Christopher Cole (editor/compiler), 1990. 256 pages + 16 plates of b/w pictures.
The communiques give an almost day by day account of the air battles of the RAF formed on the 1st april, 1918 over France and Flanders during the German 1918 offensive and the great Allied counter-attack. Looks at the advent of the night bomber and the night fighter, with explanatory notes and illustrations of the types of aircraft employed, and some of the aircrew who flew them. Gives details of the enemy aircraft shot down, numbers of sorties flown. Each Communique is provided with explanatory notes & the text is supported with illustrations of the types of aircraft employed, details of observation sorties, damage inflicted & incurred in clashes with enemy machines, intelligence gathered, etc. Hostilities continued right until the bitter end at 11 am on november 11, 1918.
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