Aces' Twilight: the war in the air, 1918

by Robert Jackson

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Paperback

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

Robert Jackson was born in 1941 in the North Yorkshire village of Melsonby. A former pilot and navigation instructor, his active involvement with aviation lasted many years. Following his retirement from the RAFVR in 1977 as a squadron leader, he became a full-time aviation writer and aerospace correspondent and lectured extensively on strategic issues. He speaks five languages, including Russian, and has written more than forty nonfiction works on military affairs. He is also the author of the popular Yeoman and SAS fiction series.

Reviews

[Alan Carlson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jackson strings together contemporary After Action Reports (AARs) to sketch a picture of air combat over the Wesertn Front in the last year of World War One. The AARS lack context, which is not sufficiently supplied by Jackson. Moreover, the AARs routinely overstate the size of enemy opposition and the success of friendly operations, giving the false sense of notable victories against daunting odds.

[Louis N. Webber · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book reads more like a Masters or a bad Doctoral Thesis (without the references or footnotes). It’s presented as dry information without much story. I have enjoyed many books over the years about this period in Aviation and history of this part of the War. This may sound harsh but truthfully I consider it the worst book of its type I’ve ever read. I recommend you pass this one by. In Baseball parlance it’s “a swing and a miss!)

[Jef Proudfoot · Rating 5 out of 5]

The final year of WW1 from an airman's perspective.

In the last year of World War One the role of air power began to nature and the various roles undertaken developed into specialities. At this time the RAF was in ascendancy over its German rivals. The book is well researched and carefully edited whilst remaining an enjoyable read.

[Stephen Tubbs · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a bit too much detail at times in relation to the individual pilots' exploits but overall the account is not too long and it does try to give balance with coverage of both sides of the conflict.

[Anthony Roger Howe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aces’Twilight:The War in the Air 1918

Excellent account and a very good read,hard to put down.Very descriptive and full of action with first hand accounts.Recommended.Thank you.

[Richard Hardy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written

A good well written introduction to the last year of the air war on the Western Front, written in an accessible style

[John B. Wilkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

A description of a completely new way of fighting a war

The Air War has been one of the main interests of my life starting in childhood. I am 93 years old in couple of days time so I was born only ten years after the end the greatest war in human history. It was still fresh in people's minds, especially the development of the aeroplane. It was new to everyone and the way these new fangled flyers came to bevome