Del Prado Publishing and Osprey Aviation: Aircraft of the Aces: Men & Legends Book #59 Austro-Hungarian Aces Of World War 1 Italian Front (2001)
 
Featuring illustrations throughout, a detailed exploration of the unlikely aces among the Austro-Hungarians.

Starting the war with only 35 aircraft, the Austro-Hungarian industry produced 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.

As Christopher Chant explains in this compact volume, Austro-Hungarian fighter pilots performed bravely and often very effectively under challenging geographic, climatic, and operational conditions.
 
Soft Cover
64 Pages
In Good Condition