Australian Hawk Over the Western Front: A Biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme by Adrian Hellwig

Adrian Hellwig

ISBN 10: 1904943349 ISBN 13: 9781904943341

Published by Grub Street, London, 2006

Language: English

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Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Book and inside dust jacket has slight damge from moisture exposure. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Scratch to right edge of front cover. Dust jacket is now in protective cover. Interior and binding are also very good. Adrian Hellwig's research shows that Roderic Dallas is Australia's leading air ace with at least forty-eight victories to his name. This also makes Dallas one of the highest-scoring Commonwealth aces. Nevertheless, until this book, Dallas has never been the subject of a full biography. Draws chiefly on primary sources, including Dallas' personal letters, logbook and service record,

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Australian Hawk Over the Western Front: A Biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme by Adrian Hellwig

Publisher

Grub Street, London

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

1904943349

ISBN 13

9781904943341

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

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0.8 kilograms

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Major Roderick Dallas is Australia’s leading air ace of all time and, with fifty victories, also one of the highest-scoring Commonwealth aces.

Even so, until this excellently researched volume, there has never been a full biography of this exceptional pilot, whose fighting career spanned from 1916 to 1918. Flying Nieuport Scouts, Triplanes and Camels with the RNAS and RAF, he was an ever-present threat over the Western Front and the scourge of the German Air Force.

Hellwig’s book has been taken principally from primary sources (Dallas’ own letters, log book and service record, in addition to squadron record books, combat reports and contemporary accounts), and his resulting conclusions will surprise many. Here is a fitting tribute not just to Australia’s greatest war hero of the air but to a man any country would be proud to call their own. It will be read avidly by all those interested in WWI history.

Adrian Hellwig has had articles published previously in Cross & Cockade International, Over the Front, and the Australian Association of WWI Aero Historian’s Journal.

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Adrian Helwig specializes in military history.

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