British and Empire Aces of World War 1

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Shores is a well known author of authoritative aviation books, a specialist on aces and tactics. Mark Rolfe is an extremely talented profile artist. He has worked on a number of titles in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. Klappentext At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter. This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them. Zusammenfassung This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter plane in World War I, and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them. It covers the squadrons and their markings, as well as the birth of the Royal Air Force. Inhaltsverzeichnis Early days and the RFC The Squadrons and their markings The Royal Naval Air Service The birth of the RAF

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Shores, Christopher F. Shores, Shores Christopher
• Assisted by: Mark Rolfe (Illustration), Rolfe Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781841763774
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-377-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 244 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.; Aircraft of the Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey); Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Military / World War I, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, General and world history, Air forces and warfare, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I