The Red Battle Flyer - Softcover

Von Richthofen, Capt Manfred Freiherr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1975960440 ISBN 13: 9781975960445

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

That is the answer to those who ask, as an important official gentleman asked recently, why this English translation of Rittmeister von Richthofen's book should be published. It gives our flying people an opportunity of comparing notes with one of Germany's star-turn fighting pilots, just as that excellent book by "Contact" gives the Germans the chance of gathering the atmosphere of the Royal Flying Corps as it was in 1916 and 1917. "The Red Battle-Flyer" has evidently been carefully censored by the German authorities. Also it has possibly been touched up here and there for propagandist purposes. Consequently, although the narrative as it stands is extraordinarily interesting, the book as a whole is still more interesting on account of what one reads between the lines, and of what one can deduce from the general outlook of the writer.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1975960440
• ISBN 13: 9781975960445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126