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Grub Street, 2009. New book, 256 pages. One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D. VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front. Degelow had a unique approach to aerial combat which fascinated the author, Peter Kilduff, so much that in 1979 he wrote "Germany's Last Knight of the Air" about his exploits, a book long out of print.During the intervening 30 years Kilduff has obtained new information and original photos, plus copies of significant German archival material and documentation which shed much new light on this legendary ace. "Black Fokker Leader" is a completely new work with unpublished material about Degelow and his comrades - how he was almost court-martialled; how his career was saved by Carl Josef Jacobs; how Degelow helped Willy Rosenstein escape from Nazi Germany, and much more. Plus new insights…
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- Title Black Fokker Leader
- Author Kilduff, Peter
- Binding Hardcover
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- Pages 256
- Language ENG
- Publisher Casemate Publishers, London
- Date 2009-05
- ISBN 9781906502287
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London: Grub Street Pub., 2009. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto, 192 pp., map end papers. chapter notes, Appendices (Bib. glossary, index, etc.). B/w photos Carl Degelow--The First World War's Last Airfighter Knight. Hard cover book in fine con., d/w/near fine cond.
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