The first book published in English to focus exclusively on the exploits of the fighter aces of the Aviación Militar in their fight against the elite pilots of the better armed Nationalist force.
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Rafael A Permuy López, a Reserve Artillery Major, is a member of the Spanish Instituto de Historia y Cultura Aeronáutica and a journalist with a long career in newspapers and military history magazines. A researcher of both Spanish Republican and Nationalist aviation for nearly 40 years, some of his books include Ases de la Aviación republicana (2008), As de Picas (2009) and Air War over Spain (2010).
Mark Postlethwaite was born in Leicestershire in 1964 and has developed a lifelong passion for aviation history. He first worked as a photographer before turning his attention solely to artwork, and is now highly regarded in his field for the quality and accuracy of his work. He became the youngest elected member of the Guild of Aviation Artists in 1991. Mark is a valued Osprey artist and has contributed to more than 100 of its books.
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Anbieter: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Caeiro, Julio López; Postlethwaite, Mark (illustrator). At the start of the civil war, most young fighter officers joined the rebels (Nationalists). It was the high ranking officers, grupo or escuadrilla commanders, and the NCOs, sergeants and corporals who remained loyal to the government. The obsolete Nieuport Ni.52s and the three rare Hawker Furies were soon outpaced by the opposing more modern Fiat CR.32s and Heinkel He 51s. However, at this early stage of the war, there were several Republican airmen who became aces and famous in the process, despite the small numbers of enemy aircraft shot down. Subsequently, a relative handful ex-French Dewoitine D.372 and Loire Nieuport 46 fighters flown by foreign mercenaries and Spanish pilots managed to turn the aerial balance in favour of the Republicans. With the arrival of the Soviet Polikarpov I-15 Chato and I-16 Mosca fighters, the Republicans consolidated this superiority, but most of the fighter pilots flying these modern types were Soviet. Some Spaniards started to fly Chatos from February 1937 with the establishment of the first two Spanish I-15 escuadrillas, commanded by capitanes Garc a Lacalle and Alonso Santamar a respectively. They made their debut in the battles of the Jarama and Guadalajara. In the north, by the spring and summer of 1937 most Chato pilots were now Spanish. During the battle of Brunete, in July 1937, the first pilots trained in the USSR to fly the fast I-16 Mosca monoplanes arrived in Spain, and they quickly began to take a toll of enemy aircraft. Widely speaking, the Republican military aviation did not keep an exhaustive record of individual shooting claims. However, sufficient documentation exists to make a reasonable assumption as to which pilots fall into the ace category. This volume details the exploits of those pilots, complimenting previous works in the Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series on Nationalist CR.32 Aces and Polikarpov I-15, I-16 and I-152 Aces. Artikel-Nr. 00099597474
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Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Caeiro, Julio López; Postlethwaite, Mark (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR006664627
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Anbieter: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Near Fine. Julio Lopez Caiero (illustrator). Paperback; Measures 9¾" x 7¼" (0.7 kg); pp 96; Index; Bibliography; In the Aircraft of the Aces series; Translated by Juan Carlos Salgado; Number 106 in the series. Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour plates; Tables; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #192599 ||. Artikel-Nr. 192599
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Anbieter: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Caeiro, Julio López; Postlethwaite, Mark (illustrator). 1st Printing. Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No. 106. Artikel-Nr. 1143027
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Anbieter: medimops, Berlin, Deutschland
Zustand: very good. Caeiro, Julio López; Postlethwaite, Mark (illustrator). Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. Artikel-Nr. M01849086680-V
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Anbieter: Cartarum, Ariccia, RM, Italien
Zustand: Good. Caeiro, Julio López; Postlethwaite, Mark (illustrator). Condizioni dettagliate: Buone, lievi abrasioni e pieghe alla copertina e al dorso, lieve gora d'acqua a lato del volume, lievi macchie sparse, lieve deformazione al volume, copertina flessibile. Artikel-Nr. LAZ-086_9781849086684
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