The big show

Clostermann, Pierre, 1921-2005

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Summary

Pierre Closterman was a Free French fighter ace in World War II during which he engaged in hundreds of dog fights, shooting down scores of Luftwaffe planes. His memoir captures all the drama and bravery of a man fighting a desperate war thousands of feetabove the ground.

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Main title:

The big show / Pierre Clostermann.

Author:

Clostermann, Pierre, 1921-

Edition:

[New ed.]

Imprint:

London : Cassell, 2005.

Collation:

xvi, 345 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

Notes:

This ed. of this translation originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004.Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, 1951.Translated from the French."For the first time complete and unabridged"--Cover.Translated from the French.

ISBN:

03043662429780304366248

Dewey class:

940.5'44'941'092940.5449

Language:

EnglishFrench

Subject:

Clostermann, Pierre, 1921-Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, No. 341 -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, FrenchWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, BritishFighter pilots -- France -- Biography

BRN:

170419

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