Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 Volume 110

Informationen zum Autor Paolo Varriale, illustrated by Harry Dempsey, Mark Postlethwaite Klappentext Austro-Hungarian industry produced a series of poor fighter types such as the Phönix D I and Hansa-Brandenburg D I during the early stages of the war, and it was not until licence-built examples of the battle-proven Albatros and D II and D III began to reach Fliegerkompagnien, or Fliks, in May 1917 that the fortunes of pilots began to look up. Unlike the German-built Albatrosen, the Oeffag aircraft were far more robust than German D IIs and D IIIs. They also displayed superior speed, climb, manoeuvrability and infinitely safer flight characteristics. The careful cross-checking of Allied sources with Austrian and German records form the basis for a detailed reconstruction of the dogfights fought by the leading aces. It will also chart the careers of the Austro-Hungarian aces that flew the D II and D III, their successes and their defeats, with additional information about their personal background and their post-war lives in the nations born from the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire.Austro-Hungarian airmen fought a hard campaign against their Italian, British and French foes for three long years, despite being hampered by the empire's limited aeronautical industry and resulting supply shortages. Aces of the calibre of Brumowski, Kiss and Linke-Crawford did their best in their Albatros fighters, which often sported colourful and fanciful insignias. Zusammenfassung A detailed account of how aces of the calibre of Brumowski, Kiss and Linke-Crawford did their best in their Albatros fighters, which often sported colourful and fanciful insignias. Inhaltsverzeichnis A long awaited fighter Russian, Rumanian and Albanian fronts The Italian front Aftermath Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Paolo Varriale
• Assisted by: Harry Dempsey (Illustration), Dempsey Harry (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2012
• EAN: 9781849087476
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-747-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Österreich, Ungarn, Europäische Geschichte, 1910 bis 1919 n. Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, austria, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / World War II, Luftwaffe und Kriegsführung, HISTORY / Europe / General, Moderne Kriegsführung, Air forces & warfare, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Hungary, c 1910 to c 1919, Air forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General