| Wings over Cape Cod is a chronological narrative of the Chatham Naval Air Station covering its activities during both World War I and in the immediate post-war period. It features a look at the men who manned the base, the environment they lived in and the equipment they had to work with --- fragile planes, temperamental blimps and kite balloons that swayed with the winds. | ||
| The book covers far more than just Cape Cod and its adjacent waters. It is the story of naval aviation in New England during the years 1917 through 1922. This unique and well researched historical work is a valuable contribution to Naval lore and would be a welcome addition to any personal library. | ||
| Entertaining as well as highly informative, the book includes stories of the only German submarine activity witnessed from American soil; of the seaplanes participating in local Liberty Loan drives; and of a decoy vessel the Navy placed in the fishing grounds as a U-boat trap. Peacetime accounts cover the repairing of the NC-4's engines; the performing of an aerial tribute above the Yankee Division's final parade in Boston; the assistance given to downed pilots by Coast Guard manned life saving stations; and the extensive recruiting flights up the Connecticut, the Merrimack and the Penobscot Rivers. |
