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Sopwith Camels Over Italy, 1917-1918. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Door Norman Franks

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#234121
Titel
Sopwith Camels Over Italy, 1917-1918. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Auteur
Franks, Norman
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Yorkshire/Philadelphia, Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2018
ISBN10
1526723085
ISBN13
9781526723086
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

During the First World War, Italy was on the side of their British Allies and their fight was against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, bordering on Austria. In October 1917, the Austro-Hungarians managed to push the Italians back during the battle of Caporetto. With the danger signs obvious, both Britain and France sent reinforcements. Britain s Royal Flying Corps sent three squadrons of Sopwith Camel fighters, plus one RE8 reconnaissance squadron, and these Camel squadrons fought gallantly over the plains and mountainous regions of north-east Italy, sharing the air battle with aircraft of the Italian Air Force. Despite the difference in landscape between France and Italy, the Camel pilots employed the same air-fighting tactics and assisted in ground support missions that proved just as dest
... (Lees verder)ructive in Italy as they had in France. Accompanied by a large selection of photographs of the men and the machines that saw action in this conflict, this book is a welcome addition to Pen and Sword s Images of War series.
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103
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 10,00

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