American Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 42) Patches From the bestselling author of

From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File

These supernatural entities allegedly protected the British forces and turned the tide of the battle in their favor

though with limited results

covering every aspect of the first truly global war

American Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 42) Patches From the bestselling author ofDescription By Norman Franks Paperback American fliers arriving in Europe from September 1917 brought with them no aircraft. Instead, US units had to obtain machines mainly from the British and French. From early 1918 American pilots were issued with SPAD fighters and they never looked back. As this volume details, the first American trained pilot to become an ace was Lt Douglas Campbell, who shot down five German aircraft by the end of May 1918. He