Over the Front
1997: Volume 12, Number 1
Cover Art
In First Solo, aviation artist James Dietz depicts two Curtiss JN-4s preparing for flight, a scene typical at any of the training fields operated by the RFC and the USAS in Canada and Texas in 1917-1918.
Table of Contents
Features
The Silent Volunteers by Stewart K. Taylor
Roster of RFC, RNAS and RAF "Silent Volunteers" at the the Front by Stewart K. Taylor
Pranged by Stewart K. Taylor
Unsung Sextet by Stewart K. Taylor
The Baron's 67th by Stewart K. Taylor
"In Case I Should Not Return" by Stewart K. Taylor
What's In a Name? by Robert Pearson
Departments
Between the Lines
The Seminar | The "Year of the Chapters" | New USAF Museum Director | The Great Flood | The Mike Carr Student Paper Competition | In Memoriam: W.T. "Bill" Evans
Mentioned in Dispatches
Members' Research | Errata | Addenda
Between the Bookends
The Norman Thompson File
Taps
Cecil Arthur Lewis, M.C. | Gwilym Hugh Lewis, D.F.C. | William J. Devine | Gerald H. Hughes
Over the Front
1997: Volume 12, Number 2
Cover Art
Artist William Marsalko's contribution is this depiction of Flight Sub Lieutenant Reginald Warneford's successful attack of the German Zeppelin LZ37. This was the first victory of a heavier than air aircraft over a lighter than air dirigible. Warneford was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bomb attack of the airship but was to die tragically in an accident soon after.
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Features
Buzzer Nights: Zeppelin Raids on Hull by Steven C. Suddaby
Leutnant Kurt von Crailsheim--An Early, Ardent Fokker Pilot by Dr.-Ing. Niedermeyer
A Retrospective View of Ltn. Erwin Böhme, Part II by Dr.-Ing. Niedermeyer
Four Thoughts in Praise of Herry Tate by Tony Mellor-Ellis
What's in a Name? (The Missing Drawings) by Robert Pearson
The Royal Bavarian Air Service and Its Schleissheim Airfield by Nikolaus Elior
Departments
Between the Lines
overthefront.com | The Seminar | The Ferko Collection | Those Things We Don't Write About
Between the Bookends
French Aircraft of the First World War | Bloody April... Black September
Mentioned in Dispatches
Members' Research | Errata | Addenda
Over the Front
1997: Volume 12, Number 3
Cover Art
Artist and League member Mike O'Neal depicts American Ace George Vaughn in action in Sopwith Camel F6024 ('N') on September 22, 1918 against a blue nosed Fokker D.VII of Jasta 36 and a D.VII in the yellow markings of Jasta 27. Both units were a part of Jagdgeschwader III, which decimated the 17th Aero Squadron in an earlier encounter on August 26.
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Features
Karl Allmenröder Remembered translated by Jan Hayzlett
Combat Success in American Aviation: 1918 by LCDR Michael J. Morris
Combat Effectiveness: United States Marine Corps Aviation in the First World War by LCDR Michael J. Morris
Otto Roosen--Three View by by John M. Gray, Ted Sacher and Ross Walton
The Girl He Left Behind by Jan Hayzlett and Suzanne Fischer
The First Yale Unit by Daniel P. Davison
Introduction to Aerial Combat: A French View by Albert Deullin
Departments
Between the Lines
Seminar in the Desert | Membership Renewal | Winners, Winners!
Mentioned in Dispatches
Members' Research | Errata | Addenda
Between the Bookends
von Richthofen: The Legend Evaluated | McNamara, VC -- A Hero's Dilemma | A Weekend With the Great War: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Great War Interconference Seminar
Over the Front
1997: Volume 12, Number 4
Cover Art
Artist Mike O'Neal's depiction of an action which took place on April 23, 1917, when Vzfw. Heinrich Mertens, and his observer Ltn.d.R. Friedrich Feldmann were attacked in their Albatros C.II by eight French SPAD single-seaters of Spa. 102 over Prosnes. They came down in German lines. The pilot, Vzfw. Mertens was uninjured, but Feldmann was severely wounded and died three days later.
(The type Albatros C.II was an Albatros C.VII licensed built by the BFW concern)
Table of Contents
Features
The History of Royal Württemberg Flieger-Abteilung (A) 252 by Peter Kilduff
Dad's Photo Album: Views of the RFC/RNAS/RAF by John Garwood
Dutch Treat--Aircraft Interned in the Netherlands by Anonymous
Leutnant der Reserve Erwin Breuninger--A Württemburg Artillerist in the Luftstreitkräfte by Lothair Vanoverbeke
The Red Baron as Archetypal Hero by Laurie Stidolph
First Bombs on Dunkirk by Oberstleutnant a.D. Wilhelm Siegert translated by Heinz J. Nowarra and Peter Kilduff
Colors: The Hannover CL.II, III and IIIa by Greg VanWyngarden
Departments
Between the Lines
The Founders' Award | The 1998 Seminar | The Hooper Awards | Board of Directors Election | Style Changes
Mentioned in Dispatches
Members' Research | Errata | Addenda
Between the Bookends
The Sky Their Battlefield: Air Fighting and the Complete List of Allied Air Casualties From Enemy Action in the First War... | The Flying Camels: The History of No. 45 Sqn, RAF | The Camel File | Bristol Fighter, Vol. 1 | Sikorsky S-16
Taps
Eric Watson Oam