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From near-suicidal RAF attacks in 1940 through to the dawn of the jet age in 1945, Flames in the Sky captures the astonishing drama, intensity, heroism, and incomparable exhilaration of the World War Two air war like no other book.

This epic global struggle between Spitfires, Hurricanes, Mustangs, Mosquitos, Messerschmitts, Zeros, Kamikazes, and more is brought vividly to life by a writer who was himself in the thick of the action.

Pierre Clostermann was one of the outstanding Allied Aces of the Second World War, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. Flames in the Sky was born of his desire "to do justice to their courage".

Flames in the Sky is packed with dramatic aerial action, including the Battle of France, the attack on Pearl Harbor, last stand on the Bataan Peninsula, Operation Vengeance: the assassination of Admiral Yamamoto, and the Messerschmitt 262 and the dawn of the jet age.

©2008 Flammarion (P)2021 Tantor Air Forces Armed Forces Military War US Air Force
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This gives accounts of different aerial campaigns during WW2. It gets better the more you listen to it. I was especially interested in the section about the Mosquito.
It’s also ‘included’ and therefore free.

Stick with it - it’s good.

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Part way through chapter 1 I was thinking "Should I bother any further?" but trust me it improves enormously thereafter!
In fact, you could probably skip chapter 1 as it adds nothing.
The rest of the book is fascinating! Full of incredible stories and hair-raising flying!

Takes a chapter to warm up, but then gets going!

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Great stories, narration engaging
host of different topics across nearly all theatres, excellent, highly recommended

Fascinating personal tales

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Very interesting and well written book let down by a poor narrator. Overly exaggerated pronunciation of foreign names and words yet mangled pronunciation of English ones. Would have benefited from being taught how to say squadron numbers and military titles in the correct manner too. Aside from that, the book was excellent, took one right into the action. Enjoyed it very much.

Good book, poor narrator

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Fascinating accounts of air battles throughout WW2. Really enjoyed the detailed facts of what happened during some of the well known stages of the war.

Fascinating

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