Photo-reconnaissance has come a long way from its faltering beginnings over the trenches of the Western Front during World War I, when unwieldy plate cameras were held over the cockpit sides of RFC BE2a biplanes. By the close of World War II, designated PR Spitfires could photograph Germany by day, while Mosquitoes could photograph by day or night with considerable success from heights of up to 36,000 feet. Following ten years of incredible advances in digital, optical and mechanical technology, the mid-1990s saw the RAF's ...
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Photo-reconnaissance has come a long way from its faltering beginnings over the trenches of the Western Front during World War I, when unwieldy plate cameras were held over the cockpit sides of RFC BE2a biplanes. By the close of World War II, designated PR Spitfires could photograph Germany by day, while Mosquitoes could photograph by day or night with considerable success from heights of up to 36,000 feet. Following ten years of incredible advances in digital, optical and mechanical technology, the mid-1990s saw the RAF's Tornado GR1As using video-tape for PR, with a data link to relay pictures direct to interpreters on the ground, thus doing away altogether with wet film.
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Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0750911301. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book and dust jacket are crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Several instances of light underlining or margin marks, but only a few. Wonderful photo illustrations. 4to. 335 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0750911301. In gift-giving condition. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise an excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. As New.; 10.75 X 7.80 X 1.18 inches; 335 pages.
The story of aerial reconnaissance is the story of technological achievements and a story of men flying alone and unarmed. The focus of the book is mainly the story of the men and squadrons. If you are interested in technical matters, you need something else, but the book worth the reading.
P.S. The headline is the title of a book also.