Black September 1918 : WWI's darkest month in the air /
Franks, Norman L. R.,author.
Guest, Russell,author.
Bailey, Frank W.,author.
The follow-up to Bloody April 1917 continues fifteen months later into World War I. Much had happened over this period. More battles had been fought, won and lost on both sides, but now the American strength was feeding in to France with both men and material. With the mighty push on the French/American Front at St. Mihiel on 12 September and then along the Meuse-Argonne Front from the 26th, once more masses of men and aircraft were put into the air. They were opposed by no less a formidable German fighter force than had the squadrons in April 1917 although the numbers were not in their favour. Nevertheless, the German fighter pilots were able to inflict an even larger toll of British, French and American aircraft shot down, making this the worst month for the Allied flyers during the whole of World War I, and this just a mere six weeks from the war's bloody finale.
Includes index.
"An expanded and updated paperback edition, with new photography, of part two of Bloody April, Black September (published by Grub Street in 1995)"--Title page verso.
The follow-up to Bloody April 1917 continues fifteen months later into World War I. Much had happened over this period. More battles had been fought, won and lost on both sides, but now the American strength was feeding in to France with both men and material. With the mighty push on the French/American Front at St. Mihiel on 12 September and then along the Meuse-Argonne Front from the 26th, once more masses of men and aircraft were put into the air. They were opposed by no less a formidable German fighter force than had the squadrons in April 1917 although the numbers were not in their favour. Nevertheless, the German fighter pilots were able to inflict an even larger toll of British, French and American aircraft shot down, making this the worst month for the Allied flyers during the whole of World War I, and this just a mere six weeks from the war's bloody finale.
Argonne, Battle of the (France : 1918)
Saint-Mihiel, Battle of (France : 1918)
World War (1914-1918)
World War, 1914-1918
Saint-Mihiel, Battle of, Saint-Mihiel, France, 1918.
Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.
Fighter pilots.
Fighter pilots.
Military operations, Aerial.