Winged Victory (novel)
Winged Victory is a 1934 novel by English World War I fighter pilot Victor Maslin Yeates that is widely regarded as a classic description of aerial combat and the futility of war.
Read more about Winged Victory (novel): Basic Structure, Descriptions of Aerial Combat, Philosophy About War, Challenging of Perceptions of The War in The Air, Trivia
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)