Max Immelmann was born in Dresden, the son of a paper board
container factory owner. When World War I started, Immelmann was
recalled to active service, transferred to the Luftstreitkrafte and
was sent for pilot training in November 1914. He was initially
stationed in northern France as a reconnaissance aviator. On June
3, 1915 he was shot down by a French pilot but managed to land
safely behind German lines. He was decorated with the Iron Cross,
Second Class for preserving his aircraft. Later in 1915, he became
one of the first German fighter pilots, quickly building an
impressive score of air victories. He became known as The Eagle of
Lille (Der Adler von Lille).
Immelmann was the first pilot to be awarded the Pour le Me'rite,
Germany's highest military honour. The medal became colloquially
known as the "Blue Max" in the German Air Service in honor of
Immelmann. His medal was presented by Kaiser Wilhelm II in January
1916. Oswald Boelcke received his medal at the same
ceremony.Immelmann was credited with 15 victories. His final
victory was on 30 March 1916.
Immelmann will forever be associated with the Fokker Eindecker,
Germany's first fighter aircraft, and the first to be armed with a
machine gun synchronised to fire forward, through the propeller
arc. Along with Oswald Boelcke and other pilots, Immelmann was one
of the main instigators of the Fokker Scourge which inflicted heavy
loses upon British and French aircrews during 1915.
Originally published in 1930 by John Hamilton in London, the
book has been reprinted (most recently in the 1990's by Greenhill
Books as part of it's Vintage Aviation Library) and each time has
been reproduced from the original 1930's version of thebook.
This new Casemate edition has been entirely reoriginated. Not a
word has been changed, but the original (very dated) type and page
layout have been reworked, as has been the format in which the book
is presented, to give a beautiful new treatment for this classic of
aviation literature.
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