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BRITISH AIR SERVICES
RFC, RAF & RNAS
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Bowyer, Chaz
ROYAL FLYING CORPS COMMUNIQUES 1917-1918.
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Franks, Norman,
BRITISH AND AMERICAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I: The Pictorial Record.
NEW copy, hardcover. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 400 b&w photographs, 240 pages.
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A companion volume to German Aces of World War I - The Pictorial Record (Norman Franks & Greg VanWyngarden, Schiffer, 2004), this new book covers the British and Commonwealth fighter aces of the Great War. One chapter covers the aces with ten or more victories, and an additional chapter lists the fighter aces with nine down to five victories, giving their squadrons, where they hailed from, and in many cases their subsequent fate. For the American aces, the author lists every fighter ace of the period, from Rickenbacker’s twenty-six down to those with five victories.
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Goodall, Mike,
BRITISH AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE GREAT WAR.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket, laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2001). Over 930 b&w photographs, 300 pages.
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For the very first time, the history of British pre-World War I aircraft has been gathered together in one volume, with more than 900 of them well illustrated. This new book constitutes a most valuable contribution about a remarkable period in aviation history and is a memorial to the bravery and inventiveness of the intrepid pioneers of that far off era. Among the many famous manufacturer's covered are Avro, Sopwith, Shorts, and Bristol. Many lesser known designers and builders such as Martin-Handasyde and Howard Wright are also given ample coverage.
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Revell, Alex,
BRITISH SINGLE-SEATER SQUADRONS IN WORLD WAR I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket, laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006). Over 530 b&w photographs, 496 pages.
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This is the story of the single-seater fighter operations over the Western Front flown by the fighter pilots of Great Britain and her Commonwealth. Along with their opposite numbers from Germany and her allies, these pilots of the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and later, the Royal Air Force, were the world’s first fighter pilots. The Great War of 1914-1918 saw the advent of a new type of warfare. For the first time in history the aeroplane was to play an important and vital role in the pursuit of war. The stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front, where trenches stretched from the coast of Belgium to the borders of Switzerland, saw aeroplane reconnaissance as the only way to observe the activities of the opposing side, a task previously carried out by cavalry. It was imperative that these two-seater observation/reconnaissance aeroplanes were prevented in carrying out their vitally important tasks and destroyed – in effect to deny the enemy his ‘eyes’. Fast ‘fighter’ aeroplanes were used to carry out this task, which led to each side attempting to protect their reconnaissance aeroplanes with fighter aeroplanes of their own. It was the beginning of a new type of warfare – aerial combat.
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Rogers, Les,
BRITISH AVIATION SQUADRON MARKINGS of WORLD WAR I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket, laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2000). Over 800 b&w photographs,
150 color profiles, 296 pages.
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Years in the making, this book covers the wide variety of markings used by British aviation units in World War I. Organized numerically by squadron number the book includes both textual and photographic examples for nearly all RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons. Many of the photographs are published here for the first time, and the color profiles offer a representative selection of units, aircraft, and color schemes. A classic book.
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Samson, Charles R.,
FLIGHTS AND FIGHTS.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1990; reprint of the original 1930 edition.
Photographs, maps, 372 pages.
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Samson was a pioneer airman in the British Royal Navy. This memoir covers his varied service incl with armoured cars in Belgium August to November of 1914. Then he flew RNAS aircraft on raids from Belgium Nov. 1914 ro Feb. 1915. He then transfered to the Mediterreanean where he flew seaplanes at Gallipoli March to Dec. 1915. He commanded the seaplance carrier BEN-MY-CHREE which operated against the Turks off the palestine coast May 1916 to Jan 1917 until sunk by a submarine. His final assignment was CO of the Great Yarmouth air station in England in the last year of the war.
$35.00
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Tennant, LtCol John E.,
IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE BAGHDAD:
THE AIR WAR IN MESOPOTAMIA, 1916-1918.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1991; reprint of the original 1920 edition.
Photographs, maps, 289 pages.
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The author commanded all British RFC forces in Mesopotamia during 1916-18. He reorganized the aviation units and rapidly obtained air superiority over the Turkish forces. He chronicles his being shot down and captivity near the end of the war. A rare study of aerial operations in a far flung theater of war.
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Westrop, Mike, ,
A HISORY OF NO. 6 SQUADRON ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006). Over 170 b&w photographs & color profiles, 224 pages.
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Despite No.6 Squadron RNAS being the first British fighter squadron to deploy a production twin gun scout on the Western Front (beating the Royal Flying Corp’s elite 56 Squadron by a couple of weeks) and the first squadron to take the notoriously unreliable Siddeley Puma powered D.H.9 into battle, almost nothing has been published about the activities of this important Royal Naval Air Service squadron. The lack of published information can perhaps be explained by the fact that a large block of the squadron’s daily reports are inexplicably missing from their “box” in Britain’s National Archives. After much effort and time, Mike Westrop discovered the “missing” documents in a Royal Flying Corps War Diary. This pilots’ log books, and many previously unpublished photographs has enabled the author to produce the first in-depth look at the activities and accomplishments of this “forgotten” squadron. The Royal Naval Air Service had a reputation for fielding the most colorful Allied machines in France and Belgium, and the reputation was upheld by the Nieuport scouts of No.6 Squadron. A collection of superb new colour profiles from Mark Miller depicts the squadron’s Nieuport 17Bis scouts to perfection.
