1 NOVEMBER 1940, Page 26

THOUGH the early part of this useful little volume might

perhaps be criticised as depending unduly on paste and scissors, the book should be welcome to anyone who wants to get in small compass a picture of the Royal Air Force as it is and as it has grown from next to nothing in the last half-dozen years. With enough technicalities for accuracy and not enough to mystify the layman, Mr. Spaight distinguishes the various commands— Fighter, Bomber, Coastal, Fleet Air Arm—and their functions and the various types of machine employed for different purposes. The book. is admirably illustrated, and can be strongly recom- mended as a brief and lucid description of the great force on which the safety of these islands so largely depends.