German War Birds

"Vigilant" tells the dramatic tales of air combat as fought by the best German pilots of World War One. Manfred von Richthofen, Max Immelmann, Oswald Boelcke and other famous daredevil flyers are joined by their lesser-known but equally resourceful colleagues such as Rudolph von Eschwege and Hans Shuz, taking part in furious battles in the skv and close escapes on the ground when brought down on the wrong side of the lines.
German War Birds contains some of the earliest information to appear after the war about air combat in the Middle East and Russia, as well as the Western Front, and about the significance of observation balloons as targets that were vigorously attacked. The author focuses on the heart of the action and recreates the experiences of the airborne war with immediacy, excitement and a vivid turn of phrase, drawing the reader into events as they happen.German War Birds will prove compulsive reading for all those with an interest in war in the air and the people who fought it.
The inside stories of the WWI German air aces, written by one of the best aviation writers in the 1930's with a new introduction by aviation expert Norman Franks. "Vigilant" was the pen-name of Claud W. Sykes.

by "Vigilant" (Claud W. Sykes)
Published by Greenhill Books 1994 (of 19311st) 264pp illustrated. 15x23 mint, including d/j.





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