American Aces of World War 1

Informationen zum Autor Norman Franks is one of the world's leading authorities on World War 1 fighter aviation, having published some of the seminal works on the subject. He is currently working on a long list of volumes on Great War aces for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series. Berkshire-based Harry Dempsey is a talented profile artist who specialises in fighter aircraft of World War 1. He has illustrated all of Osprey?s World War 1 Aircraft of the Aces titles to date. Klappentext American fliers arriving in Europe from September 1917 brought with them no aircraft. Instead, US units had to obtain machines mainly from the British and French. From early 1918 American pilots were issued with SPAD fighters and they never looked back. As this volume details, the first American trained pilot to become an ace was Lt Douglas Campbell, who shot down five German aircraft by the end of May 1918. He was a member of the celebrated 94th 'Hat in the Ring' Aero Squadron, which created the bulk of American aces in World War I. Zusammenfassung An exploration of the American aces of World War I. It examines their fantastic exploits, carried out in borrowed aircraft, and charts the combat careers of the likes of Eddie Rickenbacker and "balloon buster" Frank Luke Jr. It covers US squadrons attached to both the British and French. Inhaltsverzeichnis The US Air Service US Squadrons attached to the British US Squadrons attached to the French Aces Profiles

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Norman Franks, Keith Woodcock, Mark Styling
• Con la collaborazione di: Harry Dempsey (Illustrazione), Dempsey Harry (Illustrazione), Styling Mark (Illustrazione), Woodcock Keith (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781841763750
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-375-0
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 17.8 x 24.4 x 0.8 cm
• Serie: Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.; Aircraft Of The Aces; Aircraft of the Aces (Osprey) > 042; Osprey Aircraft of the Aces S.
• Categorie: European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Air forces and warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), 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