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

Door Norman Franks

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#375444-BY18
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
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with numerous photographs in b/w, 8vo.
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.
Pagina's
103
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 10,00

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