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Military Aviation of the First World War - The Aces of the Allies and the Central Powers (Hardcover)
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Military Aviation of the First World War - The Aces of the Allies and the Central Powers (Hardcover)
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This beautifully illustrated book provides information on the air
arms of the nations which took part in aerial warfare during the
First World War featuring the Aces and their mounts. The war was a
global conflict with 57 nations involved, but with aviation being
in its infancy only eight nations had a major air arm to their
fighting Services. The Allies: Britain, America, Italy, Belgium,
France, and Russia and then the Central Powers comprising Germany
and Austria-Hungary. This book is not intended to be comprehensive,
for to provide such a work would require many volumes totalling
thousands of pages. Instead this should be viewed as a relatively
detailed overview; a general introduction to the topic of military
aviation in the First World War. The aim has been to produce a
well-illustrated book to maintain the interest of the reader with
some short biographies of the leading Aces and basic information on
the aircraft types used, and their development during the First
World War. Furthermore, this book focuses on the air arms initially
developed by the respective armies, and therefore the air arms of
the navies, although fleetingly touched upon, are not dealt with in
much detail. To provide reasonable coverage for the Royal Naval Air
Service alone would require a separate and substantial additional
volume. In a similar manner, although Zeppelins, other airships and
balloons are mentioned and illustrated, little detail is given. The
book contains details of the top Aces for each nation and in
extensive illustration sections provides an extensive summary of
the aircraft flown. While much of the focus is on the Aces, the
book provides information on the aircraft flown and also has a
separate illustrated section on Manfred von Richthofen and his
'flying circus'.
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