World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish
Major Turner served in the flying arm throughout the great conflict,
chiefly as an instructor of officers of the Royal Naval Air Service, and
then of the Royal Air Force in the principles of flight, aerial
navigation, and other subjects. He did much experimental work, made one
visit to the Front, and was mentioned in dispatches. The Armistice found
him in the position of Chief Instructor at No. 2 School of Aeronautics,
Oxford.
The classification of this book explains its scope and arrangement. The
chapters are as follows:
Capabilities of Aircraft; Theory in 1914; The flight to France and
Baptism of Fire; Early Surprises; Fighting in the Air, 1914-1915; 1916;
1917; 1918; Zeppelins and the Defence; Night Flying; The Zeppelin
Beaten; Aeroplane Raids on England; Bombing the Germans; Artillery
Observation; Reconnaissance and Photography; Observation Balloons;
Aircraft and Infantry; Sea Aircraft; Heroic Experimenters; Casualties in
the Third Arm; The Robinson Quality.
CAUGHT BY THE TURKS.
By FRANCIS YEATS-BROWN.
_1 vol. Demy 8vo._ =10s. 6d. net.=
This book contains a full measure of adventure and excitement. The
author, who is a Captain in the Indian Cavalry, was serving in the Air
Force in Mesopotamia in 1915, and was captured through an accident to
the aeroplane while engaged in a hazardous and successful attempt to cut
the Turkish telegraph lines north and west of Baghdad, just before the
Battle of Ctesiphon. Then came the horrors of the journey to
Constantinople, during which the "terrible Turk" showed himself in his
worst colours; but it was in Constantinople that the most thrilling
episodes of his captivity had their origin. The story of the Author's
first attempt to escape (which did not succeed) and of his subsequent
lucky dash for freedom, is one of intense interest, and is told in a
most vivid and dramatic way.
JOHN HUGH ALLEN
OF THE GALLANT COMPANY
A Memoir by his Sister INA MONTGOMERY.
_With Portrait. 1 vol. Demy 8vo._ =10s. 6d. net.=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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