H. A. (Henry Albert) Jones

Henry Albert Jones was a British military historian and writer best known for his work on the official history of air operations in the First World War. Sources consistently identify him as an air historian, and library records tie him to the major series The War in the Air, where he carried the project forward after Sir Walter Raleigh and wrote volumes 2 through 6 along with the appendices.

He also wrote other aviation and war-related works, including Over the Balkans and South Russia and Sir Walter Raleigh and the Air History: A Personal Recollection. A few sources note that he served in the First World War and later held government roles connected with air affairs and public relations, but the clearest, best-confirmed picture is of a writer deeply involved in documenting the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during and after the war.

For readers today, Jones stands out as an author who wrote close to the events he described. His books remain useful not just as records of campaigns and strategy, but as early attempts to explain how air power became a major part of modern warfare.