Victoria Cross: WWI Airmen and Their Aircraft: Volume 1 - Softcover

Revell, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935881418 ISBN 13: 9781935881414

Publisher: Aeronaut Books, 2016

Synopsis

This book tells the story of the 19 British pilots who were awarded Britain’s highest award for valour for their heroic actions during WWI. These biographies are illustrated with 144 photos and 42 color profiles of aircraft flown by these men, including of all the aircraft flown in the Victoria Cross actions. The book has 156 pages and is of interest to aviation historians, enthusiasts, and modelers alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Alex Revell has been interested in World War 1 aviation since the age of six, when he began reading the famous John Hamilton series of aviation classics. He began serious aviation research in the early 1960s. Primarily interested in people and their role in the 1914-18 air war, he traced and interviewed many ex-members of the RFC/RAF/RNAS and is particularly proud that many of them became personal family friends. An internationally acknowledged researcher into the history of the RFC/RAF and RNAS during WWI, Alex Revell has had many articles published in specialist aviation magazines and the journals of Cross and Cockade International. His has written a number of aviation-related World War 1 titles over the years. A retired engineer and also a jazz musician of international repute, Alex Revell lives in Cornwall with his wife Linda.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aeronaut Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1935881418
• ISBN 13: 9781935881414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156
• Illustrator: Pearson Bob, Weaver Aaron