Flames in the Sky: Epic stories of WWII air war heroism from the author of The Big Show Paperback – January 28, 2021

Very good book. Just enough excitement to keep you interested and enough tech to make you wonder WHAT IF just one thing had changed what would the outcome had been.

Essential for the historian of World War II. A great perspective from several points of view, not to be missed.

Obvious French bias to be expected. Exhaustive research. Eye opening history yielding much food for thought. What sacrifice and waste. Will mankind ever learn from the lessons of the past?

This book is about the progress of the war years. It's an interesting story as it gives a lot of detail about the planes of the time. I am sure you will agree that this is a very good book.

There's alot of 'what the Pilots were thinking/eating/doing', most of it conjecture. But it still puts you 'in the cockpit' & is worth reading

Closterman has a way with words. His flight experience and research combine to show a very fine descriptive understanding of the weapons of war and how they were used.

This book was a very good read for any WWII buff. I really liked the way the author went from German fighters to the Japanese. He gave a very dramatic thinking of the men in charge.

Some interesting detail, clear he doesn’t like Americans. Conveniently ignores facts that don’t support his narrative. As an American makes me wonder why (excluding Pearl Harbor) we bothered joining the Allies and Free French.

I found this book to be a particularly interesting account of selected important air battles of WW2. The author, a distinguished French fighter pilot, provided a well- informed context for each battle. This is one of the best books I have read about the role of aviation in the second world war.This is quite different from his previous, also excellent, book which highlighted his own personal experiences as a fighter pilot.

While "The Big Show" captivated readers with its intense, first-person accounts of aerial combat, rooted deeply in Clostermann's personal experiences, "Flames in the Sky" takes a slightly divergent path. This work meticulously chronicles a wide array of events, extending beyond Clostermann's direct encounters in the skies. It offers a detailed exposition of various facets of the war, providing a richer, albeit less personal, tapestry of the conflict. For this reason, I rate it four out of five stars, celebrating its contribution to our understanding of history, even as it steps back from the intensely personal focus that defined Clostermann's earlier work. It may not have the same level of personal engagement, but it enriches our understanding of World War II aviation history through its detailed and meticulously researched narrative.

The book arrived fast and undamaged. If you want a WW2 fighter pilot perspective book, thank you should choose this one. I totally recommend this book

In this book, Pierre Klosterman sheds light on some little known aspects of the war. Through extensive research, he recounts through individual, exploits areas of aviation in the Second World War, and known to the public, due to heavy censorship at the time. A particularly fascinating account of battling the ME 262, which I had not realised had been produced in large numbers, Vividly written, so sometimes you feel you are in the cockpit with the pilot.

Written by Pierre Clostermann, himself a combat-experienced fighter pilot, these tales of WWII aerial warfare are gripping in their visceral intensity, taking the reader right into the cockpit with the pilot. Descriptions of the machinery these pilots operated, often literally right at the cutting edge of technology, put the flying into context. Every time a pilot climbed into a cockpit, it was in full understanding of the lethal risks. Yet, they did it.