Black Fokker leader
Subtitle: the first world war's last airfighter knight
By: Peter Kilduff
Publisher: Grub Street
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781906502287
Subjects: Campaigns; World War, 1914-1918; German Aerial operations; Fokker D. VII (Fighter plane); Fighter pilots; Biography
Description: One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D. VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: Life and death in the air --; title: Peace and war --; title: Over the front at last --; title: Becoming an eagle --; title: Early air fighting success --; title: The white stag flies --; title: The spring offensive and beyond --; title: Command in the air --; title: The tide of war turns --; title: Final glory of the Jagdstaffeln --; title: Homeward, home and reunion --; title: A turbulent future.