Marked for Death: The First War in the Air

by James Hamilton-Paterson

Book Overview

Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Nearly forgotten in the war's massive overall death toll, some 50,000 aircrew would die in the combatant nations' fledgling air forces.

The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different. Marked for Death debunks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681771586
• ISBN13: 9781681771588
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"