British and Empire Aces of World War 1 by Christopher Shores

British and Empire Aces of World War 1 by Christopher Shores

At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter. This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them.

Christopher Shores is a well known author of authoritative aviation books, a specialist on aces and tactics.

Mark Rolfe is an extremely talented profile artist. He has worked on a number of titles in Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.

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ISBN 13	9781841763774
ISBN 10	1841763772
Title	British and Empire Aces of World War 1
Author	Christopher Shores
Series	Aircraft Of The Aces
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2001-11-28
Number of pages	96
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