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German War Birds (Vintage Aviation Library) Kindle Edition

by Claude W. Sykes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Dramatic true stories of air combat featuring Germany’s greatest pilots: “AWorld War I aviation history classic” (Over the Front).
 
In these riveting accounts, Manfred von Richthofen, Max Immelmann, Oswald Boelcke, and other famous daredevil flyers are joined by lesser-known but equally resourceful colleagues such as Rudolf von Eschwege and Hans Schüz as they take part in furious battles in the sky—and close escapes on the ground when brought down on the wrong side of the lines.
 
German War Birds contains some of the earliest information to appear after the war about air combat in the Middle East and Russia, as well as the Western Front, and about the significance of observation balloons as targets that were viciously attacked. The author focuses on the heart of the action and recreates the experiences of the airborne war with immediacy and excitement—drawing the reader into events as they happen.
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    Vintage Aviation Library
  2. Print length
    277 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publisher
    Casemate
  6. Publication date
    June 19, 2014
  7. File size
    5882 KB
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"German War Birds is a World War I aviation history classic that has stood the test of time. It is as relevant today as when it was published in 1931...This reviewer is not the first person to recommend this book highly, but is glad to reconfirm that evaluation."
Over the Front Autumn 2015

“The Casemate edition of this classic is greatly enhanced by an introduction written by the exceptional British historian Norman Franks, who puts this work into historical context. He points out that this collection of stories was one of the first exposures of the English-speaking public to information about individual German and Austrian aviators.”
World War One Illustrated

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"Vigilant" is the pen name of author Claude Sykes.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071WT1LHT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Casemate; Illustrated edition (June 19, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 19, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5882 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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Louis S. Menyhert
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2017
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New edition of 1930s book. Interesting read of an almost forgotten era and its problems and challenges. Highly recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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well make a great xmax gift, came in record time
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K. Duke
3.0 out of 5 stars Better with the fliers you never heard of
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016
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It's okay. Better with the fliers you never heard of, because some of the better known pilot stories contain a false note it two. And yes, I realize what I'm saying (maybe the lessor known stories are " better" because I donr recognize the false notes.)
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Outstanding!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Deutsche Jagdflieger des 1. Weltkriegs und ihre Taktik
Reviewed in Germany on December 2, 2020
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Überarbeitete Neuasgabe des 1931 veröffentlichten Buches. Viele Detailinformation für den an den Anfängen der Luftkriegführung interessierten Leser. Neben der Westfront gibt es Information über die Einsätze im Osten. Die Berichte über die Einsätze und daraus gewonnene Erfahrungen werden an den Besatzungen festgemacht. Einfallsreiche, wenn auch weniger bekannte Namen werden ebenso behandelt wie die bekannten deutschen Jagdflieger des 1. Weltkriegs.
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