Military Aviation of the First World War: The Aces of the Allies and the Central Powers

Hardback

Main Details

Title Military Aviation of the First World War: The Aces of the Allies and the Central Powers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alan C. Wood
By (author) Alan Sutton
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:360
Dimensions(mm): Height 248,Width 172
Category/GenreMilitary history
First world war
ISBN/Barcode 9781781558454
ClassificationsDewey:940.44
Audience
General
Illustrations 469 black and white photographs

Publishing Details

Publisher Fonthill Media Ltd
Imprint Fonthill Media Ltd
Publication Date 20 May 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This beautifully illustrated book provides information on the air arms of the nations which took part in aerial warfare during the First World War featuring the Aces and their mounts. The war was a global conflict with 57 nations involved, but with aviation being in its infancy only eight nations had a major air arm to their fighting Services. The Allies: Britain, America, Italy, Belgium, France, and Russia and then the Central Powers comprising Germany and Austria-Hungary. This book is not intended to be comprehensive, for to provide such a work would require many volumes totalling thousands of pages. Instead this should be viewed as a relatively detailed overview; a general introduction to the topic of military aviation in the First World War. The aim has been to produce a well-illustrated book to maintain the interest of the reader with some short biographies of the leading Aces and basic information on the aircraft types used, and their development during the First World War. Furthermore, this book focuses on the air arms initially developed by the respective armies, and therefore the air arms of the navies, although fleetingly touched upon, are not dealt with in much detail. To provide reasonable coverage for the Royal Naval Air Service alone would require a separate and substantial additional volume. In a similar manner, although Zeppelins, other airships and balloons are mentioned and illustrated, little detail is given. The book contains details of the top Aces for each nation and in extensive illustration sections provides an extensive summary of the aircraft flown. While much of the focus is on the Aces, the book provides information on the aircraft flown and also has a separate illustrated section on Manfred von Richthofen and his 'flying circus'.

Author Biography

Alan Sutton is a history publisher with more than 40 years' experience of bringing academic writers to a more popular market.