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Westrop, Mike, ,
A HISORY OF NO. 10 SQUADRON ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket, laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2004). Over 100 b&w photographs, 160 pages.
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No.10 Squadron of England's Royal Naval Air Service was formed at St. Pol, a suburb of Dunkerque, in February 1917, as part of the rapid naval aviation expansion programme required by the Royal Naval Air Service?s commitment to assist the Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front. Seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and initially flying the ?state of the art? Sopwith Triplane, the squadron?s predominantly Canadian pilots established an enviable reputation and created the legend of the Black Flight that is still discussed today. A change in aircraft to the Sopwith Camel at the end of August, kept the squadron at the cutting edge of technology, but a major disagreement over carrying out the Royal Flying Corps orders resulted in an unscheduled return to Naval control in October. The squadron remained under Naval control until the April 1, 1918, when the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps were amalgamated into the fledgling Royal Air Force. This volume provides the detailed history of this squadron?s activities, combat claims, accidents and fatalities, aircraft and markings, pilots, and ground officers.
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FRENCH AIR SERVICE
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GUYNEMER &
the STORKS
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[Guynemer] Henry Bordeaux,
GUYNEMER: Knight of the Air.
VG. Lacks dust jacket (rarely seen). Corners just worn through to paper. Light rubbing & several small water spots to front cover.
Edges lightly worn, with light flaking to top layer of paper, especially to head &
heel of spine (which are otherwise not chipped or torn).
Pictorial teal boards titled in gilt and illustrated in blue on
the front & rear
cover & spine, showing a view of the Seine in Paris. A small French tricolor label on spine (present on all copies of this
edition) is pretty well bleached out. Gilt to top page edges (faded).
~~~ (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1918). First American Edition.
Translated from the French by Louise Morgan Sill. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt.
Illustrated with a color frontispiece portrait by Rudolph Ruzicka and 4 black & white plates by W.A. Dwiggins. 256 pages
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Franks, Norman, and Frank Bailey,
THE STORKS: The Story of France's Elite Fighter Groupe de
Combat 12 (Les Cigognes) in WWI
. NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket.
(Grub Street, 1998). Photographs, appendices, glossary,
bibliography, index, 160 pages.
~~~ "Born during the horrendous Battle of Verdun in
1916, The Storks became France's premier fighting group in
World War I. ~~~ Initially comprising the Escadrilles N3,
N26, N73 N103 and under the leadership of Felix Brocard,
GC12 counted among its fighter pilots most of the big
French aces of the war - Guynemer, Fonck (the allied ace of
aces with 75 victories), Heurteaux, Deullin, de Sevin,
Bozon-Verdurez and many more. It also had several American
Lafayette volunteers amongst its ranks, notably Frank
Baylies, Edwin Parsons, Bert Hall and Charles Biddle.
~~~ Appendices list as complete a roster of GC12
pilots as can be found, lists of bases used, victories
achieved and losses sustained. There are also more than
80 photographs of pilots and aircraft depicting men and
machines of the Groupe, and side view drawings of aircraft
and their markings by Greg Van Wyngarden." British import.
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Franks, Norman, and Frank Bailey,
OVER THE FRONT: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918
. Grub Street, 1992. Photographs, biographical and claim notes, bibliography, maps, 230 pages.
384 pages. Companion volume to Above the Trenches, 400 biographies,
awards with citations, where possible, and full list of claims by date,
time and location with type of plane flown. ~~ OUT OF PRINT.
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Franks, Norman, and Christopher Cony,
FRENCH AIR SERVICE WAR CHRONOLOGY, 1914-1918: Day-to-Day Claims and
Losses by French Fighter, Bomber and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western
Front. Grub Street, 1999. Photographs,
336 pages. "This is a companion volume to the Jasta War Chronology,
published by Grub Street in 1998. Frank Bailey, an acknowledged expert on
French aviation during this period, has created as detailed a list as is
possible covering all the claims and losses of the French fighter force
on a day by day basis. Unlike their British counterparts, the French did
not credit pilots with kills if they could not be confirmed, although they
acknowledged 'probable kills'. Confirmed and probable claims are all
listed, therefore, along with the escadrille the pilot flew with and
the pilot's running total of confirmed victories"
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[Nieuport] Gerard Pommier,
NIEUPORT.
NEW copy, hardcover. 6X9. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 150 b&w photographs, line drawings. 216 pages.
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This new biography of Edouard Nieuport, written by his grandson G?rard Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft later made famous by pilots of nearly all Allied nations in the First World War. Described are the achievements of this extraordinarily talented engineer (who died at age thirty-six), of his brother Charles (killed less than two years later), and of the splendid company bearing their name, which at one time led the world in airplane production, and continued its activity until 1936. The book is enhanced by many unpublished photographs from the Nieuport/Pommier archives.
