World War I
Aces Falling
War Above the Trenches, 1918
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: January 2009
All
416 pages
ISBN: 0-7538-2407-8
ISBN13: 9780753824078
$14.95 US
No Canadian Rights
Paperback
5 X 7 3/4
Carton Quantity: 45
Relive the final days of the great aces of World War I! By 1918, the war was nearing its end and the legendary knights of the sky—names like Richthofen, Edward Mannock, Herman Goering, Billy Bishop, among others—were writing its bloody final chapters. Author Peter Hart, the Oral Historian at Britain’s Imperial War Museum, was granted unprecedented access to the museum’s archives; through these rare manuscripts and firsthand accounts, he provides a riveting perspective on the first true “air war.” From the swirling dogfights to the bombing missions that became ever more deadly, the book reveals the terrible scope of aerial combat and commemorates the men who fought, killed, and died in the clouds above.