Our Spring issue, edited by Peter Kilduff, opens with another view of the French 1916 bombing mission against Karlsruhe; this time, by Jos Gelissen, from the receiving end. Peter Kilduff gives us a look (actually, several) of observation balloon operations from both sides of the lines. He then gives us profiles of two American pilots, Carl Dixon who flew Handley Page O/400s for the RFC/RAF, and Hyman Block who flew observation aircraft for the USAS. The final article contains photographs collected by the German Bild und Filmamt and annotated by Peter.
This Winter issue starts withDavid Mechin's look at the reprisal bombing raids of Karlsruhe.
Cynrik de Decker’s discovery of the logbook of Ltn de Res Erich Sauerbrey gives a useful look into the daily operations of a German crew over Verdun in 1917.
Claude Thollen-Pommerol looks at the aces of SPA 3, commonly referred to as the "Black Band" - Guynemer, Herteaux, Duellin and de la Tour.
Greg VanWyngarden presents a photo essay on the variety of markings used by Flieger Abteilung 208.
Bill Bailey and Jon Guttman chronicle Escadrille 157, the "Bande Bleue" Escadrille, and Michael O’Neal covers the historic “Fokker Scourge” event at the Golden Age Air Museum in September 2022. Plus there’s the usual Between The Bookends from Peter Kilduff.
It's a short table of contents, but the articles are meaty!
Two articles with newly discovered information about Ltn. Rudolf Windisch and Wilhelm Frankl by Dr. Hannes Täger highlight the Autumn issue. Then Tobias Weber presents the combat record of Ltn d Res. Otto Weishaar, an unknown member of Jagdstaffel 65 from the Infantry to his time in the Air Service and the Luftwaffe. The issue concludes with Between the Bookends from Peter Kilduff.
Issue Editor Charley Gosse has presented a truly international issue with articles on Guy Bertram Magley of the Lafayette Flying Corps by Charles Walthall & Dennis Gordon and The Lafayette Escadrille at Ham, April-May 1917 by Jean-Marc Simon.
These are followed with a detailed history of the National Air & Space Museum’s Albatros D.Va in STROPP: Demise and Rebirth by Christophe Cony, Charles Gosse & Greg VanWyngarden.
Carl Bobrow takes us to the Eastern Front with Voennyi Letchik Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov, and Charley Gosse gives us a detailed look at four Uniforms of the Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps in the collection of the National Air & Space Museum.
