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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