VON RICHTHOFEN - The Legend Evaluated.

RICHARD T BICKERS

London 1996, Airlife/ Naval Institute, first UK edition, hard bound w/dj, VG/VG CONDITION, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 172 pp, illus, appendice, bibliog, index.

Of all the First World War's fighter aces, the legendary von Richthofen has captured the world's imagination more than any other pilot of that era. But was his reputation inspired by the Kaiser's propaganda machine or was the legend created by Allied pilots who were outfought by Germany's advanced technology rather than the Baron's pure combat skills in the air?.In this book the author puts the facts behind the German ace's fighting record into a perspective with other famous fighter pilots of both World Wars. In World War Two the technical balances between the combatants were far more evenly weighted and tests of fighting skills were highly tactical, faster and more frequently lethal.In World War One leaders of fighter formations had the most opportunities to score.

When a single aircraft was intercepted, the leader attacked while the others covered him. In the Battle of Britain, when large numbers of day bombers heavily escorted by fighters were approaching or over England, the RAF's greatly outnumbered fighters could not protect one another. They had to break formation on making contact, to get at the bombers and repel the Messerschmitts. Later, when RAF day bombers with a big fighter escort retaliated, swarms of German fighters came at them. The close escort stayed with the bombers while the high and top cover fighters scattered at three or four times the speed of 19141918 aircraft, to hit fleeting targets; with less than fifteen seconds' ammunition. In such dogfights only very short bursts of fire were possible and the targets were more elusive than in the First World War. In general, conditions in the Second World War were less favourable to Fighter pilots than in von Richthofen's time.

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