British and Empire Aces of World War 1
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- ISBN 9781841763774
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 180 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 25 Dec 2001
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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An illustrated history of how the British fighter developed, both single- and two-seaters.
At the outset of World War I the British had some 110 assorted aircraft, used mostly for the visual reconnaissance role. With the advent of faster and more agile single-seaters, the Allies and their adversaries raced to outdo each other in the creation of genuinely effective fighters with fixed forward-firing machine gun armament. It was not until 1917 that the British developed a truly effective interrupter gear, which paved the way for excellent single seaters such as the Sopwith Triplane Camel and the RAF S.E.5., later joined by the Bristol F.2B - the war's best two-seat fighter.
This volume traces the rapid development of the fighter in World War I and the amazing exploits of the British and Empire aces who flew them.
Christopher Shores is a well known author of authoritative aviation books, a specialist on aces and tactics.
Mark Rolfe is an extremely talented profile artist. He has worked on a number of titles in Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series.