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Opdycke, Leonard E.,
FRENCH AEROPLANES BEFORE THE GREAT WAR.
NEW copy, hardcover. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 840 b&w photographs, line drawings. 288 pages.
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French Aeroplanes Before the Great War is a catalog of the aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the onset of World War I. Most of these aeroplanes flew, some did not, some were never even finished, but all of them reflect the extraordinary vitality and sense of optimism that powered the aeronautical world before the future of the aeroplane began to become clearer in wartime. If the Wrights had not flown in 1903, one of the early French builders would very quickly have won the laurels for the first flight. Some of the machines appear in these pages probably for the first time in print; others are rarely seen. This collection serves as a kind of super Exposition Internationale de Locomotion AŽrienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these marvelous aircraft.
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G E R M A N
AIR SERVICE
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British Air Ministry,
HANDBOOK OF GERMAN MILITARY AND NAVAL AVIATION, 1914-1918.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 1995; reprint of the original 1918
edition.
140 pages.
"Originally issued by the British Air Ministry in October of 1918, it is a detailed study of both German Army & Naval aviation services in the Great War. It presents all known information on the general organization & training of every type of air unit, types of units, ballon corps, policy, general tactics, detailed tactics by type of plane, types of communication equipment. The Naval Air Service is detailed in the same manner plus a section with technical details of aircraft with 3-view photos and 4-6 silhouettes of the aircraft at various angles, along with a full technical list of German aviation abbreviations. "
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OSWALD
BOELCKE
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Boelcke, Captain Oswald,
AN AVIATOR'S FIELD BOOK:
THE MEMOIRS OF A 40-VICTORY GERMAN ACE.
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Bronnenkant, Lance J,
THE IMPERIAL GERMAN EAGLES IN WORLD WAR I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2006). Over 600 b&w photographs, 400 pages.
~~~
Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German World War I aviators have been collected, traded, and reproduced in many publications over the years, but no author until now has focused on determining when, where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and why they were issued as postcards. This work pursues the answers to those questions, and unfolds like a detective story that relates the investigation and assembly of evidence from a wide variety of sources, including personal communications from the pilots and their families, period newspapers, and other contemporaneous wartime publications. At its heart is its vast collection of supportive photographs, including original images behind the postcards that have never been viewed by the modern public. This pioneering book demonstrates the untapped potential that photographic artifacts from World War I still offer.
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Cross, Wilbur,
ZEPPELINS OF WORLD WAR I. NF/NF. Remainder mark on bottom of book (page edges).
(NY: Barnes & Noble, 1991). Photographs, glossary, bibliography, index, 220 pages.
~~~ The story of the little-known aerial battles that took place over England during the Great War. Zeppelins
of World War I details the saga of the most daring aerial campaigns of the Great War, the story of the development
of dirigibles by Germany as machines of war, the psychological horror of air raids on London, the heroic efforts of
England's fighter pilots to shoot down these invading monsters and the consequent failure of Zeppelins to bring
England to its knees.
~~~ Hardcover OUT OF PRINT. Paperback currently in print at $15.95.
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Duiven, Rick & Dan-San Abbott,
SCHLACHTFLIEGER! Germany and the Origins of Air/Ground Support, 1916-1918.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 200 b&w photographs and color profiles, maps, 400 pages.
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Many books have been written detailing the career of the German World War I fighter pilots, especially the ‘aces’ and the Pour le Mérite winners. However, little material can be found on the two-seater units and little or nothing on the Schutzstaffeln/Schlachtstaffeln. This book presents, in words and pictures, the history of the Schutzstaffeln from their formation as escort aircraft, to their being renamed Schlachtstaffeln and their role as infantry support aircraft. Participating in all the major German offenses on the Western Front in 1918, and manned mainly by enlisted pilots and gunners, these units became the first true close air support squadrons. This book also presents a detailed description of the aircraft used by these units, including their power plants and armaments. A high point is a detailed color section illustrating the schemes of typical Schutzstaffel/Schlachtstaffel aircraft, which concentrates on both individual as well as squadron markings. This also includes the camouflage schemes used by the various aircraft manufactures. An added bonus for the aviation historian is a near complete compilation of the crew members, airfields, Schlachtgruppe formations, and combat logs of these thirty-eight units.
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Franks, Norman, Rick Duven and Frank Bailey,
CASUALTIES OF THE GERMAN AIR SERVICE 1914-1920: As Complete a List as
Possible Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically. Grub Street, 1999. Photographs,
384 pages. "From A-Z and in chronological order, researchers and historians can now check to find what deaths
occurred among the German Air Service any day during World War I."
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Franks, Norman,
GERMAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I: A Pictorial Record.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 330 b&w photographs, 192 pages.
