The definitive series on the fighter aces of World War II. Complete and unabridged on two video double packs in a deluxe slipcase.

What was it really like to be a fighter pilot during the second World War. Only a select few pilots ever shot down more than five enemy aircraft and earned themselves the title of 'Ace'. What made them a breed apart from their fellow fighter pilots? What separated the hunters from the hunted?

This is the definitive series of the fighter aces of World War II and features surviving aces from all sides of the conflict - British American, German, Russian, Japanese and many other nationalities which provide vivid and graphic first hand accounts of aerial combat.

This extraordinary series is fully illustrated with the pick of air combat footage shot at the height of raging dogfights, or as figher interceptors attacking bomber formations. You'll see aerial combat as the aces themselves experienced it - through the gun-sights of their Spitfires, Mustangs, Me109s and Zeros.

KINIGHTS OF THE SKY

During the early months of the war, Luftwaffe fighter pilots ruled the skies over Europe - and they confidently expected to achieve the same mastery over English skies. The Battle of Britain was to prove a very rude awakening, Now the fighter pilots of the RAF, supported by foreign pilots who had escped the Nazi destruction of their own lands, were to carve themselves an enduring legend by blazing a trail of destruction through Luftwaffe bomber formations and their fighter escorts. The men who flew those Spitfires and Hurricanes describe their experiences here, while German aces paint a very different picture...

This volume also takes a look at the ferocious aerial battles over the Eastern Front and takes you to meet the American volunteer pilots of the legendary 'Flying Tigers' who achieved an incredible kill ratio of 23 to 1 against the Japanese in China. The aerial war in the Pacific however was to prove a far more evenly matched affair, as surviving Japanese and American pilots from the the Battle of Midway recall...

STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY

As dogfights raged around the world, a secret battle was being fought on the ground - to develop ever faster, even more deadly fighter aircraft. New, more powerful marques of Spitfire and Me109 and awesome new fighters like the American F4U Corsair and the German FW 190 - nicknamed 'the Butcher Bird'.

Massed Allied bomber fleets took the war to the heart of Nazi Germany, but paid a terrible price. The inescorted formations were chewed to pieces by German interceptors and the development of long range fighter escorts became a top priority. The fighter aces who escorted those bomber formations over Germany recall their experiences here - and talk of the awesome sense of responsibility they felt for the safety of their 'big friends'. Struggle For Supremacy looks at how the Luftwaffe was bludgeoned into defeat and how the air war in Europe was finally won.

Also featured is the air war in the Pacific, where massive Japanese losses in pilots and machines - and the closing in of the American fleet on Japan itself - led to the development of perhaps the strangest and most chilling aerial tactic of the entire war- the kamikaze...