The Storks: The Story of the Les Cigognes, France's Elite Fighter Group of Wwi

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Summary: Excellent book,.
Review: Excellent book for those who likes a history of aviation. Contains histoty of Storks for every period of war, list of flying personnel, log book of flights. I enjoyed it.

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Summary: The best book about "The Storks" is yet to be written.
Review: I expected to love this book as I am a big fan of Escadrille Spa 3 and had been hoping that someone would write a book about them for some time. However this book is rather dry and is pretty much a recitation of Groupe de Combat 12's combat logs in book form. It encompases all of the Stork squadrons, Escadrilles 3,26,67,73,103,167. I did enjoy it but only because it had info on a subject I was very much interested in. It could have been so much more. You don't get to know the pilots, there is practically no personal information on them. There are many rare photographs, and some nice drawings of aircraft in the back. And it does have a very nice cover. I do hope someone else has a go at this subject and writes the definitive book on the "Storks". There is quite a story there, classic triumph and tragedy. Perhaps Dennis Gordon?