~~~
The air aces of Imperial Germany's Luftstreitkr?fte are an ever-popular subject among aviation historians, enthusiasts, war gamers, and aircraft modelers. The images of famous airmen such as Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Werner Voss are well known and frequently published, but the same cannot be said for all of the over 300 German airmen who achieved five or more aerial victories in the Great War. Their stories have often been published, but never have as many photographs of the aces been assembled within the pages of one volume. Of necessity these photos vary widely in style, format and quality, yet they serve to reveal a good deal of information about the pilots and the multitude of different uniforms and decorations they wore. Students of World War I aircraft will also find useful illustrations of the various machines in which these pilots attained their fame. Over 330 photographs of the aces are provided. The aces are listed in ?score? order, starting with the ?Red Baron? himself with eighty victories, and proceeding down the list to the last alphabetically ordered airman with five claims, Martin Zander. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief service history and victory total of the ace.
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Franks, Norman & Hal Giblin,
UNDER THE GUNS OF THE GERMAN ACES: IMMELMANN, VOSS, GORING, LOTHAR VON
RICHTHOFEN, THE COMPLETE RECORD OF THEIR VICTORIES AND VICTIMS.
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 Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey & Rick Duiven,
THE JASTA WAR CHRONOLOGY: A COMPLETE LISTING OF CLAIMS AND LOSSES, AUGUST 1916
~ NOVEMBER 1918.
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Hoeppner, General Ernest Von,
GERMANY'S WAR IN THE AIR: The Development & Operations of German Military Aviation in the World War.
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Hofling, Rudolf,
ALBATROS D-II: Germany's Legendary World War I Fighter.
NEW copy, PAPERBACK. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2001). Over 120 b&w photographs & 19 color profiles, 52 pages.
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MANFRED von
RICHTHOFEN
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Hayes-Fischer, Suzanne,
MOTHER OF EAGLES: War Diary of Baroness von Richthofen.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 6x9. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 100 b&w photographs, 208 pages.
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Baroness Kunigunde von Richthofen originally published Mein Kriegstagebuch (My War Diary) in 1937, at a time when tales of heroes of the First World War inspired the youth of a country being prepared for a second war. Mother of Eagles is the culmination of the translation of the war diary, along with numerous facts and information not included in the original work. Follow the youth and wartime exploits of Manfred and Lothar, the leading German aces of World War I, through the eyes of their mother and a nation. Letters to the Barronness from each of her sons intially depict the wartime conditions on the ground, and then evolve into vivid details about the exhiliration of the hunt in the air for ever increasing numbers of enemy planes. This book will not only appeal to those interested in the Red Baron and his ace brother, Lothar, but to anyone who is interested in reading of the civilian life in Germany during the Great War.
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Treadwell & Wood,
RICHTHOFEN'S FLYING CIRCUS.
NEW copy, trade PAPERBACK. (Tempus Publishing, 1999). "Images
of Aviation Series".
128 pages.
~~~ With
their aerial fighting units outnumbers, the Germans in 1917 grouped 4 Jastas
together to create the Army Air Services' first Jagdgeschwader. This unit took
to the skies under the
flamboyant command of Manfred von Richthofen, and soon gained fame among Allied
opposition. This highly mobile unit
traveled from front to front, wherever needed, and became known as Richthofen's
Flying Circus, where Richthofen became known as the "Red Baron".
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O'Connor, Neil W.,
AVIATION AWARDS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY IN WORLD WAR I AND THE MEN WHO EARNED THEM.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 700 b&w photographs, 528 pages.
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The last of Neal O'Connor's series covering the air awards and pilots of Imperial Germany. The eight German states appear first in alphabetical order: thus we find the Duchy of Brunswick leading off the discussion; the Grand Duchy of Hesse; the Principality of Hohenzollern; the Principalities of Lippe and Schaumburg-Lippe; the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz; and the Principality of Waldeck; and finally, the three Free Hanse Cities of Bremen, Hamburg and L?beck. Among the forty-three biographies included in this volume are: Oblt. Ernst Freiherr von Althaus, Lt. Erwin Bohme, Oblt. Maximilian von Cossel, Lt. Ludwig Fritz Dornheim, Lt. Emil Florke, Offz.-Stv. Ludwig Friedewald, Rittm. Hans-Achim von Grone, Major Wilhelm Haehnelt, Lt. Franz von Kerssenbrock, Lt. Gunther Ludeke, Lt. Friedrich Niederhofer, Lt. Otto Parschau, Rittm. Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Lt. Karl-Emil Schaefer, Lt. Carl-August von Schoenebeck, Lt. Gunther Schroth, Lt. Otto-Martin Graf von Schwerin, Offz.-Stv. Gottlieb Vothknecht, Lt. Friedrich-Wilhelm Wichard, and Oblt. Heinz-Hellmuth von Wuhlisch.
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Robinson, Douglas H.,
THE ZEPPELIN IN COMBAT: A History of the German Naval Airship Division.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 350 b&w photographs, line-drawings & charts, 400 pages.
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The standard reference now revised and expanded. Dr. Robinson has opened up his vast photo archives to enhance this new edition of his classic work. Much of the new photographic material is published here for the first time.
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Schuster, Wolfgang & Achim Sven Engels,
FOKKER V5/Dr.1.
NEW copy, PAPERBACK. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 75 b&w photographs & line drawings, 50 pages.
