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Author:

Vansant, Wayne, author.

Title:

The Red Baron : the graphic history of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the air war in WWI / Wayne Vansant.

Edition:

Library edition.

Publisher:

Walter Foster Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

104 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents:

Hunters in the sky -- The guns of August -- The Fokker scourge -- Jasta Boelcke -- Taking command -- Bloody April, 1917 -- Fame & injury -- Hunters & hunted -- Blow & counterblow -- The last patrol -- Last days of the Circus.

Summary:

"In The Red Baron, graphic artist and author Wayne Vansant illustrates the incredible story of Manfred von Richthofen, whose unparalleled piloting prowess as a member of the Imperial German Army Air Service made him a World War I celebrity both in the air and on the ground. In his signature style, enjoyed by readers of Normandy and Bombing Nazi Germany, Vansant beautifully depicts the fearsome intelligence and mid-flight awareness that would earn Richthofen eighty documented air combat victories over the Western Front in the halcyon days of military aviation. From his beginnings as cavalry member and a pilot-in-training to the years he spent commanding Jasta 11 from the cockpit of his fabled red plane, to his eventual leadership of the ultra-mobile Jagdgeschwader 1 (aptly nicknamed "Richtofen's Flying Circus" by nervous foes because of the group's colorful airplanes and mobile airfields), The Red Baron brings the story of this legendary figure to life."-- Back cover.

ISBN:

193958180X (alk. paper)
9781939581808 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)902727196

LCCN:

2015002940

Locations:

ZIPA815 -- Auburn Public Library (Auburn) — J940.4 VAN

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

PEPC626 -- Stilwell Public Library (New Sharon)