No empty chairs: The short and heroic lives of the young aviators who fought and died in the First World War

Object detail

Accession number

15-4946

Maker

Ian Mackersey

Description

New Zealand author. Includes bibliographical references and index. The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air. This book tells the story of that first great air war, illustrating its devastating emotional impact on the participants and their families in a narrative enriched by the private correspondence that flowed between them and diaries, reports and interviews. The aerial combat tactics that the sacrifices of those First World War aviators created became so tactically effective that they were used to deadly effect in the Second World War.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

viii, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN

9780297859949
0297859943

Collection

Ian Mackersey Estate - Collection

Credit line

Ian Mackersey. 2012. No empty chairs: The short and heroic lives of the young aviators who fought and died in the First World War, 15-4946. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

London Greater London England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject: all levels

Biography Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps Aerial operations World War, 1914-1918 Biography Air pilots, Military

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

Group object

Name/Title: [Ian Mackersey Estate - Collection] Maker: Ian Mackersey Production date: 1980s-2000s Decade Accession number: COL-2018-1 See full details

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