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Gloster Gladiator Aces

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Aircraft of the Aces - World War I

Last Stocked on 7/13/2020

Product Info

Title
Gloster Gladiator Aces
Publisher
Category
Author
Andrew Thomas
Publish Year
2002
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.33"
NKG Part #
2147343716
MFG. Part #
OSPACE044
Type
Softcover
Series
ACE44

Description

Never before has a single volume been devoted exclusively to the intrepid and disparate band of pilots who could claim to be Gladiator aces. Flying the ultimate British biplane fighter, pilots in China, Finland, East Africa, North Africa, Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Norway and the Middle East all scored the prerequisite five kills to become aces. The first individuals to do so were fighting marauding Japanese fighters and bombers attacking targets in China in 1938. The likes of Sheen, Tuck and Carey will also be featured in this volume, as they were among the many early-war acers who cut their teeth in Fighter Command on the Gladiator.