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Old 20 December 2005, 06:29 PM #7 (permalink)
jastaflieger
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i also want to echo Greg's recommendation. I enjoyed this book alot, while reading the pilot's own words, i felt this book managed to convey much more authenticity than many other books on this subject. In addition, i thinkthe author did a nice job of connecting the RFC's missions for a given day and the ground action/course of the battle than i have ever read before. the over-riding concept being, in the author's opinion, that artillery was crucial to ground gain, or holding the ground, and the "eyes" of the spotterswere quite crucial to the success of the artillery.One thing i can certainly assure anyone , this book is nothing like an Arch Whitehouse book- i have read almost all of those long ago!
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