Great Battles of World War I: In the Air

by A. Roy Brown, Alan Hynd, William Bishop

Dramatic firsthand accounts of air combat by the fabled pioneers - the flying aces of World War I.

A compilation of five writings by four authors:

Bishop of the Eagle Eye, by A Roy Brown

Flying to Kill, by Alan Hynd

Chivalry in the Air, by William Bishop

Rickenbacker: The Ace of the American Expeditionary Force, by General William Mitchell

Leaves from My War Diary, by General William Mitchell

206 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

Reviews

[Jim Gallen]

This book features two aces, Canadian Billy Bishop and American Eddie Rickenbacker in their own words and of those of their contemporaries. Sections from the war diary of Gen. Billy Mitchell provide insights into the impressions of this outspoken advocate of air power.

The value of memoirs such as these is that they convey the impressions of the time with little filtering of through the lens of time and reflection. Look elsewhere for the big picture of the war but pick this for its flavor.