Marked for death
Hamilton-Paterson, James2021
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Here is a compelling and fascinating account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war. Little more than 10 years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Nearly forgotten in the war's massive overall death toll, some 50,000 aircrew would die in the combatant nations' fledgling air forces. The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different. 'Marked for Death' debunks popular myth to explore the brutal truths of wartime aviation: of flimsy planes and unprotected pilots; of burning 19-year-olds falling screaming to their deaths; of pilots blinded by the entrails of their observers.
Main title:
Marked for death / James Hamilton-Paterson.
Author:
Hamilton-Paterson, James, author
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2021.
Collation:
368 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781800240308 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.44
LC class:
D600
Local class:
940.44
Language:
English
BRN:
2834281