Bristol F2 Fighter Aces of World War I (Aircraft of the Aces)

Guttman, Jon/ Dempsey, Harry (ILT)

Osprey Publishing（2007/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 96 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781846032011
• DDC分類 940.44941

Full Description

This is the history of the best Allied 'fighter-destroyer' of World War I and the pilots who flew it. Nicknamed 'Biff' by the pilots, the Bristol F2 Fighter enjoyed extraordinary over the Western Front in the final 18 months of the war. However it had an inauspicious debut. Indeed, an entire flight of F2As was wiped out by von Richthofen's Jasta 11. However, a new improved F2B was soon delivered to the front which was functioned in an entirely different manner. The crews operated the plane not as a standard two-seater, but as a single-seat with a 'sting in the tail' in the form of a rear gunner with a Lewis machine gun. Numerous ace teams earned the 'Biff' grudging respect from its German opponents. This book will chart the development of the plane from its unpromising beginnings, to the revised model operating with a new kind of tactics. Moreover, the numerous first-hand accounts and combat reports will give a fascinating insight into the experiences of the pilots themselves.

Contents

Chapter 1: Development and Disaster (The first F2A operations)/Chapter 2: A Scout with a Sting in the Tail (Development of the F2B and new tactics)/Chapter 3: 'Biff Boys' (Bristol aces and their exploits)/Chapter 4: Ascendancy On Other Fronts (Bristol operations in Italy, the Middle East and post-war)/Appendices: Aces; Squadrons and bases; Ace airframes; aircrew awards