Great War Fighter Aces 1914 - 1916 by Norman Franks

Great War Fighter Aces 1914 - 1916 by Norman Franks

Here, Norman Franks tells the story, in words and images, of the emergence of some of the greatest fighter aces to see action during the first half of the First World War. He explores the manner in which the situation developed from late 1914 to the late summer of 1916, the point at which Oswald Boelcke helped form the German Jasta system that would prove so devastating to the RFC and RNAS. Utilising images drawn from his large personal archive of photographs, Franks profiles some of the greatest and most notorious aces, as well as the aircraft in which they flew. The first years of the war saw some of the bravest acts of pilot gallantry and ingenuity play out. Franks celebrates the legacy of just a handful of these individuals, participants on both sides, including Boelcke's premier ace Manfred Von Richtofen, Lanoe Hawker, Georges Guynemer, Albert Ball, Lionel Rees, Wilhelm Frankl, and Stanley Dallas amongst many others.

Norman Franks is a respected historian and author. Previous titles for Pen and Sword (which he co-authored) include, In the Footsteps of the Red Baron (1990) The Fighting Cocks (2010), and Fighter Pilots Over Burma (2014). He lives in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.

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ISBN 13	9781783831821
ISBN 10	1783831820
Title	Great War Fighter Aces 1914 - 1916
Author	Norman Franks
Series	Images Of War Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2014-12-01
Number of pages	144
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