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The Big Show: The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks) - Softcover

Clostermann, Pierre

 
9780304366248: The Big Show: The Greatest Pilot's Story of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0304366242 ISBN 13: 9780304366248
Verlag: ORION BOOKS LTD, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

This is absolutely the best fighter pilot memoir of World War II. Pierre Closterman was a Free French fighter ace and his account of the air war over Britain and France has justly become famous. It contains everything one could wish for: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of in-the-cockpit action, an amazing cast of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground. An undeniable classic and a true page-turner.

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Pierre Clostermann earned his pilot's license in 1937 at the age of 16. When war broke out in 1939 he was studying engineering in the USA. He volunteered for the Free French forces and joined No. 341 'Alsace' Squadron of the RAF. He ended the war commanding a flight of Tempests and with nearly 30 'kills'. He won the DSO, DFC and Bar. After the war, Closterman went into politics and worked for Dassault. He returned to action briefly during the Algerian war.

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Verlag
ORION BOOKS LTD
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0304366242
ISBN 13 
9780304366248
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
345
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