Fighter Aces of the Great War
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Wynn, Tanya, author.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Pen & Sword Books, [2020].
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1 online resource (180 pages)
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"A look at the transformation of aerial combat during World War I and the pilots of every country who were celebrated for shooting down enemy aircraft. By the time of the outbreak of the First World War, aviation was only eleven years old. The daddy of battlefield warfare until that point in time had been the cavalry, a position it maintained even as war was declared on the Western Front. Aircraft were not initially seen as an offensive weapon and were instead used by both sides as observation platforms or to take aerial photographs. Even when they were eventually used in an offensive capacity, they did not have machine guns attached to them; if the crew wanted to open fire then they had to use a pistol or rifle. As the war progressed so the use of aircraft changed from being an observational tool, to that of a fighter and bomber aircraft -- something that had never been foreseen at the outbreak of the war. This book looks at the fighter aces from all sides. These were pilots who had been credited with shooting or forcing down a minimum of five enemy aircraft, of which there were hundreds. While some of these aces survived, many of them were killed. The most famous fighter ace of all is without doubt the German pilot known as the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. "It's the legendary stuff I was brought up on, reading about first world war dogfights... Stephen Wynn and Tanya Wynn weave a good tale between them -- absolutely enthralling." -- Books Monthly"--,Provided by Freading.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wynn, S., & Wynn, T. (2020). Fighter Aces of the Great War . Pen & Sword Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wynn, Stephen and Tanya, Wynn. 2020. Fighter Aces of the Great War. Pen & Sword Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wynn, Stephen and Tanya, Wynn. Fighter Aces of the Great War Pen & Sword Books, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wynn, Stephen,, and Tanya Wynn. Fighter Aces of the Great War Pen & Sword Books, 2020.

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