Acclaimed author Andrew Thomas has chosen fifty fascinating cameos of
individual actions or incidents across a wide variety of major and minor
campaigns and scenarios ranging from the First World War to the present
day. Each selection is accompanied by relevant, often rare,
photographs.
So, from the Battle of Mons in 1914 through shooting down a Zeppelin
over Teeside, to WW2 Timor Ace 'Butch' Gordon in his Beaufighter in 1943
and a nightmare for Halifaxes over Nuremburg in 1944, to SAAF fighters
over Angola in September 1985 and army support tasks in Mali in 2021,
with many more in between, the author's hand-picked personal choices
make for gripping reading. A must for all those interested in the war in
the air throughout history.