Skip to content
DH 2 vs Albatros D I/D II: Western Front 1916 - Duel (Paperback)
  • DH 2 vs Albatros D I/D II: Western Front 1916 - Duel (Paperback)
zoom

DH 2 vs Albatros D I/D II: Western Front 1916 - Duel (Paperback)

(author,illustrator), (illustrator), (illustrator)
£15.99
Paperback 80 Pages
Published: 20/05/2012
Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £2.99
  • In stock

Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £2.99
  • This item has been added to your basket

An illustrated account of the DH 2, the most successful 'pusher' fighter of World War I, against the Albatros D II, part of a long family of fighters that in many ways symbolized German aerial might in the conflict.

Flown by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker and the members of No 24 Sqn, the ungainly yet nimble DH 2 helped the Allies attain air superiority over the Somme in early 1916 and hold it through the summer. With its rotary engine 'pusher' configuration affording excellent visibility and eliminating the need for a synchronized machine gun, the DH 2 was more than a match for anything the Germans could put in the air. That is, until the arrival of the Albatros D II, a sleek inline-engined machine built for speed and with twin-gun firepower.

This book dissects the epic struggle in the skies above the Somme in 1916, pitting the manoeuvrable yet under-gunned DH 2s against the less nimble yet better armed and faster Albatros D IIs. In the end the Germans would regain air superiority, three squadron commanders – two of whom were considered pinnacles of their respective air forces – would lose their lives, and an up-and-coming pilot (Manfred von Richthofen) would triumph in a legendary dogfight and attain unimagined heights fighting with tactics learned from a fallen mentor.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781849087049
Number of pages: 80
Weight: 267 g
Dimensions: 248 x 184 x 8 mm

You may also be interested in...

Drone Warfare
Added to basket
Valiant Units of the Cold War
Added to basket
Bf 110 vs Lancaster
Added to basket
Allison-Engined P-51 Mustang
Added to basket
Spitfire
Added to basket
Hardback
£8.99
F4F Wildcat vs A6M Zero-sen
Added to basket
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka
Added to basket
Drone
Added to basket
Paperback
£9.99
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Added to basket
RAF Cosford
Added to basket
Paperback
£14.99
Graphic War
Added to basket
Paperback
£25.00

Please sign in to write a review

Your review has been submitted successfully.