Volume 38 No. 2, Summer 2023

Volume 38 No. 2, Summer 2023 is out!

In Witness for the Prosecution by Hugh T. Harrington, we get a look at the testimony by former 2nd Lt. Howard Rath in the Billy Mitchell court-martial.

The History of Escadrille Spa 166 by Frank W. Bailey and Jon Guttman gives us the story of a relatively late-comer to the Aeronautique Militaire, which was formed in late July of 1918.

Claude Vollmeyer 3rd AIC Test Pilot by Michael O’Neal demonstrates once again that not all the action is at the front lines; Vollmeyer spent his time in Flight Test at Issoudun.

Prisoners of War in Film by Lt. Col. Greg Eanes, USAF (Ret) recounts the real-life story behind the Jean Renoir film La Grande Illusion.

The Ponnier M.1 Fighter by David Méchin explores a would-be competitor to the Nieuport XI.

In Briggs Kilburn Adams: The American Spirit Mike O’Neal gives us a look at his all-too-brief time with the American Ambulance Hospital and later the Royal Flying Corps.

Maj. Daniel Pool, USAF has fleshed out the photos in the National Air & Space Museum’s copy of Paul R. Stockton’s scrapbook with information on his military career (from the Spanish-American War on) through his time with the 12th Aero Squadron at the end of World War I.

League 2023 Seminar

The League Board of Directors announces an Autumn seminar at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City. The seminar will run immediately after the Museum's symposium, Milestones and Cornerstones (which will be Fri., Oct. 27 through lunch Oct. 28), starting the afternoon of Saturday Oct. 28, and continuing all day Sunday the 29th.

Early registration (through Sept. 25) will be $215 for either the League or the NWWI Museum seminar, or $400 for both. The Museum has a block of rooms reserved at the Hampton Inn & Suites - Country Club Plaza, with special attendee rates of $169/night if reserved before Oct. 4. Registration and hotel information are available through the NWWI Museum's website (link opens in a new window). Latest information on the League seminar is here.