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Fighter Heroes of WWI - The Untold Story of the Brave and Daring Pioneer Airmen of the Great War (Paperback) Loot Price: R106
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Fighter Heroes of WWI - The Untold Story of the Brave and Daring Pioneer Airmen of the Great War (Paperback)

Joshua Levine

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The first heroes of the air. Rewriting the rules of military engagement and changing the course of modern history as a result, the pioneering airmen of the First World War took incredible risks to perform their vital contribution to the war effort. Fighter Heroes of WWI is a narrative history that conveys the perils of early flight, the thrills of being airborne, and the horrors of war in the air at a time when pilots carried little defensive armament and no parachutes. The men who joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1914 were the original heroes of flying, treading into unknown territory, and paving the way for later aerial combat. They became icons for the soldiers in the trenches, and a stark contrast to the thousands on the ground fighting faceless thousands as men fought aircraft to aircraft and man to man - for the first time the air became a battlefield of its own. The war changed flying forever. In 1914 aircraft were a questionable technology, used for only basic reconnaissance. But by 1918, hastened by the terrible war, aircraft were understood to be the future of modern warfare. The Wright brothers' achievements of a mere ten years earlier and Bleriot's crossing of the Channel just a few years before the war seemed a distant memory as aircraft became killing machines - the war becoming the ancestor of the fearsome air wars of later years. The stories reveal the feelings of those who defended the trenches from above and witnessed the war from a completely different perspective -the men who were the first fighter heroes of the air.

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Imprint: Collins
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2009
First published: May 2009
Authors: Joshua Levine
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - B-format
Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-727494-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare
Books > Fiction > True stories > War / combat / elite forces > General
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
LSN: 0-00-727494-7
Barcode: 9780007274949

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