Bloody April...Black September
Publisher: Grub Street
Published: May 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781898697084
Subjects: Military Aircraft - World War I; History - Military / War; History: World; Military - World War I; Aircraft: general interest; Europe; European history: First World War; First World War, 1914-1918; History of engineering & technology
Description: In April 1917 the crews of the Royal Flying Corps and French Air Force launched a major offensive to break the frustrating and deadly stalemate on the Western Front. However, all attempts at supporting the land forces were countered by the new German Jagdstaffeln. What followed was a massacre and the worst month for flying casualties so far in the war. The events 15 months later were no less disastrous with the Allies including the Americans, once again suffering a crushing and unprecedented defeat just six weeks fron the war's bloody finale. This book includes details on all known Allied losses and in many cases the victorious German pilots are provided.