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This famed tri-winged World War I German aircraft was flown by Manfred von Richthofen, and was as legendary then as it is now. Detailed text and photographs explain development, technical aspects, and operations.
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Woolley, Charles,
WORLD WAR I GERMAN AVIATORS / SANKE CARDS.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2004). Over 300 b&w photographs, 300 pages.
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For the first time in eighty-five years, the famous Sanke postcards of World War I Imperial German Aviators have been reproduced. Clear, large scale copies of all known and highly collectible Sanke personality photo postcards produced during World War I are now available, carefully replicated, and included all under one cover in this deluxe volume. Over 270 different cards of 132 individual aviators are included in this ground-breaking edition. Boelcke, Immelmann, the Richthofen brothers, Udet, and Gring are just a few of the famed aces and Pour le Mrite flyers photographed by Postkarten-Vertrieb Willi Sanke. Each postcard is given full page coverage, accompanied by a brief history of each man, together with his victories and highest attained award. A bibliography is included for the reader desiring to further research the lives of Germany's unusual, heralded, and greatest heroes of the First War. This book is a must for the student of uniforms as it depicts the amazing variety worn by the flyers of the Luftstreitkrfte 1914-1918, and also shows them wearing the multitude of awards and decorations presented to Germany's airborne heroes. Both private and museum collections have been combed to provide this book with the finest possible coverage ever compiled on the work of Willi Sanke and his talented photographers. This is an excellent companion volume to Schiffer's recently published Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany, Volume VII by the late Neal O'Connor.
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Grace, Dick,
SQUADRON OF DEATH: TRUE ADVENTURES OF A MOVIE PLANE-CRASHER.
Sun Dial Press., 1937. VG/G. Jacket fairly battered, with numerous
tape repairs, color flaked off along hinges, price-clipped, chipped on
spine-ends, but about 95% present and colors still bright. Book itself
is bright & sound. Previous owner's signature on end-page. Illustrated
end-pages. frontispiece, photos, 304 pages. Author flew with the
Northern Bombing Group near Dunkirk during the war, and in later in
Italy, but the Armistice came before he saw any real action. After the
war he took up barn-storming, made his way by chance to Hollywood, and
he hired on as a stunt pilot, crashing planes professionally in such
WWI moves as "Wings", "Lilac Time" and "The Flying Circus".
$45.00
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Hart, Peter,
BLOODY APRIL: Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917
. NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket.
(Orion Publishing, 2005). Illustrated. 384 pages.
~~~ As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of
Arras, they desperately needed air support from the Royal
Flying Corps. But by this point the RFC were flying
obsolete planes. The new German Albatros scouts massively
outclassed them in every respect: speed, armament,
ability to withstand punishment and maneuverability.
~~~ Many of the RFC's pilots were straight out of flying
school - as they took to the air they were sitting targets
for the experienced German aces. Over the course of
'Bloody April' the RFC suffered casualties of
over a third.
~~~ The average life expectancy of a
new subaltern on the front line dropped to just eleven
days. And yet they carried on flying, day after day, in
the knowledge that, in the eyes of their commanders at
least, their own lives meant nothing compared to the tens
of thousands of soldiers on the ground who were being
lost daily.
~~~ In this book Peter Hart tells the
story of the air war over Arras, using the voices of the
men who were actually there. His research has uncovered a
vast amount of previously unpublished information, some
of which is controversial: for example, were some of the
British aces being completely truthful about their
fabulous victories?
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$32.95.
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Hastings, H.D. & Paul Parker, Jr,
WAR PLANES IN BATTLE DRESS.
The authors have meticulously researched the exact markings of eight different WWI aircraft and render them in beautiful color plates with accompanying photographs and text. Each plate gives top, bottom & side view.
Authors' research in many cases included interviews with the actual pilots & mechanics of the specific planes.
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ITALIAN AIR SERVICE
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 Fitch, Willie S.,
WINGS IN THE NIGHT:
Flying the Caproni Bomber in World War I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dust jacket.
(Nashville: Battery Press, 1989). Reprint of original 1938 edition.
36 photographs, 302 pages.
~~~ Fitch ws one of the 406 U.S. air cadets who graduated from the Italian primary flying school at Foggia during
WW I. Assigned to the 14th Gruppo Aeroplani, Squadriglia 10, he flew the giant Caproni bomber against the Austrians,
including the famous Pola Naval Base raid. This is an excellent account of America's first experience with heavy
bombers and the role played by Fiorello LaGuardia as commander of U S aviation in Italy during the war.
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Gentilli, Roberto, Antonio Iozzi & Paulo Varriale,
ITALIAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I AND THEIR AIRCRAFT.
NEW copy, hardcovers. 9x12. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 500 b&w photographs and color aircraft profiles, 496 pages.
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For the first time, a detailed history of a little known aspect of the Great War in the air: the forty-two Italian aces. From legendary personalities such as Francesco Baracca and Scaroni to completely forgotten aces, each biography details their personalities, and their combat careers during and after the war. Charts report all their victories, with careful cross-referencing to Austrian and German losses. An introduction puts the air war on the Italian front in perspective, showing the development and actions of the Italian air force including many orders of battle, and brief histories of all fighter squadrons. Over 500 previously unpublished photographs from private sources, as well as twenty-four pages of color profiles of Nieuports, Spads, Hanriots and Macchis provide a stunning visual complement for the historian and modeler.
