Above the Trenches. A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920.
(Stoney Creek): Fortress Publications, (1990),
First Canadian Edition. quarto, blue paper boards in pictorial dust jacket. (400)pp. Fortress Publications, Item #30760
Extensively illustrated. The great bulk of the book is devoted to over 800 biographies of individual scout pilots,with introductory notes providing, in the majority of case, place and date of birth, previous military service, decorations and post war career. The biographies include a full list of all claims made, by date, time, type and location, together with the serial and type of scout flown to achieve the claim and a note of the authors' sources. Along with a list of aces amongst gunners, bomber and Corps pilots. A near fine copy, jacket not clipped.
Price: $59.95