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Fighters over the Desert: The Air Battles in the Western Desert, June 1940 to December 1942 Hardcover – January 1, 1969

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    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Arco
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1969
  5. ISBN-10
    0854350608
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0854350605
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arco; 1St Edition (January 1, 1969)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0854350608
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0854350605
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Johnny Allred
5.0 out of 5 stars Fight over the desert
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
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Fighters over the Desert covers the day by day air operations over the Western Desert of North Africa from 14 June 1940 through 30 December 1942. The authors use diaries of individual pilots and unit records to tell the story of air combat of all sides. You get air combat, desert conditions, air to air kill and loses with a 72 page photo section, 12 chapters, 11 appendices all a moving story I enjoyed. The book is out of print and may be hard to find but worth looking for.
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Gordon C Pittsenberger
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2015
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More of a day to day diary of fighter claims, and confirms, than a story. Still and interesting read.
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Wulfmann
5.0 out of 5 stars The only detailed account of this theater in the air
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2021
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If you ever ran the CFS3 ad-on MAW I did the entire mission series for that sim (Wulfmann) and it was this book that allowed me to recreate the air battles over the desert accurately using the actual names of the daring men who flew those missions. There is no other source of information ever done that compares to this excellent work. CS, you hit it out of the park. This book is near impossible to find and if you see a copy grab it price be daxxed it is the definitive source
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Chris Stoesen
5.0 out of 5 stars It is clearly dated now but it is a fantastic reference with plenty of details about combat operations in ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016
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It is clearly dated now but it is a fantastic reference with plenty of details about combat operations in North Africa.
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C. W. Carter
5.0 out of 5 stars A standard work for reference to the North African campaign in the air.
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2010
Christopher Shores and Hans Ring created one of my favorite books contributing to the history of the war in North Africa during World War Two. Quite simply, if it's not in here, it probably didn't happen. Operations from every day of the conflict in the air between the Allies and the Axis (up to the end of 1942) are presented here in lucid detail. The photographs included in this book are rare and not usually seen in other books dealing with the North African air campaign. The authors underscored the true value of air power in this volume: that of reconnaissance and tactical support.
After buying this book, I understand why it's listed in almost every bibliography in books written about this campaign.
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m.j.towsey
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2015
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A long wait to get this book and it has been well worth it.
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