Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War

211 pp. This book is divided into eight sections, each of which is copiously illustrated with not only many pictures of aces but of the aircraft in which they were fought. These sections are: British, French, American, Italian, Belgian, Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian. Each section is divided into parts to give not only biographies of the aces, but the military background to their particular air service. In addition there are appendices listing aces by scores, with various remarks such as unit in which served or machine flown, etc. There are also tables of fighter aircraft production data, identification markings, unit deployments, etc., as well as lists with accompanying details to include every airman of the 1914-1918 War who was awarded the British V.C.; the German Ordre pour le Merite, or the American Congressional Medal of Honor. There are 135 individual biographies, and over 1,500 airmen named.--jacket