The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts The Air War General Descriptions
RCC8016
The First of the Few. Fighter Pilots of the First World War
by Denis Winter
ISBN
0140052569
Purchase Price
£10.43 (second hand)
Date Purchased
December 24, 2020
Publisher
Penguin (1983, London)
Notes
For a small Penguin paperback, which this version is, this is a remarkable book -with many images. Packed into its 200 pages is an examination of the world of the World War 1 fighter pilots, from enlistment to demobilisation, with a reconstruction of tactics, machines, and procedures, an assessment of pyschological behaviour, and overall an accurate picture of all combatants' lives, and deaths.
0140052569
Purchase Price
£10.43 (second hand)
Date Purchased
December 24, 2020
Publisher
Penguin (1983, London)
Notes
For a small Penguin paperback, which this version is, this is a remarkable book -with many images. Packed into its 200 pages is an examination of the world of the World War 1 fighter pilots, from enlistment to demobilisation, with a reconstruction of tactics, machines, and procedures, an assessment of pyschological behaviour, and overall an accurate picture of all combatants' lives, and deaths.
