WAR

THE FIGHTERS
the great armies that took to
the field
in 1914 were vast organizations with
complex battle plans but they were almost
totally lacking in air services. During
the four bloody years
the Air Age was born.
that followed,
the fighters recounts those epic days
when men first spread their wings in war.
Here in vivid photographs and detailed
plans and descriptions are the
cranky, low-powered "aeroplanes," armed
first by one side then the other, that were
turned gradually into effective weapons.
Here too is the authentic story of the
men who flew those planes.
Never before has so much personal
material been gathered together in a book
on this subject. World War I American,
British, German, French and Canadian
flyers describe their tactics and their
combats, their triumphs and their tragedies.
Many who lived through it all have
contributed eyewitness accounts and
hitherto unpublished photographs.
the fighters is a unique record of
the birth and development of fighter aviation
from its earliest days of improvisation
to the final massed formations in
the air—the first convocation of eagles.
GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers
New York 10010
De Havilland 5
• Great Britain