<P>This book examines the British and German approach to naval air power, describing the creation and development of the two naval air service organizations and doctrine. </P><P>This work provides new insights as to how two naval air services were influenced by internal and political interventions, and how each was integrated into the organizational structures of the Royal Navy and the <I>Kaiserlichemarine </I>(KM). Both the Admiralty and the <I>KM </I>made substantial alterations to their organizations and doctrine in the process. Principal air doctrines employed are examined chronologically and the application of operational doctrine is described. While they adopted similar air doctrines, there were differences in operational doctrine, which they addressed according to their different requirements. This book is a comparative study about the development of organization and air power doctrine in the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) and the IGNAS (Imperial German Naval Air Service). It in