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Over the Front
1989: Volume 4, Number 1

Cover Art

Fokker Dr.I triplanes of Jagdstaffel 12 on the flight line at the unit's airfield in Toulis, France, in March 1918. The aircraft in the foreground is Dr.I 436/17. The aircraft at the far left is Hauptmann Adolf Ritter von Tutschek's Dr.I 404/17, the aircraft in which he lost his life on March 15, 1918. The word Ritter in his name is a title of Knighthood (Ritter meaning knight) bestowed on January 25, 1916 when he received the Military Max-Joseph Order for his exploits during a 17 day stand against superior numbers near Petrilow while serving as a young officer in the infantry.


Table of Contents

Features

The War Letters of Hauptman Adolf Ritter von Tutschek--Part 2

Toulis Aerodrome--70 Years Later

Zeppelin Intellegence by Dr. Douglas H. Robinson

The Rumpler D.I "Super-Plane"? The Fable and the Facts by Peter M. Grosz

Oops! Repair Time at Schwerin by Johan G.H. Visser

A Wartime Momento by Nicholas H. Hauprick

The Thrills and Perils of Frying Sausages by Jon Guttman


Departments

Plumage
Escadrille Spa.103--"Les Cigognes de Fonck" by Jon Guttman

Mentioned in Despatches
Errata | Member's Research | Addenda

Taps
Gerhard Fieseler | Thomas M. Galbreath | George Von Schiller | Charles E. Hodges, Jr. | Major General Franklin Otis Carroll | John H. Geisse | Roy Keeler

Between the Bookends
Meet the Aces | Cole Palen's Flying Circus | FP Oblt. Othmar Wolfan