Albatros Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 32)
Binding: Paperback
Creator: Harry Dempsey
ASIN: 1855329603
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: 2000-03-25
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
The Albatros family of fighters were amongst the most effective aircraft employed by the Idlfieg (Imperial German Air Service) for much of World War 1, with the D.III and D.Va being flown by most of the 363 pilots who qualified as aces at some point in their often brief careers. The Albatros was the scourge of the RFC on the Western Front in 1916-17, with pilots of the calibre of von Richthofen, Boelke and Schleich cutting swathes through their opponents. Well over 4000 Albatros scouts were built between 1916 and 1918, and they were also extensively used by the Austro-Hungarians against Russian, Italian and British aircraft until war’s end.
Customer Reviews
Good information, little stories by
Like Mr. Franks’s others books this one has a lot information about the Albatros units and the most sucesseful pilots, unfortunately that is all. There is no presonal accounts in the book and little accounts of events about the units and the men. The author has done better in other books, like Dieppe. It is a good book for modelers, the artwork is great, but who, like me, looks for more detailed information, will have to look elsewhere. Anyway this book should be a good start.
Albatros Aces by
Albatros Aces #32 has everything I like in a book about the pilots and airplanes of the First World War. Franks generously supplies contemporary photographs–and ones not often seen to boot. The colorplates of aircraft are very fine indeed, an excellent source for modellers. Franks also provides short but informative, absorbing biographies of the pilots of Albatros single-seaters. I cannot speak highly enough of this fine work.
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