Airfields & Airmen of Arras - Naval & Military Press

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Airfields & Airmen of Arras

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This deeply researched history of pilots who fought in the Arras area in the Great War sets their often all-too-short lives in the context of the airfields from which they flew. Includes aces Albert Ball VC and ‘Mick' Manock VC.

Airfields and Airmen, a superbly researched adjunct to the justly acclaimed Battleground Europe series, aims to present the magnificence airmen of all countries who fought in the Great War in the contest of the airfields from which they flew. Aviation historian Mike O'Connor has done a tremendous job in tracking down the story of these fliers who all too often ended their short lives in the skies above the trenches. Included in this volume on the Arras area are two of Britain's foremost aces, Edward ‘Mica' Mannock VC and Albert Ball VC . Alongside the biographies of the pilots are information and pictures of the airfields where they fought and the cemeteries where they lie. Absolutely indispensable to anyone interest in the Great War in the air, even a casual reader cannot fail to be deeply moved by the stories O'Connor has uncovered.

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Product Code:	12871
Author:	Mike O'Connor
ISBN:	9781844151257
Format:	SB 144 pp Illustrated Published Price £9.99
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