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Author: Victor Kulikov ,
Harry Dempsey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Volume: 111
Dimensions:
Width: 18.40cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 24.80cm
Weight: 0.312kg
ISBN: 9781780960593
ISBN 10: 178096059
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 20 April 2013
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
This narrowed focus details the planes, the aces, their strategies and their key battles of the times, using information based on material newly sourced by the author from Russian military and private archives. The result is an outstanding analysis suitable for any aviation history or World War I military holding. --The Midwest Book Review (July 2013) In this small compendium Victor Kulikov presents those Russian Army Aviation Service pilots who were considered aces. This volume provides the relevant facts, dates, and locations of the aces' actions and their eventual personal outcome if they outlived the war and revolution. In some cases there are narratives in the pilots' own words, which always provide interesting vignettes of the historical events. --Over the Front (Summer 2013).. .what a ripping read! Make this exciting effort your introduction to these forgotten heroes. --David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (June 2013) This narrowed focus details the planes, the aces, their strategies and their key battles of the times, using information based on material newly sourced by the author from Russian military and private archives. The result is an outstanding analysis suitable for any aviation history or World War I military holding. The Midwest Book Review (July 2013) In this small compendium Victor Kulikov presents those Russian Army Aviation Service pilots who were considered aces. This volume provides the relevant facts, dates, and locations of the aces' actions and their eventual personal outcome if they outlived the war and revolution. In some cases there are narratives in the pilots' own words, which always provide interesting vignettes of the historical events. Over the Front (Summer 2013) ...what a ripping read! Make this exciting effort your introduction to these forgotten heroes. David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (June 2013) In this small compendium Victor Kulikov presents those Russian Army Aviation Service pilots who were considered aces. This volume provides the relevant facts, dates, and locations of the aces actions and their eventual personal outcome if they outlived the war and revolution. In some cases there are narratives in the pilots own words, which always provide interesting vignettes of the historical events. - Over the Front (Summer 2013) .. .what a ripping read! Make this exciting effort your introduction to these forgotten heroes. - David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (June 2013) This narrowed focus details the planes, the aces, their strategies and their key battles of the times, using information based on material newly sourced by the author from Russian military and private archives. The result is an outstanding analysis suitable for any aviation history or World War I military holding. - The Midwest Book Review (July 2013)
In this small compendium Victor Kulikov presents those Russian Army Aviation Service pilots who were considered aces. This volume provides the relevant facts, dates, and locations of the aces' actions and their eventual personal outcome if they outlived the war and revolution. In some cases there are narratives in the pilots' own words, which always provide interesting vignettes of the historical events. <br>- Over the Front (Summer 2013)<br><br>. ..what a ripping read! Make this exciting effort your introduction to these forgotten heroes. <br>- David L. Veres, www.cybermodeler.com (June 2013)
Author Information
Victor Kulikov has had a lifelong interest in Imperial Russian aviation in World War 1, and has been particularly active in gathering information from Russian archives. Many of his articles, devoted to the history of Imperial Russian aviation, have been published in magazines in the UK (Windsock International and Cross & Cockade), France (Avions and Aero-Journal), and the USA (Over the Front, WW I Aero and Air Power History). He is also the co-author of the volume Imperial Russian Air Forces, published by Flying Machine Press in 1995. Berkshire-based Harry Dempsey is a talented profile artist who specialises in fighter aircraft of World War 1. He has illustrated all of Osprey’s World War 1 Aircraft of the Aces titles to date.
