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`THE BIG SHOW IS AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL EVER GET TO FIGHTING YOUR LIFE
FROM THE COCKPIT OF A SPITFIRE OR TYPHOON. PERHAPS MOST VISCERALLY
EXCITING BOOK EVER WRITTEN BY A FIGHTER PILOT' Rowland White,
Author of Vulcan 607 Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the
outstanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who
flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties,
shooting down scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades
lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. The Big Show,
his extraordinary account of the war has been described as the
greatest pilot's memoir of WWII. `
'IF YOU ENJOYED THE BIG SHOW YOU WILL LOVE FLAMES IN THE SKY. THIS
IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK. UNPUTDOWNABLE.' Rowland White From near
suicidal RAF attacks in 1939 through to the dawn of the jet age in
1945, FLAMES IN THE SKY captures the astonishing drama, intensity,
heroism and incomparable exhilaration of the World War Two air war
like no other book. This epic global struggle between Spitfires,
Hurricanes, Mustangs, Mosquitos, Messerschmitts, Zeros, Kamikazes
and more is brought vividly to life by a writer who was himself in
the thick of the action. Pierre Clostermann was one of the
outstanding Allied Aces of the Second World War, shooting down
scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades lost their
lives in the deadly skies above Europe. FLAMES IN THE SKY was born
of his desire 'to do justice to their courage'.
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