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Airfields and Airmen: Arras

By Mike O'Connor

Book information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Limited
Year
2004
ISBN
9781783832422, 9781844151257
LCC
D602 -- .O366 2004eb
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
28 MB (28953862 bytes)
Series
Battleground Europe Series
Pages
193\0
Time added
2023-08-06 17:39:26
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Description

A historical/traveler's guide to the World War I aerial events around Arras, France, featuring ace pilots, airfields, and other local points of interest. The latest volume in the Airfields and Airmen series covers the Arras area. It includes a visit to the grave of Albert Ball VC and the graves of Waterfall and Bayly, the first British fliers killed in action. There is a visit to the aerodrome from which Alan McLeod took off from to earn his VC and to the grave of Viscount Glentworth, killed while flying with 32 Squadron. The German side is well covered with visits to their cemeteries and aerodromes. This well researched book relives the deadly thrills of war in the air over the battlefields of the Western Front.

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