L'Aéronautique Miltaire 1919 - 1934 Ses unités, ses hommes, ses insignes

At the end of the Great War, military aeronautics was reorganized into aviation regiments. It is the heir to the glorious past, forged in the fire, of the squadrons which fought for four years, above the trenches. Some of its regiments will in turn experience the test of air operations, in the Levant and in Morocco. The air force, which is gradually gaining its autonomy, also relies on a structure made up of schools, technical support services, but also a corps of balloonists and, briefly, counter-aircraft defense units. . The symbolism current in the squadrons is rich and varied, sometimes unpublished, both on the aircraft and on the unit emblems. The Air Force took off in 1933 but was not created ex nihilo, however:
This work has, from the beginning of its writing, been designed as a follow-up to the work "Military Aeronautical Squadrons 1912-1920", one of the very last productions of the Air Force Historical Service, published in 2004. It is also intended to be a synthesis of the knowledge patiently accumulated by researchers and amateurs of aeronautical history. It benefits from unpublished aircraft profiles and original insignia designs that were developed from period photographs or documents. Four indexes must allow easy access to a unit, from an airman, an insignia, a place or even its traditions.

Illustrated with 394 photos, 320 insignia designs, 55 profiles, 6 maps on 306 pages.