Allied Fighter Aces: The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Mike Spick (Author)

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Product Description
Many thousands of fighter pilots of many nations--British, American, Australian, Canadian, Polish, and many more--flew, fought, and died in Allied aircraft. A few became famous. About five percent of fighter pilots accounted for some forty percent of all air victories, and these were the aces. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Mike Spick, author of the excellent Luftwaffe Fighter Aces (1853675601), examines in detail every major theater of the air war, compares the aircraft and operational conditions, and highlights individual tactics and methods of the best of the aces. He is an aviation historian, specializing in air combat and helicopter tactics. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 239 pages
• Publisher: Greenhill Books; 1ST edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853672823
• ISBN-13: 978-1853672828
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,695,972 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, October 23, 1999

By	Marhalim Abas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews

I read this book after reading Spick's glorious Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. Certainly the Luftwaffe was a much better read. Infact, I believed Mike wrote this book in response to the Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. What"s wrong with the Allied Fighter Aces is that it lack the grace and splendour of the earlier book. I certainly believe that the author thoroughly enjoyed writing on the Luftwaffe aces and his enthusiasm are shown through out.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Strategy, not tactics and techiques, December 1, 1999

By	Scott Gress "RangerGress" (Savannah, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a book about how the Allied Air Forces fought as organizations. It is not an indepth study of the pilot's tactics and techniques.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the Luftwaffe equivalent., May 8, 2002

By	John Dynan "JD" (Elwood, Vic Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the second book in a series by prolific aviation author Mike Spick. It is written in the same format as the first and covers much the same ground but from the allied perspective. Unfortunately, it doesn't work quite as well. One of the problems faced here is the enormous scale of the subject. This is a much larger topic than the first book and I really think the Pacific conflict is worthy of a separate volume, perhaps covering both sides. I would also like to have seen a "Strike Rate" given for each pilot in the manner of his previous book, "Luftwaffe Fighter Aces", so that direct comparisons may be made. The author's personal writing style is starting to become a little irritating, too. It only happens occasionally but it is inappropriate and distracting. A not-quite-worthy companion to "Luftwaffe Fighter Aces", it is still a good read and will give the reader a good insight into the subject.