The Coming of the Aerial War : Culture and the Fear of Airborne Attack in Inter-War Britain

In the first half of the 20th century the possibility of flight opened up entirely new avenues of thought and exploration. In the age of H.G. Wells and Biggles, the opening up of the air to balloons and planes appealed to concepts of courage and bravery which would be both encouraged and undermined by the experiences of WW1.