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The big show, Pierre Clostermann

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"Pierre Clostermann DSO/DFC was one of the RAF's top scoring aces during World War II. Exiled from France at the beginning of the war, he joined the Air Force at the age of 19. He was to spend the next five years flying missions over France and Germany: attacking V1 flying bomb sites at tree-top height, saving damaged American bombers from predatory German fighters, engaging in dogfights and watching helplessly as his less fortunate friends fell to their deaths in the skies over the Channel. By his early twenties he was already France's premier fighter ace, with 33 confirmed kills to his name." "Drawn from his wartime diary, The Big Show is the story of how Pierre Clostermann made it through the war. Now restored to its original form, it contains all the ingredients of the truly great war memoir: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of savage dogfights over occupied France, an array of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a young man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground."--BOOK JACKET
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
New edition
Extent
320 pages
Note
  • Cover subtitle: The greatest pilot's story of World War II
  • Previous ed. of this translation: London: Chatto & Windus, 1951
Contents
  • Previous ed. of this translation: London: Chatto & Windus, 1951
Isbn
9780297846192
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The big show
Title
The big show
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Pierre Clostermann
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Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
"Pierre Clostermann DSO/DFC was one of the RAF's top scoring aces during World War II. Exiled from France at the beginning of the war, he joined the Air Force at the age of 19. He was to spend the next five years flying missions over France and Germany: attacking V1 flying bomb sites at tree-top height, saving damaged American bombers from predatory German fighters, engaging in dogfights and watching helplessly as his less fortunate friends fell to their deaths in the skies over the Channel. By his early twenties he was already France's premier fighter ace, with 33 confirmed kills to his name." "Drawn from his wartime diary, The Big Show is the story of how Pierre Clostermann made it through the war. Now restored to its original form, it contains all the ingredients of the truly great war memoir: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of savage dogfights over occupied France, an array of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a young man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground."--BOOK JACKET
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Dewey number
940.544 CLO
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated from the French
Literary form
non fiction
The big show, Pierre Clostermann
Label
The big show, Pierre Clostermann
Publication
Note
  • Cover subtitle: The greatest pilot's story of World War II
  • Previous ed. of this translation: London: Chatto & Windus, 1951
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Content type code
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Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Previous ed. of this translation: London: Chatto & Windus, 1951
Control code
8183682
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24 cm.
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Edition
New edition
Extent
320 pages
Isbn
9780297846192
Media category
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Media MARC source
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Media type code
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illustrations, portraits
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  • (Sirsi) MA111666
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