| CraigH | 21 Aug 2014 7:20 p.m. PST |
So I'm getting back into Wings of War / Glory… Here's the thing, I don't know a Pfalz from a Fokker. Any good books out there ? Ideally one that talks about the technology advancements but also some notes on WW1 tactics and battles ? |
| John the OFM | 21 Aug 2014 8:25 p.m. PST |
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| Chris Wimbrow | 21 Aug 2014 8:46 p.m. PST |
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| EMPERORS LIBRARY | 21 Aug 2014 11:12 p.m. PST |
I have over 120 books in PDF format on my website for sale.
They are all written during or shortly after WW1.
Prices are all £1.49 GBP regards,
Paul
emperorslibrary.com |
| delta6ct | 21 Aug 2014 11:58 p.m. PST |
I highly recommend The First Air War by Lee Kennett, which is excellent. The Origin of the Fighter Aircraft by Jon Guttman is good too. If you read only one book, read Kennett. Mike |
| delta6ct | 22 Aug 2014 12:08 a.m. PST |
Also War Times Journal has several WW1 aviation memoirs up for free: wtj.com/archives Mike |
| Fat Wally | 22 Aug 2014 2:24 a.m. PST |
If I were to go for one book then check out Leon Bennett's 'Fall of the Red Baron; World War I Aerial Tactics and the Death of Richthofen'. So much more than a bit of waffle about Richthofen as it goes into the practical repurcussions of technological developments through the war, and looks at different aircraft. A very good insight into manoeuvring a plane and tactics necessary to shoot down the enemy. Not only plane vs plane but aerial formations of flights and Ketten. Very interesting |
| Fat Wally | 22 Aug 2014 2:26 a.m. PST |
Apart from that 'Dogfight' by Norman Franks is a must as it covers the tactical formations in detail. |
| parrskool | 22 Aug 2014 3:46 a.m. PST |
Read "Biggles Learns to Fly" "Biggles of the Camel Squadron" etc |
| CraigH | 22 Aug 2014 7:01 a.m. PST |
Well I started with John's recommendation – interesting what, I suppose, recent documents have discovered…certainly nothing I'd heard of before, but as I said, I know little of WW1 in general…  And for those of you with serious replies, I will take a look – certainly Fat Wally's look to be on the mark for starting ! |
| boy wundyr x | 22 Aug 2014 7:33 a.m. PST |
Hmmm, I've become a bit jaded with aerial WWI reading ("oh bleep, another book about the same 12 guys as the last 100 books") but from this thread it looks like I need to get busy and check out some others. Not really related to the OP, but "No Parachute" by Arthur Gould Lee is still one of the best memoirs I've ever read. |
| Camcleod | 22 Aug 2014 8:41 a.m. PST |
Some books:
'Aircraft of World War 1: 1914-1918' has profiles and data
on many types:
link 'Development of German Warplanes in WWI' covers the German aircraft types:
link Other books by Jack Herris cover individual companies' aircraft:
link For a listing and data on virtually every German Aircraft type of WW1 see 'German Aircraft of the First World War'
link |
| HammerHead | 22 Aug 2014 10:08 a.m. PST |
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| lapatrie88 | 03 Sep 2014 6:37 p.m. PST |
Peter Hart:
"Somme Success"
"Bloody April"
"Aces Falling"
Hart weaves letters and first-hand accounts into a portrait of the air war and its relevance to the ground war. Focussing on the British and their German opponents. If only there were an equivalent for the French,,Germans, Italians, Austrians…. |
| Great War Ace | 08 Sep 2014 7:42 a.m. PST |
"The same dozen guys" actually (collectively) provide an unmatched portrait of the development of the air war. Add in the lesser known autobiographical works, such as Lee's (referenced above), Duncan Grinnell Milne's, James Norman Hall's, Robert Graves', and technical works like the old Harleyford books, or the Profiles publications, et al. those series which treat the aircraft specs and development histories, and you'll become an educated Great War in the air buff…. |
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