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Groupe De Combat 12: 'Les Cigognes'

By Jon Guttman

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2004
ISBN
1841767530
Open Library ID
OL8922668M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17457355 bytes)
Series
Aviation Elite Units
Edition
First Edition
Pages
131\131
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This book traces the combat history of the most famous and highest-scoring fighter group in France's World War I Aviation Militaire. Groupe de Combat 12 boasted the highest-scoring Allied fighter pilot, RenГ© Fonck, and France's most celebrated hero of the air, Georges Guynemer. Its ranks included numerous other famous aces, such as Rene's Dorme, Alfred Heurteaux, Albert Deullin, and American volunteers Edwin Parsons and Frank L. Baylies. Additionally, Guynemer was instrumental in developing France's premier series of fighter planes, the SPAD VII, XII, XIII and XVII.

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