Common use of Wing Clause in Contracts

Wing. Slightly better represented in the historiography is the RNAS role within the 41st Wing of the RFC, formed in October 1917 in response to Germany’s Gotha bombing campaign. The early history of the RAF represents most of the historical material on this subject, leaving the Navy’s contribution generally under-examined. As the literature on the subject invariably engages with the controversy of strategic bombing as perceived from the post-Second World War perspective, the limited results of the Navy’s efforts in 1916 and 1917 are believed to have been so minute as to have been insignificant. Robert Grattan stated that 'the results gained in the First World War did not justify the exaggerated claims' of the strategic bombing enthusiasts.139 On the other hand, Jones stated that 'it is clear that the [morale] effect produced by the naval bombing wing was disproportionate to the number of raids'.140 The researcher must carefully judge for his or herself what was the real impact of the Navy’s long-range bombing.