Buy this book on-line IMMELMANN, FRANZ - translated by Claud W. Sykes: : MAX IMMELMANN - 'The Eagle of Lille'.LONDON.JOHN HAMILTON LTD.,PUBLISHERS.[n.d. - circa 1935.] ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn.[Not dated - but 1935.Translator's nom-de-plume is "VIGILANT".See my book ID rja888820 for an example.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright, crisp,clean - virtually spotless and unblemished,sharp-cornered - with the exception of rear,top+bottom corners - which are both minimally bumped; top slightly more than the lower,is with reciprocal creasing,publisher's original plain undecorated blue/grey cloth boards/ covers with black ink printed lettering and publisher's device of black sundial illustration,to spine/backstrip,with immaculate plain white feps and no rear ep as issued - but foxed/spotted last paginated page (pp223) pasted as the rear pastedown,both eps hinges solid and sound - with no cracking.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Top+ fore-edges very lightly toned and with faint,minimal and sporadic foxing/ spotting,much less than is usually encountered for a book of its age; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xiipp+15-223pp [paginated] includes subject's introduction,Pts I-III - parts covering 'Early Days','The Outbreak of War And the Evolution of an Airman' and 'The Eagle of Lille' respectively,26 contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs (includes frntis) interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title,subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic frntis,title page,separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables and individual Pts + Afterthoughts separator pages.Item is particularly scarce.
On 26th Oct,1915,Lt. Max Immelmann,over Cambrai in his Fokker Eindecker II #37/15 of FFA (Feldflieger Abteilung - Field Flier Detachment) forced down F.B.5 #5462 of No. 11 Squadron,RFC.
The pilot,Captain C. C.Darley,was wounded and his observer 2nd Lt. R. J. Slade was unhurt,but both were taken prisoner.
This victory,his fifth,made IMMELMANN an ace.He was the first German ace of WW1 and one of the first to die.Credited with 15 kills,he was eventually shot down and killed in June,1916.
Immelmann developed an aerial loop-and- roll manoeuvre that allowed pilots to dive behind a pursuing fighter.This became a standard technique throughout the war and is still known as the 'Immelmann Turn'.
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