Over the Front
1988: Volume 3, Number 1
Cover Art
Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (pilot) and his observer, arriving at Jagdstaffelschule 1, Valencienes, France, in Albatros C.VII C1239/16 on an unknown date. The Prince commanded Flieger-Abteilung (A) 258, but flew patrols in a single-seat fighter with Jasta Boelke whenever possible. It was during such a patrol on March 21, 1917 that he was forced to land with a bullet in his engine and a slight wound in the foot. He landed in No Man's Land, but while running towards his own lines was severely wounded in the back by Australian troops and later died in captivity on April 6, 1917. (Wilhelm Prien album)
Table of Contents
Features
21 April 1918--The Bodenschatz Account by Douglas V. Fant
Fighting High Up and Far Over G.H. Lewis and K.L. Caldwell Exchange Views
American Cadet Training in Europe from General Mason M. Patrick's Final Report
German Army and Naval Air Services (Victory Claims) Jeffery J. Sands, Patrick S. Browne and Harry Van Dorssen
"Tommy"--Letters to Bill Truver from D.G. Lewis by Jack Eder
The Wartime Experiences of David W. Lewis by Dr. James J. Parks
Piloting for Aerial Observation by Captain Philip R. Babcock
The Final Honors by Marvin L. Skelton
Departments
Mentioned in Despatches
Errata | Addenda | Members' Research
Plumage
Escradrille N.87--"Les Chats noirs"
Taps
GeneralLeutnant a.D. Erwin Jollasse | William Clinton Owsley | Frederick Daum, Sr. | George M.D. Lewis | Virgil A. Kelley, M.D. | Rear Admiral John J. Schiefflelin, USN (Ret.) | Colonel Kenneth R. Havens | Lieutenant-Colonel McKinely Clark | Rudolph E. Brofft
Between the Bookends
Gatchina Days, Reminiscences of a Russian Pilot | Zeppelin Adventures | Aircraft versus Aircraft
Over the Front
1988: Volume 3, Number 2
Cover Art
Eight Nieuports and one Morane Bullet monoplane of the XIX Squadron of the Imperial Russian Air Service are lined up in this photo. Ivan Smirnoff, a Russian ace, is purported to have flown the Morane Bullet on the right. (Ivan Smirnoff album via Johan Visser)
Table of Contents
Features
Irving Edward Sheely--Naval Observer by Lawrence D. Sheely
Iwan Smirnoff: Imperial Russian Ace by Johan G.H. Visser
German Jasta and Jagdgeschwader C.O.s 1916-1918 by Richard Duiven
Photos from the Archives by Marvin L. Skelton
"Super Bowl I"--A Dallas Seminar Report by James Streckfuss
Departments
Mentioned in Despatches
Member's Research | Errata & Addenda
Taps
Dr. Judson Rea Butler | Matthew A. McDonald | Jasper Marion Stewart | Lieutenant-Colonel Robert M. Todd | Frederick Vernon Foster | Kenneth Lee Porter | Rodney Wolfe Willits | Bernard L. Wilmes | Merrill K. Riddick
Between the Bookends
Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I: Volume I--The Aviation Awards of the Kingdom of Bavaria | The German Giants--R-Planes 1914-1918 | The Motion Picture Stunt Pilots and Hollywood's Classic Aviation Movies | Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 | Manfred von Richthofen, September 1916-April 1918
Over the Front
1988: Volume 3, Number 3
Cover Art
Lt. Gordon T. Collinson, "B" Flight, No. 41 Squadron, RAF, before a flight in his S.E.5a.
Table of Contents
Features
Reminiscences of a Fighter Pilot by Gordon T. Collinson, No 41 Squadron, RAF
Wounded in Action--The Story of Harold H. Tittmann, Jr. by James Streckfuss
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen--His Aeroplanes and Victories by Dan-San Abbott
Commanding the 11th: The Service Career of Capt. Charles Heater by Stephen D. Skinner
Research: the Great Adventure by Robert Skimin
On the Cutting Edge by Jon Guttman
Features
Plumage
Hawker's Own: No. 24 Squadron
Mentioned in Despatches
Addenda
Taps
Air Commodore Harold Melsome Probyn C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O. | Air Vice Marshal Authur Laurence Morfee C.D., C.B., C.B.E. | Martin Ford McQuilkin | Ernest Erle Kesling | Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, K.C.B., C.B., C.B.E., M.A. | The Right Honourable 7th Baron Ventry | Air Vice-Marshal Allan Lancelot Perry-Keene, C.B., O.B.E. | Reverend Harold Dodd, M.B., F.R.S.C., F.R.C.P. | Major-General Robert Stedman Lewis, C.B., O.B.E. | Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders, G.C.B., C.B., K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., M.M. | Sir Aubrey Ward, J.P., D.L. | Sir John Saint Kt., C.M.G., O.B.E., Ph.D | Air Marshal Sir Alick Stevens, K.B.E., C.B. | Air Vice Marshal Edward Barker Addison, C.B., C.B.E. | Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker | The Right Honourable Baron Rhodes of Saddleworth, K.G., P.C., D.F.C., D.L | Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., A.F.C.
Between the Bookends
Igor Sikorsky--the Russian Years
Over the Front
1988: Volume 3, Number 4
Cover Art
One of the premier German fighter units was Jasta 12 whose 16 Albatros D.V's and 2 Albatros D.III's are seen lined up here during the Spring/Summer of 1917. Even the two-seater squadron "hack" aircraft, an AEG C.IV, is marked with the Jasta 12 unit marking of a black tail. The first two aircraft in line are those of Hauptmann Adolf Ritter von Tutschek who commanded the squadron during most of 1917 until he was seriously wounded.