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At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter. This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them.
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British and Empire Aces of World War I, Christopher F. Shores
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2001
- Einband
- (Paperback)
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- Titel
- British and Empire Aces of World War I
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Christopher F. Shores
- Verlag
- Osprey Publishing
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2001
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 96
- ISBN10
- 1841763772
- ISBN13
- 9781841763774
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Geschichte, Militärgeschichte, Kriegsliteratur
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- Beschreibung
- At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter. This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them.