Overview
"""Military Aviation in Ireland"" charts the history of the Air Corps from its early days as the Military Air Service established by Michael Collins in 1922 to the ineffective air operations conducted during the Second World War period. The Air Service came about when the Civil War caused the postponement of Michael Collins' plans for a civil air service. After participation in the war of 1922-3 a small Air Corps was confirmed as the token air element of a substantially infantry army. The Army Air Corps survived the 1920s and 1930s, despite the absence of government defence policy and the Army leadership's great indifference to military aviation. In the Second World War period, two squadrons of the Air Corps were given air force tasks for which they had little aptitude and for which they were totally unprepared in terms of personnel, airmanship, aircraft and training, failures which led directly to the demoralization of the Corps. During most of this period the Air Corps, on secretive government orders, carried out tasks aimed at assisting the war effort of the Royal Air Force. Using extensive archival research, Michael C.O'Malley throws new light on the people and operations of Ireland's early aviation history."
Full Product Details
Author: Michael O Malley
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Imprint: University College Dublin Press
Dimensions:
Width: 23.40cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 15.60cm
Weight: 0.748kg
ISBN: 9781906359485
ISBN 10: 1906359482
Pages: 374
Publication Date: 01 July 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Military aviation is a subject that has been ignored or only mentioned in passing by most Irish historians of the 20th century. Yet, as O'Malley illustrates, it was of some significance and worthy of an in-depth study. - This is a detailed, insightful and well written account of an important wing of the Irish defence forces.' Books Ireland Sept. 2010
'Military aviation is a subject that has been ignored or only mentioned in passing by most Irish historians of the 20th century. Yet, as O'Malley illustrates, it was of some significance and worthy of an in-depth study. - This is a detailed, insightful and well written account of an important wing of the Irish defence forces.' Books Ireland Sept. 2010 'Meticulously researched by a man with first-hand knowledge of flying, the book records the struggles and adventures of the Irish Air Force from the stirring 1920s to the end of the Second World War ... O'Malley's book is an entertaining and rewarding read for the general bookworm as well as a comprehensive one for the historically inclined. The book is a fitting tribute to the pioneer conquerors of the Irish skies.' The Irish Catholic, 7 July 2011
Author Information
Lieutenant Colonel Michael C. O'Malley served in the Air Corps, as a flying officer, from 1961 to 1999 and holds a doctorate in history from NUI, Maynooth.
