Trenchard: Father of the Royal Air Force - the Biography

''A magnetic and colourful portrait'' Daily Telegraph

Hugh ''Boom'' Trenchard was embarrassed by being described as ''The Father of the Royal Air Force'' - he thought others were more deserving. But the reality was that no man did more to establish the world''s first independent air force and ensure its survival in the teeth of fierce opposition from both the Admiralty and the War Office.

Born in T...