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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: S. Leach, Norman. Cavalry of the Air : An Illustrated Introduction to the Aircraft and Aces of the First World War. Toronto : Dundurn, ©2014 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Norman Leach |
ISBN: | 9781459723337 1459723333 9781459723320 1459723325 |
OCLC Number: | 898085897 |
Description: | 1 online resource (156 pages, 3 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Contents: | Foreword / by John E. Melbourne -- Introduction -- The Wrights, Bell, and Cody -- Transition from cavalry -- The beginnings of air forces and air tactics -- The great Allied aces of the First World War -- The enemy aces -- The airplanes -- The iconic dogfights -- After the war. |
Other Titles: | Illustrated introduction to the aircraft and aces of the First World War |
Responsibility: | Norman S. Leach. |
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Abstract:
Though storytelling, period and contemporary photos and the words of the flying aces themselves, this book brings the history of WWI air combat to life.
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This timely book provides an excellent view of aviation during World War I. * Historical Society of Alberta newsletter *
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