Derek Law Bibliography

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MacKAY, Charles E. Beardmore Built HMS Argus 1914 to 1947: The World's First Flat-Top Aircraft Carrier. 175p., bibliog., illus. Glasgow: A. MacKay, 2017. ISBN: 9780957344358.

The history of the carrier, ex Conte Rosso, built as an Italian liner, and of the development of the Fleet Air Arm from 1914. Includes Russian operations, the Chanak Crisis, Shanghai Intervention, Aircraft Deck Landing Training at Toulon and the Clyde, Operations Benedict and Torch and the invasion of Europe and it details the resupply of aircraft to Malta in Club Runs. This is an in-depth study covering the complete history of her evolution to her scrapping at Inverkeithing. Has over 300 rare photographs.