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Series: Six of the Best
ISBN: 1853757586
ISBN-13: 9781853757587
Publisher: Prion Books
Publication Date: 01 Apr 2010
Pages: 400pp (220 x 172mm)
Illustrations: chiefly col. Illustrations
Format: Paperback
Published Price: £9.99
Wings of Death Six Fantastic Flying Adventures from "Air Ace Picture Library"
Outline
When "War Picture Library" was launched in 1958, it quickly became apparent that many of the most popular stories with the readers featured the adventures of the warriors of the air, pilots who soared and swooped through the sky, cannons and machine guns blazing. The flyers were seen as the glamour boys of the Second World War, handling the most sophisticated and technically advanced combat machines ever invented and there was almost limitless scope to develop stories based around their exploits. The machines that they flew - fighters such as Spitfires, Hurricanes, Messerschmitts, Mustangs and Zeros were lovingly recreated by the finest artists, in the brand new "Air Ace Picture Library" in 1960. Those images are reproduced here 25 per cent larger than in their original published form, pulling you into close formation in the thick of the action. The six stories in "Aces High" take you from the flak-blasted night sky over Germany to the sweltering heat of the tropics, twisting and turning like a Typhoon with a Focke Wolf in its sights.
Contents
Flash Point, Fighter Fighter!, No Survivors, War Smoke, Dive Bomber, Target Tirpitz.