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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Royal Air Force"”.
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The effects of relocation on Royal Air Force families
… the effects that geographical transience has on Royal Air Force families. The methodology employed in this exploratory and qualitative study consisted largely of open-ended interview questions but also included a series of demographic variables. In total, 29 RAF personnel without families, 33 RAF …
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The Royal Air Force, Combined Operations Doctrine and the Raid on Dieppe, 19 August 1942
This thesis seeks to examine the use of air power during Operation JUBILEE. In recent revisionist accounts, the role of the Royal Air Force has come in for criticism. Therefore, this thesis seeks to examine why the RAF fought the battle in the manner that it did. It examines both the doctrinal and …
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A critical analysis of the Royal Air Force air superiority campaign in India, Burma and Malaya, 1941-1945
… description extends to the way the campaign’s air war has been analysed. However, the role of air power in Burma was vitally important to the campaign, in particular the attainment of air superiority in order to facilitate supply and close support operations. The foundation of these operations …
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Fostering personal resilience in the Royal Air Force: a study of Force Development and Adventurous Personal Development Training
Resilient airmen and women are pivotal strategic game-changers in the RAF's next generation contribution to the United Kingdom's Defence Strategy. Resilience is the ability to learn and bounce forward from adversity, thus developing an increased personal resilience baseline to cope with future …
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For Cause and Countries: Initial, Sustaining, and Combat Motivation in the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons, 1940-1942
… 245 American pilots pledged their service to the Royal Air Force (RAF). Organized into 71, 121, and 133 Squadrons, collectively known as the Eagle Squadrons, these foreign volunteers present an intriguing avenue of soldier motivation analysis. Employing the conceptual framework offered by John …
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The strategic leadership and direction of the Royal Air Force Strategic air offensive against Germany from inception to 1945
… leadership, and the high level direction, of the Royal Air Force’s contribution to the strategic air offensive against Germany. It takes the conceptual thinking, the organisational aspects and the leadership required to bring it into being, from its inception in the First World War through to …
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Land based air power or aircraft carriers? The British debate about maritime air power in the 1960s
… as the TSR.2 and F.111, prospective VTOL aircraft and not least the CVA-01 fleet carrier, but most of all it focuses on the issue of military strategy. The rivalry between the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force was largely about the questions of carrier aviation versus land-based air power …
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Leadership: the art of being human
… element for effective leadership within the Royal Air Force and the broader defence sector. It argues that leadership is a shared responsibility which requires participation from all and that leadership should be made accessible to all via experiential self-leadership. I challenge traditional …
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The Skybolt Missile Cancellation: An Analysis of Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Kennedy Executive
… the Skybolt missile program. Skybolt was an air launched ballistic missile being developed by the United States for use by both the US Air Force and the British Royal Air Force. Its abrupt cancellation caused a short "crisis" in Anglo-American relations. The Tory government of Harold …
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Oriental sore: some observations suggested by its prevalence in Quetta in 1936
… 20,000 largely escaped with the exception of the Royal Air Force Units who suffered severely through being lodged close to the vortex of the disturbance. The Indian Police also suffered heavily losing 172 of their strength, a loss which must have disorganized completely a force whose services were …
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Medmenham: Anglo-American Photographic Intelligence in the Second World War
… intelligence during the Second World War at Royal Air Force (RAF) Medmenham and its predecessor at Wembley is investigated in this thesis. The development from 1939 to 1945 of photographic reconnaissance and photographic interpretation is examined. The growth of the Central Interpretation …
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The Righteous, The Brave, and The Restless: The Experiences of Neil "Piffles" Taylor, his Fellow Canadian Pilots, and Prisoners-of-War in the First World War
The experiences of Canadian airmen who served in the British flying services during the First World War have received a very focused treatment from historians. The wartime letters and diary of Saskatchewan veteran Neil Taylor, who served in the Royal Flying Corps, allow for a more complete …
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The German Army on the Western Front: 1914 – 1918
… Prussian archives when Potsdam was bombed by the Royal Air Force in April 1945. The solution, which has permitted work of complete originality and lasting value to be produced, has been to exploit fully the resources of the surviving archives of the non-Prussian contingents of the old German army …
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Why Was the RAF So Committed to the "Area Bombing" of Germany in the Second World War?
… This study will seek to explain why the British Royal Air Force embarked on a policy of systematic destruction of German cities during the Second World War. The first chapters will focus on the origins of the policy of 'area' bombing, showing how the idea became popular after the German raids …
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A new theory driven model of authentic leadership
… and, for the validation study, senior serving Royal Air Force officers. A 3-factor model emerged which both simplifies and unifies previous theoretical conceptualisations of Authentic Leadership.Whilst not a direct part of the research study, the author suggests that potentially, all modern …
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Do increases in task difficulty lead to corresponding increases in group efficacy, cohesiveness and performance?
The three Royal Air Force Development Training Centres (RAFDTCs) have been established to provide personal and team development training for all ranks. Outdoor activities are used at the centres as a catalyst to promote learning and exploration. Anecdotal evidence suggests there is a training …
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The artist as historyteller within museum and heritage sites
… film and augmented reality (AR) for the Royal Air Force Museum (RAFM); and a locative historytelling iOS app for Alexandra Palace and Park. Each of these works engages public audiences in representations of the past. Building on the feminist principles of my previous work, my approach to …
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