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steven brown · 29 July 2009, 09:49 AM

I've just finished reading Osprey's

Pusher Aces of World War 1 and found it to be very informative. I'm sure the information is well known to the forum experts, but I learned a great deal. The bulk of the book is about the British pushers, but the Farmans and Voisins are discussed as well as exotic beasts like the Brequet BLC with a 37mm cannon. I also didn't know that some Farmans were equipped with a rear firing gun like the FE2b. The nose art of the aircraft crewed by

Fernand Jacquet and Louis Robin is some of the best I've seen. All around an excellent book for new guys like me.

29 July 2009, 09:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
steven brown Scout Pilot Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 342	Osprey Pusher Aces I've just finished reading Osprey's Pusher Aces of World War 1 and found it to be very informative. I'm sure the information is well known to the forum experts, but I learned a great deal. The bulk of the book is about the British pushers, but the Farmans and Voisins are discussed as well as exotic beasts like the Brequet BLC with a 37mm cannon. I also didn't know that some Farmans were equipped with a rear firing gun like the FE2b. The nose art of the aircraft crewed by Fernand Jacquet and Louis Robin is some of the best I've seen. All around an excellent book for new guys like me.