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Flames in the Sky
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
From near-suicidal RAF attacks in 1940 through to the dawn of the jet age in 1945, Flames in the Sky captures the astonishing drama, intensity, heroism, and incomparable exhilaration of the World War Two air war like no other book.
This epic global struggle between Spitfires, Hurricanes, Mustangs, Mosquitos, Messerschmitts, Zeros, Kamikazes, and more is brought vividly to life by a writer who was himself in the thick of the action.
Pierre Clostermann was one of the outstanding Allied Aces of the Second World War, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft, while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe. Flames in the Sky was born of his desire "to do justice to their courage".
Flames in the Sky is packed with dramatic aerial action, including the Battle of France, the attack on Pearl Harbor, last stand on the Bataan Peninsula, Operation Vengeance: the assassination of Admiral Yamamoto, and the Messerschmitt 262 and the dawn of the jet age.
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- C H.
- 16-03-23
Good book let down by poor narration.
Very enjoyable book let down by miss pronounced words, none the less enjoyable.
Felt let down at the end as it seemed as if there was more to be told! It just..... ended.... as if it was a work in progress that the author couldn't be bothered to finish.
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- Marea
- 02-08-22
Good book, poor narrator
Very interesting and well written book let down by a poor narrator. Overly exaggerated pronunciation of foreign names and words yet mangled pronunciation of English ones. Would have benefited from being taught how to say squadron numbers and military titles in the correct manner too. Aside from that, the book was excellent, took one right into the action. Enjoyed it very much.
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- a mcmeekin
- 13-04-23
Takes a chapter to warm up, but then gets going!
Part way through chapter 1 I was thinking "Should I bother any further?" but trust me it improves enormously thereafter!
In fact, you could probably skip chapter 1 as it adds nothing.
The rest of the book is fascinating! Full of incredible stories and hair-raising flying!
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- MR M CANFOR
- 28-09-23
Fascinating personal tales
Great stories, narration engaging
host of different topics across nearly all theatres, excellent, highly recommended
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-11-21
selection of snippets
A selection of snippets without any real depth. This happened that happened. Flat performance. leaves you wanting to know more from those that were there. Annoying sections where there is a detailed description of what someone did, however they died so actually this was surmised.
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- David
- 02-05-23
Stick with it - it’s good.
This gives accounts of different aerial campaigns during WW2. It gets better the more you listen to it. I was especially interested in the section about the Mosquito.
It’s also ‘included’ and therefore free.
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- GC
- 05-10-23
Outstanding
This book has to be one of the best action packed detail that I have ever read. The perfect Narration directly compliments the skill and expression of the author.Conveying action in numerous conflicts and with such clarity it is an impressive work of both the pilots and aircraft in combat throughout the European Asian and Pacific Theatres.
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- rascallybear
- 01-02-24
OMG, did no one fact check this travesty?
Seemingly, Willy Messerschmitt had developed 262 to be "600mph faster than the fastest allied fighter". Do you really need to hear more...
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