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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.

From near-suicidal RAF attacks in 1940 through to the dawn of the jet age in 1945, Flames in the Sky captures the astonishing drama, intensity, heroism, and incomparable exhilaration of the World War Two air war like no other book. This epic global struggle between Spitfires, Hurricanes, Mustangs, Mosquitos, Messerschmitts, Zeros, Kamikazes, and more is brought vividly to life by a writer who was himself in the thick of the action.

Figure légendaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, As aux 33 victoires, ancien député de l'Assemblée Nationale, Grand-Croix de la Légion d'Honneur, Compagnon de la Libération, constructeur d'avions et enfin auteur du best-seller mondial Le Grand Cirque, découvrez pour la première fois en audio, Pierre Closterman raconter ses souvenirs des années de guerre.