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Aces High, Volume 1: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces of WWII Kindle Edition

by Christopher Shores (Author), Clive Williams (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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First in the Aces High series—a military reference of the fighter pilots who had five or more confirmed victories while serving in the Royal Air Force.

Introduced by the French quite early in World War I, the term “ace” was used to describe a pilot credited with five or more aerial victories. But in the United Kingdom, the term was never officially recognized. Becoming an ace was partly luck, especially considering the campaigns in which they flew and the areas of combat. There are three distinct kinds of aces: the defensive ace, the offensive ace, and the night fighter.

This book is a revised collection of the biographies of the highest scoring Allied fighter pilots of World War II—including those with the confirmed claims of shooting down five aircraft and those pilots with lower scores but whose wartime careers prove them worthy of inclusion. All details of their combat are arranged in tabular form. Included are a selection of photographs from hitherto private collections.

“There are some authors whose name alone is sufficient reason to but a book, and Christopher Shores is surely one of these . . . By profession a chartered surveyor, he served in the Royal Air Force in the 1950s so his writing bears the stamp of authenticity.” —HistoryNet

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Christopher Shores began by writing the occasional book about military aviation, then quickened the pace as he grew older. By now, readers and reviewers are hard-pressed to keep up with him. Meanwhile, he pursued a career as a land surveyor and director of one of Europe's largest firms of property advisers.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PUT252M
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grub Street Publishing; 1st edition (September 18, 2008)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 18, 2008
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 81650 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 1944 pages

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Mary P. Knaus

A gift for our neighbor.

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2020

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Our neighbor's grandfather is mentioned in this book, so we decided to get it for him for Christmas. He just told us how much he is enjoying the book so far! A great read for the history buff.

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Laurence Daley

isbn=1909808423 This is a clumsy thank you to the pilots and to the authors for writing this book and providing detailed informa

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2014

Shores, ‎ Christopher and Clive Williams 2008 Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII, Grub Street London Volume 1 ISBN-10 1898697000 books.google.com/books?isbn=1909808423

This is a clumsy thank you to the pilots and to the authors for writing this book and providing detailed information on a particular aspect of that terrible war. These pilots’ bravery and skill saved all in Britain including my family, and this is a debt not to be forgotten...

At the start of WWII , my father. Leonard. Daley, born in 1905, had retired from the Lancaster Engineers (in war time part of Royal Engineers) and was teaching school in Liverpool.

According to family lore, at the outbreak of war, Dad returned to his regiment of Engineers as Captain, and at least part of the time he was assigned to Valley Aerodrome, Isle of Anglesey, Wales. There he was according to family tradition “training Free French” until there was some kind of mix up, Dieppe, North Africa??? I do not know more.

We children were in nearby Rhosneigr, playing on the beach and going to school. Of course everything was secret in those days, but as I write my memories it seemed significant to document what was possible.

Mother who was Cuban, had close relatives in the Cuban consulate in Liverpool. We are part indigenous Americans and thus would have been sent to the camps if the Nazi had been able to take Great Britain. She told me that her relatives at the consulate were quite frightened, but there was nowhere to go for them. The seas were very dangerous to cross in those days, a previous Cuban consul-general had been saved from the WW I sinking of the Lusitania. Thus my family has very good reasons to express our deepest gratitude to these ‘brave few’ pilots.

Previous searches had yielded very little information, except that Valley Aerodrome was mainly dedicated to protect Merseyside that is Liverpool and surrounding areas. It was clear that there was heavy bombing of the area, setting massive fires in Liverpool. However, the RAF and escaped pilots from other countries French, Belgian, Yugoslavs and especially Poles, were able to wear down and eventually stop the German attacks on northwest Britain in particular, and all the British Isles in general.

This book had more information, therefore as I write my book of family memories “Love and War in Cuba” I wish to acknowledge not only the heroism of the pilots but also the usefulness of the material in “Aces High,” as a source of detailed data.

Included in my endnotes [pages on electronic search to correspond precisely to printed page numbers] are the following:

page 62 (63) Here the unit became a part of 145 (Free French) Wing as it formed for service with the new 2nd TAF. ... 350 Squadron (Belgian, and thus probably speaking French as well as Flemish) The squadron formed at Valley, Anglesey, North Wales, in November 1941 with a nucleus of Belgian pilots from 131 Squadron, Spitfire IIas being received as initial equipment. With these the unit moved to Atcham in February 1942, where in March Mark Vbs became available. ...”

And also noted is that: (i) Valley Aerodrome is also mentioned on pages 45 (printed page number 46), 49, 53, 64, 68, 75, 192, 516,. And (ii) Free French are mentioned of pages 32, 56, 61, 62, 137, 138, 139, 156, 189, 189, 233, 256, 432, 479, 502, 550, and 600. (iii) Liverpool [sometimes as or specifying Speke airbase, which Dad took me to after or towards the end of the war when we returned to Liverpool] is mentioned on pages 46, 57, 58, 59, 226, 231, 232, 258, 502, 515, 519, 624, 722 (often as destination for escaped foreign pilots seeking to fly for the RAF. Liverpool was also birth place for a good number of British pilots).

Laurence Daley
Professor Emeritus

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Norman Malayney

A MUST REFERENCE SOURCE FOR RESEARCHERS

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2020

Excellent reference source. One anomaly: The authors list on page 411, MacArthur, JHG whereas his RCAF postwar WEE records list his sir name as McArthur, as does his obituary. He may have shorten it after leaving the RAF?

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Clark T. Davis

I liked this a lot and it is pretty exhaustive in ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014

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I liked this a lot and it is pretty exhaustive in detail. I sold my copy and then got a second one later on.

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