Imrie's Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service 1914-18

[totoroman]

it's good. it's not just the pictures--but the captions are good. more than that he starts the book with a really clear, easy to follow summary of what happened during the war. he doesn't spend all of his time on German aces--but gives a very balanced and thorough presentation of the entire German Air Service.

that's one of my little pet peeves about WWI aviation-- that hot-shot fighter pilots and aces pretty much get all of the attention.

[alex_revell]

Yes, an excellent book, and example to every who writes on our pet subject. Only problem is that it was pirated in the States and Alex never got a penny from the sales there.

[Frederic Mason]

Alex; Mr. Imrie got my royalties. Back in the 60's-70's I was buying all my WWI titles from the British bookdealers - at great prices compared to today. FM

[alex_revell]

Frederic,
I wasn't meaning or implying the copies of the book published by Ian Allan in Britain, but I understood at the time from Alex - and it's a long time ago now - that it had been pirated by an American publisher without the knowledge of himself or Allan.