Hawker VC: RFC Ace: The Life of Major Lanoe Hawker VC DSO 1890-1916 by Tyrrel M. Hawker MC
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Overview: By the age of 25, Lanoe Hawker of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) had won the VC and DSO. He was the first RFC pilot to ‘make ace’ by shooting down five enemy planes in aerial combat before being shot down and killed by Baron Manfred von Richthofen (‘The Red Baron’) in November 1916.
Lanoe’s biography was written by his brother Tyrrel as a tribute. The Hawkers came from a distinguished sporting family with strong military and naval records and Lanoe from the outset set his sights on flying for the Royal Flying Corps (RFC).
After attending the Central Flying School, Hawker crossed over to France in October 1914 with 6 Squadron equipped with BE2s and Henri Farmans. As the war in the air progressed, Hawker shone as both a combat pilot and commander. He was rapidly promoted and given command of 24 Squadron. He, like other pilots, flew numerous early fighter aircraft such as the Bristol Scout, BE2c, FE2b, and the famous DH2.
Casualty/death rates were appalling, but this special band of brothers flew on regardless until they were either killed or wounded, or rotated home upon completion of a combat tour.
This book contains many combat reports by pilots of their actions in the air which make for the most compelling reading. Of particular interest is von Richthofen’s account of their fatal encounter. The relative merits, qualities and characteristics of the aircraft — British, French and German — are discussed with pilots’ opinions.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > Aviation > World War I
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