The Sky Their Battlefield: Air Fighting and the Complete List of Allied Air Casualties from Enemy Action in the First War: British, Commonswealth, and United States Air Services 1914 to 1918 [Hardcover]

Trevor Henshaw (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1995

This book provides a detailed listing and description of over four years of continuous fighting in the air in World War I, by assembling the 7500 casualties that the British and Commonwealth, and American air services suffered. Every single day of the war has been examined and the circumstances checked from every available source. Both Allied and Axis sources have been studied, resulting in thousands of cross-links with, confirmations of and changes to our previous knowledge of the subject. The book is chronological in structure and the exhaustive listings are linked by contextual passages and commentary. Moreover, every single combat and casualty for the first 18 months of the war has been tracked down, providing a completly new and detailed picture of the air battle for 1914 and 1915.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 610 pages
• Publisher: Grub Street; annotated edition edition (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1898697302
• ISBN-13: 978-1898697305
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,210,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book - none better covering this period, July 6, 1998

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Aussie Reader ""Rick"" (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sky Their Battlefield: Air Fighting and the Complete List of Allied Air Casualties from Enemy Action in the First War: British, Commonswealth, and United States Air Services 1914 to 1918 (Hardcover)

This book is a researchers delight. The effort that Trevor Henshaw has put into this book is staggering and if your are serious about WWI aviation this book should be sitting in your library. Mind you its not a book you can sit down and read but if you want to find out what happended on a particular day or follow the career of a particular pilot this is the book for you. During the time I researched 2 Australian pilots of WWI fame this book was invaluable. Just too detailed for words but excellent value for money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for all WWI airpower enthusiasts, November 27, 2002

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P. J Lambert "pjlambert" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sky Their Battlefield: Air Fighting and the Complete List of Allied Air Casualties from Enemy Action in the First War: British, Commonswealth, and United States Air Services 1914 to 1918 (Hardcover)

Trevor Henshaw has done yeoman's work in producing this meticulous study of WWI airpower. WHat I found most useful was his data on the "other" fronts outside of the western front. Excellent data on airpower in the Middle East, Africa and the eastern front. Truly comprehensive work, and I look forward to more from Henshaw.