The Big Show (1951, 1953, 1958) By Pierre Clostermann
 
Translated by Oliver Berthoud. With a Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor. Foreword: If anyone has ever doubted that the French Air Force can produce flying crews of first-class quality, let them read this book. As a fighter pilot and junior commander with a record of 420 operational sorties, first in the famous 'Alsace' squadron of the Free French Air Force in Britain and then with R.A.F. units, Pierre Clostermann was second to none. His book is first class - a modest, unflinching record of the real thing. No false glamour, no bravado, no glossing over nor undue exaggeration of the grim facts of air warfare as all operational pilots knew them. As he says himself, 'it is a record of the daily life of every fighter pilot', in a wide variety of jobs - Sweeps and Bombers escorts over France in '43; close defence of the Fleet base at Scapa; beating up V-1 sites; the Normandy landing and the land-air war on the Continent right through to the bitter end. It is a magnificent story, and makes one proud, not only of those French boys who fought so gallantly and gaily with us, but of the Royal Air Force with which they served.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket and Hard Cover options
244 Pages
In Good Condition