Austrailian Hawk Over the Western Front: A Biography of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hellwig, Adrian, PUBLISHER: Grub Street, Major Roderick Dong>allong>as is Australia's leading air ace of ong>allong> time and, with fifty victories, also one of the highest-scoring Commonwealth aces. Even so, until this excellently researched volume, there has never been a full biography of this exceptional pilot. Flying Nieuport Scouts, Triplanes and Camels with the RNAS and RAF, he was an ever-present threat over the Western Front and the scourge of the German Air Force. Hellwig's book has been taken principong>allong>y from primary sources (Dong>allong>as' own letters, log book and service record, in addition to squadron record books, combat reports and contemporary accounts), and his resulting conclusions will surprise many. Here is a fitting tribute not just to Australia's greatest war hero of the air but to a man any country would be proud to cong>allong> their own. It will be read avidly by ong>allong> those interested in World War I history. Adrian Hellwig has had articles published previously in Cross & Cockade International, Over the Front, and the Australian Association of WWWI Aero Historian's journal.