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Bloody April

- Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917
Af: Peter Hart Engelsk Paperback

Bloody April

- Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917
Af: Peter Hart Engelsk Paperback
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The story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in 1917

As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of Arras, they desperately needed accurate aerial reconnaissance photographs. But by this point the Royal Flying Club were flying obsolete planes. The new German Albatros scouts massively outclassed them in every respect: speed, armament, ability to withstand punishment and manoeuverability. Many of the RFC''s pilots were straight out of flying school - as they took to the air they were sitting targets for the experienced German aces.

Over the course of ''Bloody April'' the RFC suffered casualties of over a third. The average life expectancy of a new subaltern on the front line dropped to just eleven days. And yet they carried on flying, day after day, in the knowledge that, in the eyes of their commanders at least, their own lives meant nothing compared to the photographs they brought back, which could save tens of thousands of soldiers on the ground.
In this book Peter Hart tells the story of the air war over Arras, using the voices of the men who were actually there.

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The story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in 1917

As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of Arras, they desperately needed accurate aerial reconnaissance photographs. But by this point the Royal Flying Club were flying obsolete planes. The new German Albatros scouts massively outclassed them in every respect: speed, armament, ability to withstand punishment and manoeuverability. Many of the RFC''s pilots were straight out of flying school - as they took to the air they were sitting targets for the experienced German aces.

Over the course of ''Bloody April'' the RFC suffered casualties of over a third. The average life expectancy of a new subaltern on the front line dropped to just eleven days. And yet they carried on flying, day after day, in the knowledge that, in the eyes of their commanders at least, their own lives meant nothing compared to the photographs they brought back, which could save tens of thousands of soldiers on the ground.
In this book Peter Hart tells the story of the air war over Arras, using the voices of the men who were actually there.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9780304367191
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0304367192
Kategori: Første verdenskrig
Udg. Dato: 9 mar 2006
Længde: 29mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 9 mar 2006
Forfatter(e): Peter Hart
Forfatter(e) Peter Hart

Kategori Første verdenskrig

ISBN-13 9780304367191

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 384

Udgave

Længde 29mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 9 mar 2006

Oplagsdato 9 mar 2006

Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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