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 Jane, Fred T.,
JANE'S FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I:
A Comprehensive Encyclopedia with More than 1000 Illustrations.
VG/VG. (NY: Military Press, 1990). Small remainder dot to top edge of pages.
Book & jacket in very nice condition, with jacket in mylar. Originally
published by Jane's in 1919. Forward by John W.R. Taylor. Lavishly illustrated
throughout with numerous photographs, tables & diagrams on nearly every page.
Planes arranged by nationality, with 75 pages given over to photographs,
diagrams & detailed description of aircraft engines (arranged by manufacturer). 320 pp.
~~~ To provide readers with a more comprehensive record of the aircraft
that fought aviation's first great war, the compiler of "Jane's Fighting
Aircraft of World War I" has supplemented the 1919 material by extracting
entries on significant military aircraft from the 1914, 1916, 1917 & 1918
editions (there was none in 1915) ... It has to be remembered that in wartime
it is seldom possible to describe in full detail the structures, dimensions,
weights, performance and armament of contemporary aircraft built by
manufacturers on one's side. Even the 1919 edition of All the World's Aircraft
was compiled partly during the stilll-desperate closing months of the conflict,
with some updating after it ended. So, the descriptions of individual aircraft
in this book are, for the most part, based on reports and studies of German
aircraft that had been captured (often in a damaged state) by the Allies, and
vice versa. They are of considerable historical interest and, although they
could not include all the facts and figures that became available later, they
provide some of the most detailed descriptions of important aircraft that have
ever appeared in any reference book.
~~~ Originally published at $80, now Out of Print.
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LAFAYETTE
ESCADRILLE
and Lafayette
Flying Corps
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Biddle, Major Charles J.,
THE WAY OF THE EAGLE:
A MEMOIR OF ESCADRILLE N.73, 103rd AERO SQUADRON (ESCADRILLE LAFAYETTE), 13th
AERO SQUADRON & 4th PURSUIT GROUP IN FRANCE.
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Chapman, Victor,
VICTOR CHAPMAN'S LETTERS FROM FRANCE [Memorial Edition].
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Chapman, Victor,
VICTOR CHAPMAN'S LETTERS FROM FRANCE.
Macmillan, May 1917., VG. First Edition. Cloth spine, paper-covered
boards, with paper labels on cover & spine. No DJ, though original
owner has neatly pasted flap of DJ with biography of Chapman to front
endpaper. Original owner's signature on front flyleaf, dated 1917.
Book very clean with virtually no wear, except spine label which is
slightly scuffed & soiled but still clearly legible. A very nice copy.
Photographs, 196 pp. 5 pp of ads at end of book.
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Gordon, Dennis,
THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War I.
NEW copy, hardcover. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 320 b&w photographs, 504 pages.
~~~ Includes detailed biographies of the 269 volunteer American airmen and gunners of France's Service Aeronautique who flew in sity-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons over the Western Front-also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the Escadrille Lafayette. It is an accurate and absorbing account of the lives and combat experiences of the men who later formed the nucleus of the American Expeditionary Force squadrons. Contains comprehensive research, including details of war casualties and survivors, and many unpublished photographs.
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Parsons, Edwin C.,
I FLEW WITH THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE.
VG/VG. Some soiling and slight creasing on jacket along edges (doesn't show in picture). Original $8.50 price still intact on flap. Book is bright, though head & heel of spine slightly bumped with minor tears. Interior tight & clean. (Indianapolis: E.C. Seale & Co, 1963. Reprint of the scarce 1937 edition, originally titled: The Great Adventure.
Numerous sepia-tinted photographs dispersed throughout; text in brown ink. 335 pages. Parsons first flew in 1912 with Glenn Curtis, spent a year training pilots for Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution, drove ambulances on the Western Front and joined the Lafayette Escadrille in 1917. Later, he was the only American pilot who did not transfer to the American Air Service when the U.S. entered the war, but flew instead with the most famous of French squadrons, the "Storks". He was decorated with the Legion of Honor, the Medaille Militaire, the French Croix de Guerre with eight palms, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre and Order of Leopold. After the war Parsons served with the FBI, and later worked in Hollywood as a technical advisor on the films Wings and Hell's Angels." He served with the U.S. Navy in WWII, winning the Bronze Star. He retired as a Rear Admiral in 1955.
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Thenault, Captain Georges,
THE STORY OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE.
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Riaboff, Alexander (Von Hardesty, editor),
GATCHINA DAYS: REMINISCENCES OF A RUSSIAN PILOT.
NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986.
