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About this book:
This is the history of the best Allied fighter-destroyer of World War I and the pilots who flew it. Numerous ace teams earned the “Biff” grudging respect from its German opponents, as the crews operated the plane not as a standard two-seater, but as a single-seat with a “sting in the tail” in the form of a rear gunner with a Lewis machine gun. This book charts the development of the plane from its inauspicious beginnings to the revised model operating with a new kind of tactics. Numerous first-hand accounts and combat reports give a fascinating insight into the combat experiences of the pilots themselves.