World War One Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Story and Diaries of Captain JM McC

World War One Aircraft Carrier PioneerAuthor(s): Guy Warner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pen & Sword Aviation\nISBN-13: 9781848842557, 978-1848842557\nSynopsis\nJack McCleery was born in Belfast in 1898, the son of a mill owning family. He joined the RNAS in 1916 as a Probationary Flight Officer. During the next ten months he completed his training at Crystal Palace, Eastchurch, Cranwell, Frieston, Calshot and Isle of Grain, flying more than a dozen landplanes, seaplanes and flying boats, gaining his wings as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant. In July 1917 he was posted to the newly commissioning aircraft carrier HMS Furious, which would be based at Scapa Flow and Rosyth. He served in this ship until February 1919, flying Short 184 seaplanes and then Sopwith 1i?? Strutters off the deck. He also flew a large number of other types during this time from shore stations at Turnhouse, East Fortune and [url] served with important and well-known.