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Gloster Gladiator Aces (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces) (Paperback)

by Andrew Thomas (Author), John Weal (Illustrator) "That the Gladiator entered service as the RAF's last biplane fighter is a monument to conservative thinking in the mid-1930s, though fortunately RAF Fighter Command..." (more)

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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing; illustrated edition edition (16 Feb 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 184176289X
ISBN-13: 978-1841762890
Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 18.9 x 0.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 350,718 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Never before has a single volume been devoted exclusively to the intrepid and disparate band of pilots who could claim to be Gladiator aces. Flying the ultimate British biplane fighter, pilots in China, Finland, East Africa, North Africa, Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Norway and the Middle East all scored the prerequisite five kills to become aces. The first individuals to do so were fighting marauding Japanese fighters and bombers attacking targets in China in 1938. The likes of Sheen, Tuck and Carey will also be featured in this volume, as they were among the many early war acers who cut their teeth in Fighter Command on the Gladiator.

About the Author

Andrew Thomas is one of Britain's most pre-eminent RAF researchers, having published numerous squadron histories. He is presently a serving officer in the RAF. Arguably the finest profile artist in the business, John Weal's love of German aircraft makes his work a treat for students of the subject. He has written several Aces volumes, and two books on the JU 87 in the companion series Combat Aircraft.

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That the Gladiator entered service as the RAF's last biplane fighter is a monument to conservative thinking in the mid-1930s, though fortunately RAF Fighter Command had largely re-equipped with the eight-gun monoplane Hurricane and Spitfire by the start of the war. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars The magnificent men and their flying machines in WW2, 28 Jul 2002

By	D. P. Broer (LEIDEN, ZH Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Compared to it's successors, the Hurricane and the Spitfire, the Gloster Gladiator hasn't been much published. This book shows that this plane deserves far more than it got attention-wise. Quite a few of the great names (amongst them British "Ace of Aces", St. J. Pattle) flew Gladiators, the RAF's last fighting biplane and one of the best ever produced. This is a distinction that only the Italian Fiat Cr42 could hope to match as you learn in this book, one of the few about this plane since the classic "The Gloster Gladiator" from Francis K. Mason in 1964, which set the standard about publishing this plane for the last 38 years. This year not only saw this book by Andrew Thomas -which focuses mainly on the men who flew the Gladiator-, but a book by Alex Crawford as well, with a focus on the Gladiator itself...

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