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The Big Show

The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat

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The Big Show

By: Pierre Clostermann
Narrated by: Julian Elfer
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Pierre Clostermann DFC was one of the oustanding Allied aces of the Second World War. A Frenchman who flew with the RAF, he survived over 420 operational sorties, shooting down scores of enemy aircraft while friends and comrades lost their lives in the deadly skies above Europe.

The Big Show, his extraordinary account of the war, has been described as the greatest pilot's memoir of WWII.

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well worth a listen a fascinating honest account and terribly sad at the same time

so accurately interesting and sad

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Great book. great first person account of his air war. Especially te section during the last days of the war.

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Clostermann’s diary of the Big Show is a compelling and powerful recollection of the air war over Europe.
I read the covers off a Penguin print in High-school, so discovering The Big Show on Audible allowed me to fly with Pierre once more!

Powerful tribute to the pilots of WW2

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The French involvement in WW2 -serving with RAF- is well documented in this book. The typhoon, tempest is a remarkable aeroplane .

Outstanding

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Excellent. This is one of the best WW2 pilot accounts I have read and place it up there with First Light.

Absolute ripper.

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I would put this on par with the audio book "Race of Aces".
It is refreshing to hear the story of a French pilot during the war and his tales are detailed.
The speaker's delivery was good and I didn't find myself bored or uninterested because of him.

The only fault is that I wanted to hear more.

Great Insight

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Great read about air combat in Western Europe during WW2. This book introduced me to the Hawker Tempest and the love affair has been on going ever since. This book makes you feel like your in the cockpit. Would recommend it to anyone who loves history, aircraft and stores of air combat.

Brilliant read.

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Well written with so much detail about certain aspects of aerial combat in WWII. Great story telling

Fantastic story

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incredible story or a French RAF ace, action packed, good detail without being too long. well read as well

excellent book

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I really enjoyed and learnt from this remarkable story. I highly recommend it to all.

Great story

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