred dirigibles - non-rigid airships - primarily in protection of coastal shipping, spotting U-boats and mines ahead of convoys. Charlie Holt, Lieutenant RNAS, flying out of Polegate in Sussex, is a highly skilled airshipman, though inclined to be reckless - and not only in the air. There's Amanda, for instance, who has Charlie in her sights; and there was a barmaid in Great Yarmouth - and so on... Whereas now - on a different basis - there's a Belgian girl, Hilde, who has vital information and the Germans on her heels, and therefore has to be rescued from a long way behind the German lines. On the face of it, all Charlie's got to do is put the ship down safely - in the right place...
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In this book, Alexander Fullerton tells the story of an airship mission behind enemy lines during the First World War. Charlie Holt, a young British naval office is called on to extract a young French girl who has vital information need by the Allies.
This book is well written, and includes the details and dangers of early air ship operations, as well as the excitement of behind enemy lines action.
Patarma6
Apr 9, 2009
An excellent tale with good reserach
Provides the only research and background about early airship design and utilization that I know about.
