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Wonder Aces of the Air
Book by Smithers, A. J.
212 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1980
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October 19, 2012
I knew this was going to be an oddball book, what with the Boys' Own Paper title and the wildly inappropriate hand-drawn 1970s floral border on the frontispiece, and I was not disappointed. Brownie points above all for calling the chapter on Frank Luke, the balloon-buster, 'The Gasman Cometh', after the Flanders & Swann song.
Written in a gung-ho style that is, alas, no longer fashionable (at one point the author wistfully wonders what advances in aviation technology would have occurred if only the war had gone on till 1919), this is one man's pick of the most interesting stories from the Allied side of the first air war. His love and admiration for the pilots and their exploits shines through and is a pleasure to read.
Written in a gung-ho style that is, alas, no longer fashionable (at one point the author wistfully wonders what advances in aviation technology would have occurred if only the war had gone on till 1919), this is one man's pick of the most interesting stories from the Allied side of the first air war. His love and admiration for the pilots and their exploits shines through and is a pleasure to read.
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