Maps on end pages, numerous photographs throughout, bibliography, 183 pages. "Riaboff completed this slim memoir in 1980, six decades after the events he describes. Perhaps this time lapse explains the rather dry, detached style and the general lack of immediacy. Yet he has many first-hand observations to offer concerning the perils of early aviation, his adventures in the Red Air Fleet soon after the Russian Revolution, and his subsequent defection to the counterrevolutionary Whites. The volume concludes with his arrival on American soil in 1923. Numerous photographs complement the text. The editor's notes and commentary provide coherence and continuity."
~~ Library Journal. OUT OF PRINT.
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$35.00
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UNITED STATES
AIR SERVICE
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 [17th Aero] Clapp, Frederick M.,
A HISTORY OF THE 17th AERO SQUADRON: An American Pursuit Squadron with the RAF.
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[17th Aero] Reed, Otis Lowell & George Roland,
CAMEL DRIVERS: The 17th Aero Squadron in World War I.
NEW copy, hardcovers. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 200 b&w photographs, 160 pages.
~~~
The 17th Aero Squadron flew Sopwith Camels under British command along the Western Front during the summer of 1918. This definitive work on the 17th Aero Squadron in World War I is drawn from a wide range of official and personal sources, including original squadron records (found in an attic!), numerous interviews, letters written home, and half a dozen diaries - including one kept by a German pilot flying in opposition.
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[50th Aero]
Morse, Daniel P.,
THE HISTORY OF THE 50th AERO SQUADRON:
The "Dutch Girl" Observation Squadron in World War I.
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 [135th Aero] Hart, Percival Gray,
HISTORY OF THE 135th AERO SQUADRON: The "Statue of Liberty"
Observation Squadron in World War I.
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Collings, Kenneth,
JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT. First edition in poor dust jacket, inscribed by author.
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FLYING OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, 1917-1919.
NEW copy, hardcovers. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 200 b&w photographs, 304 pages.
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This book, originally published just after World War I, is the definitive reference to United States Naval aviators in World War I. Also included: a history of naval aviation operations in World War I.
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Franks, Norman,
BRITISH AND AMERICAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I: The Pictorial Record.
NEW copy, hardcover. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 400 b&w photographs, 240 pages.
~~~
A companion volume to German Aces of World War I - The Pictorial Record (Norman Franks & Greg VanWyngarden, Schiffer, 2004), this new book covers the British and Commonwealth fighter aces of the Great War. One chapter covers the aces with ten or more victories, and an additional chapter lists the fighter aces with nine down to five victories, giving their squadrons, where they hailed from, and in many cases their subsequent fate. For the American aces, the author lists every fighter ace of the period, from Rickenbacker’s twenty-six down to those with five victories.
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Franks, Norman, and Frank Bailey,
OVER THE FRONT: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918
. Grub Street, 1992. Photographs, biographical and claim notes, bibliography, maps, 230 pages.
384 pages. Companion volume to Above the Trenches, 400 biographies,
awards with citations, where possible, and full list of claims by date,
time and location with type of plane flown. ~~ OUT OF PRINT.
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[Geiger] Roger Willock,
UNACCUSTOMED TO FEAR: A Biography of the Late General Roy S. Geiger.
Geiger served in the U.S. Marines from 1907 through the end of WWII. During WWI he served with Group
Number Five, Royal Air Forces at Dunkerque. He commanded a squadron of the First Marine Aviation Force
and was attached to the Day Wing, Northern Bombing Group. He was detached to the United States in January
1919. For distinguished service in leading bombing raids against the enemy, he was awarded the Navy Cross.
$30.00
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NEW ENGLAND AVIATORS, 1914-1918: Their Portraits and Their Records.
NEW copy, hardcovers. 6x9. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing).
~~~
This two volume set originally appeared in 1919 in limited quantities - original copies are now highly sought collectibles. Both volumes of New England Aviators are now available in new quality editions. 542 New England pilots - who flew with the USAAC, USN, USMC and British and French air forces - are given short biographical entries and most appear in World War I era photographs. New England Aviators is a superb, detailed reference for World War I and aviation historians, as well as uniform and insignia collectors.
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~~~~~~~~~ Volume One: Over 200 b&w photographs, 472 pages.
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~~~~~~~~~ Volume Two: Over 250 b&w photographs, 480 pages.
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RICKENBACKER
& the
94th SQUADRON
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Rickenbacker, Edward V.,
RICKENBACKER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Printice Hall, Inc., 1967. VG+/VG-. First Edition. A clean, tight copy ~ book
without flaws; jacket slightly chipped, with some light gouging to back cover
of jacket as though by a child with a blunt instrument, but jacket untorn.
Jacket in mylar protector. Overall a bright, clean copy. Original "$7.95"
intact on jacket flap. Photographs, appendices, index, 458 pages. Rickenbacker
was a race car driver on the national circuit before the war, became America's
highest-scoring ace during the war, and survived a crash in the Pacific during
WWII, floating 24 days in a rubber raft before being rescued.
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Woolley, Charles, with Bill Crawford,
ECHOES OF EAGLES: A Son's Search for His Father and the Legacy of America's First Fighter Pilots.
