1994: Volume 9, Number 3
Cover Art
In many ways, World War I was the last of the old wars and the first of the new, with a resulting juxtaposition of technologies. In this painting, prepared especially for this issue of Over the Front, artist Jim Dietz presents just such a scene, inspired by a well known photo of Jasta 12 aircraft at Toulis aerodrome on the eve of the March 1918 German offensive. A one-horsepower "tractor" is used to assist in moving a 110 h.p. Fokker Dr.I triplane into position for takeoff. The sight of horses on the airfield must have been a nostalgic one for those many pilots who were former cavalrymen.
Table of Contents
Features
Das Königliche Jagdgeschwader Nr.II by Richard Duiven
Over the Wine-Dark Sea, Aerial Aspects of the Dardanelles/Gallipoli Campaign, Part III: Turco-German Aviation by Roy Houchin
Germany's Technological Imperative: Why the Pfalz Triplanes Achieved Only Limited Production by Roy Houchin
Colors: Jagdgeschwader Nr.II by Greg VanWyngarden
The Death of Werner Voss by Philip Markham
Vimy 19/94 by Noel Shirley
Departments
Between the Lines
Mentioned in Dispatches
Addenda | Members' Research
Between the Bookends
Richthofen: Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron | The Australian Society of World War I Aero Historians | Aeroplani Caproni: Gianni Caproni and His Aircraft | T.E. Notes, A T.E. Lawrence Newsletter