Baptism of Fire is a new book by Alex Revell. CCI have a world-wide exclusive deal to sell this book – except in the UK, where Alex is also selling on his own site.

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Baptism of Fire

In the many books written detailing the operations of the British Expeditionary Force in France in the first year of the Great War, few give any details of the operations carried out by the youngest corps of the BEF, the Royal Flying Corps, and the immense importance of its work during that time. Indeed, one book, The History of the Great War by an eminent historian, makes only two references to the RFC: a half page devoted to the exploits of the ‘aces’ and a single line acknowledging the help given to the land forces by the corps during the battle of Neuve Chapelle, completely ignoring the valuable and vitally important work it carried out during the first battles of 1914; its subsequent development of aerial reconnaissance, both visual and photographic; its  essential work ranging for the artillery, both of which were  to cause it such heavy casualties, and  its ultimate development into a highly effective and important arm of the British Army.