Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 EPUB
by Paolo Varriale
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Part of the Aircraft of the Aces series
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Description
Austro-Hungarian industry produced a series of poor fighter types such as the Ph nix D I and Hansa-Brandenburg D I during the early stages of the war, and it was not until licence-built examples of the battle-proven Albatros and D II and D III began to reach Fliegerkompagnien, or Fliks, in May 1917 that the fortunes of pilots began to look up.
Unlike the German-built Albatrosen, the Oeffag aircraft were far more robust than German D IIs and D IIIs.
They also displayed superior speed, climb, manoeuvrability and infinitely safer flight characteristics.
The careful cross-checking of Allied sources with Austrian and German records form the basis for a detailed reconstruction of the dogfights fought by the leading aces.
It will also chart the careers of the Austro-Hungarian aces that flew the D II and D III, their successes and their defeats, with additional information about their personal background and their post-war lives in the nations born from the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire.
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- Pages:96 pages, 80 b/w; 30 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/12/2012
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- ISBN:9781780961156
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:96 pages, 80 b/w; 30 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/12/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781780961156
