One Hundred Years of the Royal Air Force | Paul Beaver

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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2018 · Education

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Paul Beaver tells us why the Royal Air Force is so special and highlights some key points in its history.

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Paul Beaver worked for five years on Jane's Defence Weekly, including spells as Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, and has operated as a freelance war correspondent for Sky News in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone. He has written over 50 books on military history, including most recently Spitfire People (2015). He spent 27 years in Army Air Corps Reserves, is a qualified pilot, and is now Honorary Group Captain of No 601 (County of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

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