| Title |
Black Fokker leader : the first world war's last airfighter knight / Peter Kilduff. |
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| Publication Info. |
London : Grub Street, [2009] |
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©2009 |
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| East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department
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940.4.KIL |
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| New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction
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940.44 K55B |
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| Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department
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940.4 KI |
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| Description |
192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (page 186 - 189) and index. |
| Summary |
One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D.VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front. |
| Contents |
Life and death in the air -- Peace and war -- Over the front at last -- Becoming an eagle -- Early air fighting success -- The white stag flies -- The spring offensive and beyond -- Command in the air -- The tide of war turns -- Final glory of the Jagdstaffeln -- Homeward, home and reunion -- A turbulent future. |
| Subject |
Fighter pilots -- Germany -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, German.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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Fokker D.VII (Fighter plane)
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| ISBN |
9781906502287 |
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1906502285 |
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