Wings Over Mesopotamia, Air War in Iraq 1914-18

The society's first book, "Nieuports in RFC, RNAS & RAF Service", has sold out - and is now available only as a download. Our second and third books are the hugely popular "Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b/d & Variants in RFC, RAF, RNAS & AFC Service" and "Sopwith Dolphin in RFC, RAF and Polish Service" - and stock levels of both are getting perilously low. If you want one of these, I suggest you place an order soon.

Now here's our fourth book:

Wings Over Mesopotamia, the Air War in Iraq 1914-18

If aviation in the temperate climate of Europe wasn’t challenging enough in 1915, war against the Ottoman Empire meant fighting in extreme climates like Mesopotamia. This book records the struggles of both army and navy aviation units in a country defined in an Arab proverb as “Allah created Hell but decided it was not bad enough, so he created Mesopotamia and added flies.

Mike O’Connor, Ray Vann, and Colin Waugh spent over forty years researching the RFC /RNAS activities in Mesopotamia. They tracked down surviving officers and their families to obtain thousands of photographs, copies of logbooks, and copies of diaries. The appendices are extensive with 36 pages on the aircraft and officers involved.

Softback, 144 pages, 210 x 297mm and including over 450 photograph, most never previously published