What readers think of Flight of Eagles, plus links to write your own review.

A great book. For all of you wondering, it is a true story. there are a few historical errors, but not noticeable by the average reader who does not know a lot of World War II history.

I loved this book and I am dying to know if it's a true story. If you can find anything to indicate it's true, please email me at [email protected]

As a fan of historic aviation (particularly WWI) I surely recognized the same "little" errors which have been explained in another review on this page. But!
After reading this book I searched the net for the Name "Kelso" just to know if this is really a true story. It is. At Link to Max von Halder I found a picture and some personal details of Max von Halder. Even theres some little so called "research errors" in "Flight of Eagles" ...its a true story with some small writers liberties :-))

J.K.
Germany

Found the book to be a fantastic read. There appears, at the start to be an implication that the book is based on an actual happening. I would be greatly interested to know if this is the case. I can be contacted on [email protected]

I just saw this book lying in my college library and having some what of a fassination for war epics picked this one up. As I read on I got more and more engrossed. I feel Hack Higgins has done an excellent piece of work on this one. Also I would like to know if this story is true or not. Please let me know on this e-mail add: [email protected]

this is a great story....

I just read your book,and I think it's great.I love the charactors and the positions they're put in.I'm dying to know if if the Kelso twins were actually true.If anybody finds anything about this please email me at [email protected]TextText

Joachim
An intriguing start, then 250 pages of boring exposition, picking up a bit at the end. For a tale of wartime aviation Higgins makes a number of embarrassing research errors. On p. 58 (Penguin pb version), the Gloucester (sic!) Gladiator should be the Gloster Gladiator. It was not an open cockpit biplane but had a sliding hood. Same page: "…fighters were outdated. The most modern planes the Russians could come up with were a few FW190s…" In 1939-40 the Fw 190, the most awesome prop fighter of the Luftwaffe from 1941 on, was barely leaving the prototype stage and was certainly not 'outdated', much less in the hands of the Russians. German aircraft designations are consistently misspelled: FW190, ME109 (should be Fw 190, Me 109). And on p. 322, Bubi …"clambered into the cockpit [of an Me 109], not bothering with a parachute…". I must confess to LOL here. Since an Me 109 pilot sat on his parachute, Bubi would barely have been able to peer over the cockpit sill… Errors like these ruin the credibility of the tale, don't you think?