The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots
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The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots by Jon E Lewis
This work presents the 20th-century's air battles in the words of those who fought them. Beginning with the jousts over the Western Front in 1914 up to the furious jet-driven sorties over Bosnia in 1999, these accounts give an experience of combat dogfights in the shell-blasted skies of war. It is about a form of combat that has changed beyond recognition. It gives details of the dauntingly high mortality rates among airmen, and insights into many other facets of a pilot's life from training to bailing out over enemy territory, what it was like to be interned and an account of being shot down in a blazing spitfire.
From the Red Baron to today's Top Guns, here are the 20th century's most amazing air battles in the words of those who fought them - the great fighter aces themselves
Jon E Lewis is the author and editor of many books including The Mammoth Book of How it Happened in Britain, The Mammoth Book of the West and The Mammoth Book of War Correspondents. He lives in Herefordshire with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841193465 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841193461 |
| Title | The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots |
| Author | Jon E Lewis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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