"FYI "Marked for Death" " Topic
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McLaddie | 23 Aug 2018 1:19 p.m. PST |
Marked for Death: The First War in the Air by James Hamilton Paterson For anyone who hasn't read this book, I have just finished it and highly recommend it. He takes a different tack in relating the history and development of the air arm in the first world war…thematically, the evolving development of the planes, recruiting, combat, developing strategies, tactics, personalities behind them and the political machinations surrounding the air war. link |
fantasque | 24 Aug 2018 3:58 a.m. PST |
sounded good, bought it, thanks for the recommendation |
McLaddie | 24 Aug 2018 9:04 a.m. PST |
Fantasque: My pleasure. I am sure you'll enjoy it. |
McLaddie | 29 Aug 2018 2:08 p.m. PST |
The book is filled with 'eye openers' for me at least. For instance, in the chapter on "The Making of a Flying Man" the RFC's accident rate stated that 60% of all air accidents occurred during training. The RFC's own estimate for the 6,000 pilots in training in 1917 was that 1 out of 5 [1,200] would be killed in accidents before they could qualify. |
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