Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1 write by Chris Chant. This book was released on 2012-12-20. Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Starting the war with only 35 aircraft, Austro-Hungarian industry went on to produce only moderate numbers of poor quality aircraft. The fliers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire operating on the Serbian and Russian fronts were fortunate at first, finding themselves faced by small numbers of aircraft yet more obsolescent than their own. Serbia fell in 1915, but when Italy declared war the Austro-Hungarians were still faced with a two-front war – a static front against Italy, and a far more fluid one against Russia. Austro-Hungarian fighter pilots performed bravely and often very effectively under extremely difficult geographic, climatic and operational conditions.
Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1
Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 write by Paolo Varriale. This book was released on 2012-12-20. Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Austro-Hungarian industry produced a series of poor fighter types such as the Phönix D I and Hansa-Brandenburg D I during the early stages of the war, and it was not until licence-built examples of the battle-proven Albatros and D II and D III began to reach Fliegerkompagnien, or Fliks, in May 1917 that the fortunes of pilots began to look up. Unlike the German-built Albatrosen, the Oeffag aircraft were far more robust than German D IIs and D IIIs. They also displayed superior speed, climb, manoeuvrability and infinitely safer flight characteristics. The careful cross-checking of Allied sources with Austrian and German records form the basis for a detailed reconstruction of the dogfights fought by the leading aces. It will also chart the careers of the Austro-Hungarian aces that flew the D II and D III, their successes and their defeats, with additional information about their personal background and their post-war lives in the nations born from the collapse of the Hapsburg Empire.
Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914-1918
Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914-1918 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914-1918 write by Martin D. O'Connor. This book was released on 1994. Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914-1918 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Air Aces
Air Aces - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Air Aces write by Martin O'Connor. This book was released on 1986. Air Aces available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Complete biographies of all 49 courageous aces of the Dual Monarchy.
Hungarian Aces of World War 2
Hungarian Aces of World War 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hungarian Aces of World War 2 write by György Punka. This book was released on 2002-10-18. Hungarian Aces of World War 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Like Germany, Hungary was forbidden from having an air force following the defeat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War 1. However, again like Germany, the new state of Hungary created an air arm in secret during the 1930s. Hungarian fighter pilots first saw action against their Slovakian neighbours in early 1939, following the annexation of Czechoslovakia by Germany. In June 1941, Hungarian armed forces joined the Germany in the invasion of Russia, and pilots from the I/I Fighter Group saw continuous action into 1942. Flying CR.42s, Re.2000s and Bf 109Es, pilots scored a modest number of kills. However, when the Bf 109G-equipped Hungarian 101 ŒPuma1 Fighter Regiment was committed to action over Kharkov in April 1943, numerous aces started to rapidly build there scores. One year later the unit returned home in order to defend Hungarian cities from American heavy bombers, and pilots such as Dezsö Szentgyörgyi and György Debrödy scored the bulk of their kills in desperate battles against American fighters and bombers. Unlike most of Germany1s Eastern European allies, Hungary did not capitulate during the Russian advances of 1944, and its fighter pilots fought on until May 1945.
