Groupe de Combat 12, 'Les Cigognes': France's Ace Fighter Group in World War 1
(Book #18 in the Aviation Elite Units Series)
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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, Ren 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1841767530
ISBN13:9781841767536
Release Date:November 2004
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 7.4" x 9.8"
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