01164cam a2200241 4500 56992278 TxAuBib 20070108120000.0 070108s1982||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u (OCoLC)15288618 TxAuBib Humble, Richard. Aircraft Carriers : The Illustrated History. Aircraft Carriers. Herts, England : Winchmore Publishing Services Ltd., 1982. 192 p. In this compelling study, Richard Humble traces the full story of the aircraft-carrier, beginning with the floatplane and deck-landing pioneers of the First World War. He examines the conversion of battleships to carriers in the 1920s and the evolution of the carrier task force as a far more powerful successor to the traditional battle fleet - as shatteringly demonstrated at Taranto in November 1940 and at Pearl Harbor in December 1941... (BookFlap.) 20070108. Aircraft carriers History. Naval Aircraft History. History. TXLIV