In the company of Eagles

Had read this book about 15 years ago, and enjoyed it very much. It is a world war 1 aviation novel, published in 1966. Although I am not a huge reader of war novels, the ww1 aviation fiction and non fiction titles are very interesting to me. Of the fiction titles, this one just might be the best.

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Ernest Gann is a superb writer, and along with his other qualifications, he was a very skilled aviator, when that profession was in its early stages.
I had just decided to reread this title, which is saying a lot for me. If you love reading, you just have to make the time, despite overtime and other issues. This is a ww1 aviator novel, which begins briefly in Dec. 1916. A French airman is killed, mercifully, from the German aviator's perspective, but murderously, from the victim's best friend's perspective. The rest of the book happens in basically a two month period, from April, 1917 to May, 1917. The victim's best friend is consumed with revenge, and the German who gunned that victim down is consumed by guilt. Interesting to see how others from their squadrons feel about their own status in the war at that point in time.
This is one of my very favorite books that I have read. Ernest
Gann is a favorite author of mine, the book is well written, and won't let you down.

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