Recollections of the Great War in the Air
In 1915 James Roger McConnell enlisted as a US volunteer in the French Flying Corps. He was part of a remarkable band of American volunteers which were formed into the famous American 'Lafayette' Escadrille. 'Flying for France' was his personal account of the war in the air as seen through the eyes a front-line pilot of the American Escadrille, which was then based at Verdun. His memoirs produce an amazing insight into the early aerial battles and trace the evolution of aerial warfare as the rickety aircraft of 1915 rapidly evolved into the purpose built fighters of 1917. Casualties among the American Escadrille were very hig…
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Weitere Autoren: Carruthers, Bob (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78158-080-6
- EAN: 9781781580806
- Produktnummer: 12908205
- Verlag: Archive Media Publishing Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 98 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.0 cm 322 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 322
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