Aces Falling. War Above The Trenches, 1918

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: W&N
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: Reprint

Description: 386 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: Relive the final days of the great aces of World War I! By 1918, the war was nearing its end and the legendary knights of the skynames like Richthofen, Edward Mannock, Herman Goering, Billy Bishop, among otherswere writing its bloody final chapters. Author Peter Hart, the Oral Historian at Britains Imperial War Museum, was granted unprecedented access to the museums archives; through these rare manuscripts and firsthand accounts, he provides a riveting perspective on the first true “air war. From the swirling dogfights to the bombing missions that became ever more deadly, the book reveals the terrible scope of aerial combat and commemorates the men who fought, killed, and died in the clouds above.

ISBN: 9780753824078