The Big Show by Pierre Clostermann (1951)
The Big Show by Pierre Clostermann
Hardcover, shelf worn covers, minor marks. Dust jacket pieces missing, closed tears.
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1951, third impression
This is absolutely the best fighter pilot memoir of World War II. Pierre Closterman was a Free French fighter ace and his account of the air war over Britain and France has justly become famous. It contains everything one could wish for: wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, frighteningly evocative stories of in-the-cockpit action, an amazing cast of characters, and all the drama and bravery of a man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground. An undeniable classic and a true page-turner.
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