Groupe de Combat 12, 'Les Cigognes'

France's Ace Fighter Group in World War 1

Jon Guttman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2004
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84176-753-6 (ISBN)

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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, Rene 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.

A resident of Leesburg, Virginia, Jon Guttman is senior editor, research director and contributing writer for Primedia Enthusiast Publications. Specialising in World War I aviation, he has written eight titles in the past, including Aircraft of the Aces 39: 'SPAD VII Aces of World War I' and Aircraft of the Aces 47: 'SPAD XII/XIII Aces of World War II'. Harry Dempsey has been passionate about World War I aviation for over 30 years, producing the most technically accurate artwork on the subject. He has illustrated every one of the World War I books in the Aircraft of the Aces series to date.

The quest for air superiority (early exploits of GC. 12's squadrons); Gathering the Storks (Formation of GC. 12 and operations over Verdun, Champagne and the Somme); Tragic glory over Flanders (July 1917-January 1918); Resurgence and revenge (1918); Escadrilles and commanders of GC. 12

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.11.2004
Reihe/Serie	Aviation Elite Units
Illustrationen	Harry Dempsey
Zusatzinfo	124 b/w; 14 col
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 248 mm
Gewicht	404 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-84176-753-0 / 1841767530
ISBN-13	978-1-84176-753-6 / 9781841767536
Zustand	Neuware