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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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Summary

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.

(P)2020 Tantor Air Forces Armed Forces Military Military & War World War II War Aviation
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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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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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Great book. great first person account of his air war. Especially te section during the last days of the war.

Big show big story

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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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