CUBAN MILITARY AVIATION: Volume 1 -- Organisation and Development of the Cuban Army Air Corps 1913-1952

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Examines the genesis of Cuban aviation, the organization and evolution of the CAEC, Cuban Military Aviation in the Second World War, the failed operation of the Caribbean Legion in Cayo Confites, Cuban Naval Aviation and the CAEC in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and includes a short biography of Fulgencio Batista. Annexes detail all the CAEC aircraft types from 1913 to 1952, when it was restructured to become Cuban Army Air Force, as well as those of the Naval Aviation during the same period. Illustrated throughout with original photographs and includes specially commissioned color artworks. Contains 115 black and white photos, 21 color profiles, 1 black and white map, and 1 color map.