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# The Big Show: The Classic Account of WWII Aerial Combat (Pierre Clostermann's Air War Collection Book 1) Kindle Edition

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A must read if you are a DCS pilot!
  

*by P***Z on Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2020*

I found this book mainly because it is one of the recommendations of the chuck's guide for spitfire. The DCS Spitfire model is a very faithful recreation of the legendary plane, and this book is an accurate account of the battles. When these two combined, you get a unique experience of how it was like being a fighter pilot who defended freedom.Here is what I did to enjoy this book: Have the DCS Spitfire installed, which is an Mk IX, and the Normandy map, as well as the Big Show Campain. Then I spent quite some time practicing with taking off and landing. (The trick is not to push the throttle too quickly, because the engine torque will cause the plane swing to the left, and due to the low speed at that time, there is no way to counter the movement even though the right rudder paddle is slammed to the bottom. So, increasing the throttle slowly but steadily until reaching 8, while dancing on the paddle.) Meanwhile, read the book. After getting the hang of the taking off and landing, then I tried the Big Show campaign. For the first mission, I flew over the channel, encountered about 20 190s. I picked one of the Huns, shooting it up while suddenly saw bullet traces around me. Immediately I break to the port because Jerries wouldn't be able to follow.While turning, I saw three big-nosed 190s on my six. Because Spitfire is good at defending then attach. I quickly got on an Fw-190's tail, put bullets into his fuselage until black smoke bursting out. When I looked at my left-wing, there were many bullet holes all over, and the aileron was vibrating. Realizing there wasn't much gas in the tank, by pressing a button to check the gauge, I turned around to return to base. But the compass was spinning, and the other one got stuck. Must be the damage caused by the 190 who hit me.  So I just followed the party back to England but ran out of gas when reaching shore, had to belly landing on a small patch of field. Mission report said I got two 190s and survived.Had Pierre Closterman not written this book, the bravery and sacrifice of those who fought against tyranny would be forgotten.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The finest fighter pilot narrative of World War Two
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2005*

What a pleasure to have a new edition of this marvelously evocative book available! This is the first time that it has been presented in its entirety and the additions only increase the book's value as a window into the world of the combat aviator.The book was originally written shortly after the war and as a result there is an immediacy about it that is, at times, electrifying. It was an international best seller and deservedly so, highlighting the career of a fighter pilot who started flying combat on Spitfires and ended up in Tempests. For many years it was the only book that dealt with combat action in the Tempest, a beautiful and powerful warplane introduced late in the war to combat the V1 and the new German jets. The original edition has some minor errors in it, but the descriptions of the missions were just outstanding! The swirl of the dogfights, the dives into flak, dealing with zero visibility weather, the victories recounted in detail, the losses of friends recalled with a warrior's stoicism, this fine book set a standard that has only been approached by other works.As V. M. Yeates WINGED VICTORY was the finest First World War fighter pilot book, THE BIG SHOW is the second war's. Yeates told his story as a novel based on his experiences as a Sopwith Camel pilot on the Western Front, but the latter book, while reading like a novel, has the extra advantage of being true.Pierre Clostermann wrote two other books, but his first book was his finest and cannot be recommended highly enough. To read it is to find in its pages what it was like for young men to fly and fight in the hostile skies of Europe in what has come to be known as "the good war."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Well worth reading. An honest account.
  

*by T***D on Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2024*

I enjoyed this true account of aerial combat. Much more hazardous were the attacks of ground targets. The author tells the hard truth of war.

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