This book traces the combat history of the most famous and highest-scoring fighter group in France's World War I Aviation Militaire. Groupe de Combat 12 boasted the highest-scoring Allied fighter pilot, Rene Fonck, and France's most celebrated hero of the air, Georges Guynemer. Its ranks included numerous other famous aces, such as Rene's Dorme, Alfred Heurteaux, Albert Deullin, and American volunteers Edwin Parsons and Frank L. Baylies. Additionally, Guynemer was instrumental in developing France's premier series of fighter planes, the SPAD VII, XII, XIII and XVII.
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This book traces the combat history of the most famous and highest-scoring fighter group in France's World War I Aviation Militaire.
The quest for air superiority (early exploits of GC. 12's squadrons); Gathering the Storks (Formation of GC. 12 and operations over Verdun, Champagne and the Somme); Tragic glory over Flanders (July 1917-January 1918); Resurgence and revenge (1918); Escadrilles and commanders of GC. 12
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This book traces the combat history of the most famous and highest-scoring fighter group in France's World War I Aviation Militaire.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841767536
Publisert
2004-11-26
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
404 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
8 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
128

Illustratør
Forfatter

Biografisk notat

A resident of Leesburg, Virginia, Jon Guttman is senior editor, research director and contributing writer for Primedia Enthusiast Publications. Specialising in World War I aviation, he has written eight titles in the past, including Aircraft of the Aces 39: 'SPAD VII Aces of World War I' and Aircraft of the Aces 47: 'SPAD XII/XIII Aces of World War II'. Harry Dempsey has been passionate about World War I aviation for over 30 years, producing the most technically accurate artwork on the subject. He has illustrated every one of the World War I books in the Aircraft of the Aces series to date.