num_pages: 258
description: Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF he survived over 420 operational sorties shooting down scores of enemy aircraft while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe.THE BIG SHOW  his extraordinary account of the war has been described as the greatest pilot's memoir of WWII.A truly remarkable book  the most gripping descriptions of aerial combat I have ever read New York TimesA thrilling read  ranks among the finest accounts of war GuardianA magnificent story Daily TelegraphA classic  gripping ripping full of action EconomistVividly captures the spirit of air combat The Times'The relentlessness of the flying is extraordinary and the casual loss of life chilling. It really is one of the very best war memoirs ever exhilarating exciting deeply moving and a book that lingers in the mind long after the last page has been turned.' James Holland
language: English
title: The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat
publisher: Silvertail Books