Airfields & Airmen: Cambrai (Battleground Europe) [Paperback]

Michael O'Connor (Author)

Book Description

Series: Battleground Europe | Publication Date: July 2003

Airfields and Airmen:Cambrai covers the earliest days of the RFC with the retreat from Mons. We visit the graves of Fokker Eindecker aces and the airfields where the first Jastas were formed. Also covered are airfields from which Allied aces such as Beauchamp and Proctor VC flew, and there is a visit to the American cemetery at Bony that contains a number of aviators.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Pen & Sword (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0850529581
• ISBN-13: 978-0850529586
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars AN INVALUABLE REFERENCE!, January 25, 2009

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P. A. Panozzo "history enthusiast, avid reader" (Chicago, IL and NW IN area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Airfields & Airmen: Cambrai (Battleground Europe) (Paperback)

Airfields and Airmen Cambrai is another volume in a series of works by Michael O'Connor that guides the reader to the airfields that were situated around Cambrai, France during World War One. The airmen that fought and died in the skies over Cambrai are located in cemeteries which this volume helps the reader to locate. This guide, like the others in the series are superbly researched and illustrated with photos of the airfields (often, then and now photos!) and the brave airmen who perished in the conflict. Michael O'Connor tells their story and pays them tribute. I may never go to France and see these airfields and final resting places of the airmen but these books are truly, the next best thing. I find that all of Michael O'Connor's books are essential reference tools for my World War One Aviation Library. In my opinion, Michael O'Connor is a great historian who has taken much time and effort to shed light upon an often overlooked and under-appreciated facet of history. Here are links to his other works: AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN : SOMME (Battleground Europe) AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN : YPRES (Battleground Europe) AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN OF THE CHANNEL COAST (Battleground I) AIRFIELDS AND AIRMEN OF ARRAS (Battleground Europe) IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE RED BARON (Battleground Europe) This last title has Manfred von Richthofen's airfields and victims highlighted. It is a Michael O'Connor and Norman Franks collaboration. See my review for more details!