Bibliograph

Red baron, the life & death of an ace, Peter Kilduff

Type

Label

Red baron, the life & death of an ace, Peter Kilduff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Red baron

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

patent documentbibliography

Oclc number

761645443

Responsibility statement

Peter Kilduff

Sub title

the life & death of an ace

Summary

Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was the most successful fighter pilot of World War I, shooting down 80 enemy airplanes and receiving more high decorations than any other German combatant. In Red Baron: The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff tells the story of this courageous and charismatic man: his comrades and enemies, the planes he flew, the battles he fought in, the political climate that caused his eventual disenchantment and the controversial circumstances of his death. Containing previously unpublished photographs, drawings on new source material from former East Ger

Table Of Contents

Introduction; foreword; 1 first blood; 2 the glory of its name; 3 the sky arena; 4 winds of change; 5 flying with boelcke; 6 preparing for command; 7 the red baron arises; 8 bloody april 1917; 9 deutschland über alles; 10 gathering of eagles; 11 triplane triumph; 12 the price of glory; 13 bloody april 1918; 14 ein deutsches requiem; appendix; endnotes; bibliography and sources; index

Target audience

adult

Classification