Flying ace after he became the first pilot to down five German aircraft. The British initially used the term "star-turns" (a show business term), while the Germans described their elite fighter pilots as "Überkanonen" (which roughly translates to "top guns"). The successes of such German ace pilots as Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke were much publicised for the benefit of civilian morale, and the "Pour le Mérite", Prussia’s highest award for gallantry, became part of the uniform of a leading German ace. In the "Luftstreitkräfte" the "Pour le Mérite" was nicknamed "Der blaue Max"/The Blue Max, after Max Immelmann, who was the
ACE Gamebooks ACE Gamebooks ACE Gamebooks is a series of gamebooks created by Jonathan Green and published by Snowbooks since 2015. The books are illustrated by Kev Crossley. A feature of the titles in the series is that they take classic works of literature and give them a dark twist, often combining steampunk elements, whilst also turning them into works of interactive fiction. Some of the titles take inspiration from more than one work of classic literature, such as "NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!", which uses elements of both J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan and Wendy" and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The