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(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781910690475
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
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An incredibly detailed account of one of the most renowned air battles in modern history.


(Hardback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781911621287
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2019
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
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The reader will discover, the range of airmen who received the DFC and Two Bars, cover most of the ambit of WWII operations, be they fighter pilots, bomber pilots, night-fighter aircrew, aircrew navigators, engineers, etc, or reconnaissance pilots. Each has interesting stories, proving, if proof be needed, their gallantry in action.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781473861305
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Acquaints the reader with the history of the ASR service during this conflict and the ways in which rescue techniques were developed in response to the increasingly perilous challenges of the war.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781855329607
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Albatros family of fighters were amongst the most effective aircraft employed by the Idlfieg (Imperial German Air Service) for much of World War I, with the D.III and D.Va being flown by most of the 363 pilots who qualified as aces as some point in their often brief careers.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781841763750
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An exploration of the American aces of World War I. It examines their fantastic exploits, carried out in borrowed aircraft, and charts the combat careers of the likes of Eddie Rickenbacker and "balloon buster" Frank Luke Jr. It covers US squadrons attached to both the British and French.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781841762234
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The revolutionary triplane design adopted by Fokker was inspired by Sopwith's Triplane. Here, the Dr I is examined in detail, including 40 profiles along with scrap views and planforms of a remarkable craft which saw the "Red Baron" killed at the controls.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781855329614
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The French Nieuport company provided the Allied air forces with the first true fighter scout of World War I. This detailed text outlines the exploits of the aces who flew them and is accompanied by 40 specially commissioned artworks.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781846031809
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5/5a was, along with the Sopwith Camel, the major British fighting scout of the last 18 months of the war in France. This unit became famous for the number of aces it had among its pilots. This title profiles most of these SE 5/5a aces.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781841765341
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Flown by most leading British and Commonwealth aces, as well as by US aces, the Camel is considered to be the most famous aircraft of World War I. This work covers its combat use on the Western Front, in Palestine, on the Italian front, in the Home Defence role in the UK and in Russia.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Franks

ISBN: 9781841768861
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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