The men who flew in the Army Corps squadrons were the unsung heroes of the Royal Flying Corps, yet little has been written about them. Flying two-seater aeroplanes that were no match against the scouts of the German Air Force, they were the "Eyes of the Army" despite suffering heavy losses. In pioneering the use of airborne wireless, they also changed forever the way in which wars would be waged.
For God, England and Ethel is the true story of
6 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, based on the diaries my grandfather kept of the time he served with the squadron on the Western Front.
The book also contains informative narrative as well as previously unpublished facts on 6 Squadron and numerous technical footnotes.
Click here for a short reconstruction of a British RE8 under attack.
