The First Air War: A Pictorial History 1914‐1919

As we move ever further in time away from the events, a sheen of romanticism seems to blur the air war of World War I: the idea of some kind of twentieth century knights jousting in the skies in brightly coloured (on the German side at least) scouts or fighter aeroplanes actually hides a grim reality of violence, death and short life expectancy in an infant weapon. But at the same time it seems that ever more detailed factual information is being unearthed from archives and other sources to enable more accurate records and accounts to be published. There is...