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By 1915, the armies of the Great War are locked in the stalemate of the trenches. Yet, a new form of combat is already taking shape - the aerial duel.
Almost from the beginning, air-warfare captures the popular imagination. The new heroes are the fighter pilots. The best become known as Aces.
High above the trenches, the courage and skill of men such as Baron von Richtofen, Oswald Boelcke, Mick Mannock, Billy Bishop and Herman Goering would make them legends in their own lifetime.
In the Spanish Civil War a new generation of German Aces wins its spurs. Tactics and machines are perfected for the coming Blitzkrieg.
In the Battle of Britain, the hastily trained fighter pilots of the RAF learn their tactics "on the wing" against the Luftwaffe veterans of Spain. The courage and determination of RAF Aces such as Joseph Frantichek and Ginger Lacey are all that stand between Britain and invasion.
In Europe and North Africa, the flying skills and tactical genius of such men as Werner Moelders, Adolf Galland and Hans Marseilles win the respect of friend and foe alike. On the Eastern Front Erich Hartman, the Ace of Aces wins 352 victories, an achievement never equalled in the history of aerial combat.
The story of Air Aces charts the history of aerial combat from the Great War to the dawn of the jet age, using rare archive footage, much of which has been unavailable in the West since World War Two. |