J. M. BRUCE - Warplanes of the First World War. Fighters. Volume 3. Great Britain

London England, Macdonald, 1969. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall Sextodecimo 0356014908 Hardback Hardback. First Edition. War Planes of the First World War. Fighters. Volume Three. Britain. Shelf wear to edge of D/J. Scratch to front D/J. Price clipped to D/J. It is predominantly a record of Sopwith and Vickers aircraft, picking up at the remarkable Hippo the history of the numerous Sopwith types that was begun in Volume 2. Thus the volume includes the alpha and omega of British fighters of the first world war; the Vickers F.B. 5 of 1914, which equipped the first fighter squadron of any air force in the world, and the Sopwith Snapper of 1918, which might have gone into production had the war continued into 1919. Illustrated. 150 pp.