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German Air Forces 1914-1918:
Osprey Elite 135


 

bulletIan Sumner, Osprey Publishing, 64 pages, softback
ISBN 1-84176-924-X

bulletReviewed by George Miller in Vol 37 No 4, Winter 2006

The aces have been widely celebrated and the other branches of the Imperial German Army Air Service have tended to be overshadowed. This is an attempt to describe not only the other parts – reconnaissance and ground attack units, the airships and bombers, but also the command organisation, training and support services. Alas, I think this is too wide a subject to be covered successfully in one of Osprey’s delightful concise books. There are also some colour plates by Graham Sumner illustrating uniforms and flying clothing 

 

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