Enjoyed watching this two part series last night. Good insight into the lives of a few top scoring WWI aces. CGI graphics not bad either. 

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078KW3Z4C/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_c_uwMTAbQ25HE4V

Cool, I'll have to check this out.  Thanks for the recommendation!

Looking closer, I'm realizing this is the production that Butzzell mentioned back in May of last year:

 

http://forum.jg1.org/topic/4987-french-documentary-ww-i-aces/?p=30469

 

Glad to see they finally released it!

A good watch, even with all the inaccuracies. Great models of the different aircraft.

Great that somebody took the time to make such a series.  Terrible, terrible inaccuracies though.  Fokker D.II the first fighter plane to have synchronized gun?  Albatros D.II's with V-struts?  Lanoe Hawker shot down in one quick burst, no dogfight?  Fonck's "position of dominance" attack from below and behind?  SPADs that climb non-stop straight up while rolling, up to and past their target?

 

They must have read books far different than the ones I've read.  Sort of makes you sure they must have known what they were perpetrating....question is, why?

 

Entertaining, none the less.

Speaking of books, is there a recommended reading section anywhere?

Might as well start with the classics 😉

 

Sagittarius Rising by Cecil Lewis

Lots of listings here:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/books/

Wow, thanks vonrd! Looking specifically for two seater books which might involve tactics

Re-reading "No Parachute"  by Arthur Gould Lee, and it really is outstanding because it is actual letters he wrote at the time, with added paragraphs here and there that explain things and link them together, as well as including private diary entries that never could have gotten past the censors.

 

He also wrote "Open Cockpit", which encompassed a wider period of time in his WWI experiences.  I have that also, and I think it's best to read the above first, then this book second.

 

Both are excellent points of view from a time in which Entente planes were mostly considered inferior (like Pup vs. Alb D.III).  However, if you look at the outcomes, you wonder if the Germans had complete agreement with the opinions contained therein.  It does give great insight into how pilots from one side only saw things; and that does lead to greater understanding how squadrons in our sims that only fly one side also perceive things.

 

Things are often a lot more equal than they seem on the surface; and books such as these, together with my own experiences, have made me understand the big picture a lot better.