The Years of the Sky Kings
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1959. 1st Edition. 5.5"x8"x1.25". 336 pages. Ex-library. Orange boards. Yellow writing on spine. Library book plate on first fly paper. Library graphics. Dedication; Foreword; Contents; Index. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright! Minor soil spots to cover and edges. Item #4668
Dedication: "The thousands of unsung heroes of the Allied air services who never saw their names in the honors and awards list."
Many B&W photos of various early fighting planes and pilots.
Chapter 1: How Air Fighting Began (1914)
Chapter 2: The Machine Gun Takes Wings (1915)
Chapter 3: The Zeppelin Killers (1915)
Chapter 4: The Year of Indecisiion (1916)
Chapter 5: The Year of the Sky Gods (1917)
Chapter 6: The Year of Tactical Aviation (1918)
Chapter 7: America's Great Contribution (1918)
List of U.S. Aces - (WWI).
Price: $25.00