Christopher Shores

British and Empire Aces of World War 1 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Rolfe, Mark

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An illustrated history of how the British fighter developed, both single- and two-seaters.

At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter.

This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782006770
• Artikelnr.: 44626998

Autorenporträt

Christopher Shores is a well known author of authoritative aviation books, a specialist on aces and tactics.

Inhaltsangabe

Early days and the RFC
The Squadrons and their markings
The Royal Naval Air Service
The birth of the RAF