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Aces Falling - War Above The Trenches, 1918 (Paperback)
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Aces Falling - War Above The Trenches, 1918 (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 710
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How the age of the great WWI aces came to an end in the skies over
the Western Front At the beginning of 1918 the great aces seemed
invincible. Flying above the battlefields of the Western Front,
they cut a deadly swathe through the ranks of their enemies, as
each side struggled to keep control of the air. Some were little
more than boys when they started to fly, yet they were respected
and feared as some of the deadliest killers in the sky. But as the
press of fighting increased with the great offensives of 1918,
nervous stress and physical exhaustion finally began to take their
toll - and one by one the aces began to fall. This book charts the
rise and fall of the WWI aces in the context of the vast battles
that were taking place in 1918. It shows the vital importance of
reconnaissance, and how large formations of aircraft became the
norm - bringing an end to the era of the old, heroic 'lone wolves'.
As the First World War came to a close very few of the aces
survived. This epic history of the final year of the air war is
both a chronicle of the ways in which 1918 changed aerial combat
forever, and a requiem for the pioneers of aerial combat who
eventually became the victims of their own brilliant innovations.
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