Videos of 2023 Seminar Now Available

Now Available: 2023 League Seminar Presentations on YouTube

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The recorded presentations from the 2023 League of WWI Aviation Historians Seminar, held in October 2023 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, are now available to view on YouTube. This series captures the depth and diversity of current WWI aviation scholarship, with contributions from leading historians, curators, and researchers. The playlist includes:

1. “Allied Aviators as Guests of their German Counterparts” – Greg VanWyngarden & Lance J. Bronnenkant
   A compelling narrative of honor and hospitality amidst war, examining the treatment of captured Allied pilots by their German adversaries.

2. “Interpreting World War I Aviation for 21st Century Audiences” – Roger Connor, Ph.D.
   Reflections from a curator’s perspective on how museums and public history initiatives engage contemporary audiences with the complexities of WWI aviation.

3. “WWI Aerial Reconnaissance: Views of a Different Front” – Theodore Huscher
   A presentation focused on aerial observation and reconnaissance on lesser-known WWI fronts, highlighting the technical, strategic, and visual dimensions of aerial intelligence.

4. “New Objects, New Stories” – Christopher Moore
   A behind-the-scenes look at recent acquisitions for the National Air and Space Museum’s new WWI gallery and the interpretive narratives these artifacts enable.

5. “At the Dawn of Airpower” – Dr. Laurence Burke II
   A sweeping survey of the emergence of military aviation before and during WWI, tracing doctrinal shifts and institutional responses to the new domain of aerial warfare.

6. “Panthéon de la Guerre” – Mark Levitch
   An exploration of the massive French wartime panorama and its postwar reinterpretations, offering insight into visual commemoration and the politics of memory.

7. “Aerial Prowess of 1st Lts. Erwin, Baucom, & Easterbrook in the 1st Aero Squadron” – Alan Roesler
   A detailed account of early American airmen in combat, focusing on three officers of the 1st Aero Squadron and their contributions to aerial operations in 1918.

An Over the Front Table of Contents

As President Dan Polglaze said in Between the Lines in Volume 35 No. 3,

we (mostly he) have been delving through our back issues to create the first-ever complete Table of Contents for every issue of OTF published to date.

In it you'll find titles, authors, volume, issue and page references, and major topics for each article.

It's all in the form of an Excel spreadsheet so you can download your own copy and sort, search and modify it as much as you want.

Can't wait to get started? Download a copy here, as an Excel Spreadsheet or here as a PDF.

We'll try, now that we've got it, to keep it updated as each new issue comes out, but may fall behind.

Think of this as a first step toward a full index of all of Over the Front, an endeavor you can help with. Interested? Contact Dan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Courtesy of Steve Suddaby, who also provided us with his Bombing Mission database, we have added the table of contents of the original Cross and Cockade to the Table of Contents.