Welcome to The League of WWI Aviation Historians

Volume 24, Issue 1 of Over the Front is out!

[current cover] Articles include:

Smith IV and Arthur Ray Brooks: The Story of an Airplane and its Master by Alan D. Toelle

The German-American Air War at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne in Late 1918 by Peter A. Fedders

Raoul Lufbery: The Man and the Myth by Bill Jackson & Sheila Sandapen

Rare Birds: The Boeing Model C by Colin A. Owers

Remembering America's First Combat Pilots: The 90th Anniversary of the USAS in France by Narayan Sengupta, with Mike O'Neal and Claude & Claudine Thibault Barriere

Between the Lines

Mentioned in Despatches

OTF on Facebook

"The League of WWI Aviation Historians" is now on Facebook! J.R Williams has formed a group called "Friends of the League of WWI Aviation Historians". All Facebook members are invited to join our group, which is one of several WWI Aviation themed groups on Facebook.

2009 Mike Carr Student Paper Competition

Money! Money! Money! And, oh... academics, too. The 2009 Student Paper Competition is now accepting submissions. Papers must be received by May 31, 2009.

2007-2008 Mike Carr Student Paper Competition

The winners of the 2007-2008 Mike Carr Student Paper Competition! The winners and their papers are:

First Place Award ($500)

Edward Soye:
"Doughty and the D. VII: German War Trophy Aircraft On Canadian Soil In 1919"

Honorable Mention ($200)

Thomas Bradbeer:
"Air Fighter Supreme: Major Edward 'Mick' Mannock In World War I"

Andrew Lang:
"The SPAD Family of Combat Aircraft"

Victoria Pardoe:
"Not Just Adventures In the Sky: The Story of Lt. Howard Knotts"

Stephanie Shaw:
"Women In Aviation During 1914-1918"

Trevor O'Neill:
"Jewish German Aviators"

Congratulations students!