Hardcover with dustjacket, in new condition except for black remainder mark on bottom edge of book. Dutton, 2003, First Printing. Maps, photographs, diagrams, Glossary, Sources,
Notes, 307 pages. "Published to coincide with the
one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright Brothers' historic
first flight and the birth of aviation, Echoes of Eagles is a rousing
chronicle of American air combat during the first world war. In 1917, Charles
H. Woolley, the author's father, enlisted in and trained as a pilot with the
newly created U.S. Air Service. He and his fellow pilots of the 94th, 95th,
and 49th Aero Squadrons flew at 20,000 feet in open-cockpit French biplanes,
with no oxygen, no parachutes, and no radios. Death was their constant companion.
This extraordinary book takes readers into the cockpits of these fragile fighter
aircraft and into the souls of the men who fought for their country in a new
environment - the air. Based on diaries and letters and never-before-published
interviews with the heroes themselves, and featuring amazing photographs, this
unforgettable account of America's first fighter pilots is also a son's stirring
tribute to his father."
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Woolley, Charles,
THE HAT IN THE RING GANG: The Combat History of the 94th Aero Squadron in World War I.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2002). Over 375 b&w photographs & color profiles, 240 pages.
~~~
The names Raoul Lufbery, Doug Campbell, Reed Chambers, Ham Coolidge, and the greatest American fighter ace of World War I, Eddie Rickenbacker, are those most closely associated with Uncle Sam's "Hat in the Ring" squadron, the 94th Aero Squadron, U.S. Air Service, 1917-1919. This all new book, "The Hat in the Ring Gang," contains a rich mixture of official as well as personal contemporarily written accounts of the 94th Aero Squadron, the most successful pursuit squadron in the United States Air Service. Combat reports, letters of the aces, and diary entries of other pilots are woven together to tell the story. Over 375 photographs, color profiles on Nieuports and Spads, rosters of pilots, aircraft, and citations for bravery awards round out this lively history of war in the air American style, spotlighting the gallant 94th.
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Shirley, Noel,
UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION, 1910-1918.
NEW copy, hardcover with dustjacket. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 320 b&w photographs, 336 pages.
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This book is a complete history of the early development of naval aviation in the U.S., and the role that the naval aviation service applied to the war effort during 191701918. Detailed discussion is also provided regarding the role of Marine Corps aviation during this time period.
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Sloan, James J.,
WINGS OF HONOR: American Airmen in World War I.
NEW copy, hardcover with dustjacket. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2002). Over 350 b&w photographs, 460 pages.
~~~
Wings of Honor is a compilation of all United States pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in World War I. Covered are Americans who flew with the French and British air services, U.S. Navy aviators, the 103rd Pursuit Squardron, the 1st Balloon Group, the 1st Pursuit Group, the 1st Corps Observation Group, American bomber units, the 2nd Pursuit Squardron, the 3rd Pursuit Group, and all other units in which Americans flew. James J. Sloan is a founding member of the American Aviation Historical Society, as well as a charter member of the Society of World War I Aero Historians. He lives in Salinas, CA.
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Thomas, Ritchie & Carl M. Becker (eds),
AN AMERICAN PURSUIT PILOT IN FRANCE: ROLAND W. RICHARDSON'S DIARIES & LETTERS.
1917-1919.
White Mane Books, 1994. NF/VG. Small tears & creases to top edge of jacket
spine. Jacket in mylar. Book itself as new. Photographs, notes, appendices,
index, 198 pages. Richardson flew with the 213th Squadron, American Air
Service.
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H. A. Toulmin, Jr
,
AIR SERVICE, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 1918
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket. Battery Press, 2004; reprint of the original 1927 edition.
Photographs 420 pages.
~~~ This history is an insider's look at the problems and solutions facing our new aviation force in France in World War I. The author was particularly well suited for this task. Sent to France to investigate aerial bombardment problems on the Western Front, Toulmin was rapidly assigned to the Ordnance Division and later promoted to Chief of the Co-ordination Staff under Major General Patrick, Chief of Air Service. From May 1918 to the end of the war, he witnessed, and participated in, the complete overall of our Air Service. The book focuses on each of the staff areas. There are chapters on the responsibilities of the Supply and Repair Division, Personnel Division, Design and Projects Divisions and the Training Division. Also discussed in detail are activities of the Technical, Transportation, Liaison and Photographic Sections. This is one of the most important account of the organization of the American Air Service in WWI.
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Woolley, Charles,
FIRST TO THE FRONT: The Aerial Adventures of 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs and the 95th Aero Squadron 1917-1918.
NEW copy, hardcover issued without dustjacket,
laminated pictorial boards. 8.5x11. (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing). Over 280 b&w photographs & color profiles, 256 pages.
~~~
The 95th Aero Squadron was the first American pursuit squadron to fly over the front in March 1918 and 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs was one of its original members. The history of the Squadron is told through the words of those who served, Heinrichs' richly written diary forms the nucleus of the story supported by contemporary letters, anecdotes, and combat reports from many of the other flyers. Entries from the official Squadron history as contained in the History of the American Air Services A.E.F. (the Gorrell History) round out the narrative. Over 280 photos, most unpublished from the personal albums of the participants, show planes, places and personnel which surrounded this happy band of warriors.
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