| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 First Blood; Chapter 2 From Peace to War; Chapter 3 Service for the Nation; Chapter 4 Pistols to Machine Guns; Chapter 5 The Fighter Ace Era Begins; Chapter 6 Early Air Combat Success; Chapter 7 Leadership in the Air; Chapter 8 Stormy Times; Chapter 9 Beginning of the End; Chapter 10 The Final Battle; Appendix I: Aerial Victory List of Rudolf Berthold; Appendix II: Daily Victory and Casualty Lists of JG 2 Units; Endnotes; Bibliography and Sources; Index. |
| Summary |
As one of the most successful German fighter pilots of World War I Hauptmann Rudolf Berthold was victorious in forty-four aerial combats. He was also shot down or forced to land after six fights and survived crash landings in every case. Early in World War I, when only fighter pilots were awarded the Kingdom of Prussia's (and de facto, Imperial Germany's) highest bravery decoration, the Pour le Mérite, Rudolf Berthold became the tenth recipient of the honor. Of that early cohort of air heroes, only Berthold and one other pilot survived the war. This book tells his remarkable story. Six weeks. |
| Subject |
Berthold, Rudolf.
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Fighter pilots -- Germany -- Biography.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, German.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kilduff, Peter. Iron man 9781908117373 (DLC) 2012462774 (OCoLC)827735698 |
| ISBN |
9781909808805 (electronic bk.) |
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1909808806 (electronic bk.) |
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