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1918 Fokker D.VII by Russell Smith....

 

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Oberleutnant Erich Löwenhardt, Germany's 3rd ranking ace of WW1, behind only Manfred von Richthofen and Ernst Udet.
Löwenhardt was an aggressive, skilled fighter whose score grew steadily. At the end of May 1918 he received Germany's highest honor, the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) after 24 kills. Flying the new Fokker D.VII, he added eight more in June and no fewer than 16 in July. His tally climbed to 53 on August 9.
After scoring his 54th victory, he collided with Leutnant Alfred Wenz of Jasta 11. Both men jumped from their planes but Löwenhardt was killed when his parachute failed to open and he fell to his death from 12,000 feet.

Artwork by Russell Smith....

 

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Not WWI but....
1919 Albatros DIII Oeffag Merian Cooper - Robert Firszt.

 

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1917 04 Albatros DIII - Andrzej Deredos

1917 Jasta 5 line up - Barry Weekley.
(Imagine these as late war Bf 109G's, K-4's or Fw 190D's or even Ta 152's!)

1918 05 Roland DVIa - Steve Anderson.

1918 04 Jasta 30 Pfalz D.IIIa Leutnant Hans Holthusen - Steve Anderson.

1917 09 23 Fokker DrI Werner Voss vs 56 Sqn - Steve Anderson.

 

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1917 Falcons from heaven - James Dietz

The Albatrosses of Jasta 5 dive onto Bristols of 22nd Sqn Australian Flying Corps.

1917 Nieuport 24 C1 Charles Nungesser - Steve Anderson.

1920 Warsaw, Albatros DIII (Oeffag) of the Eskadra Kosciuszko strafe Red Army cavalry - Steve Noon.

1918 Airco DH4 RAF 202 Squadron - Robert Karr.

1918 The last patrol of the day - Leo Stevenson.

 

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1918 Birds of a Different Feather - Steve Anderson.

1916 Dux-Nieuport 11 19 KAO 1 BAG N.M.Serikov - Maksim Bylkin.

1917 Strutting Peacocks - Leo Stevenson.

1918 SPAD XIII SPA88 Marcel Coadou - Lionel Labeyrie

1917 Desperate maneuvers - Russell Smith

In the last week of August 1917 there was little aerial activity due to the bad weather. For this reason, Otto Fuchs made use of an afternoon free from rain and storm for an orientation flight in the area behind the front with the pilots newly transferred to the Staffel, Lt. Rudolf von der Horst and Lt. Kurt Katzenstein, during which he flew his "red F". He reported regarding this orientation flight: When we had reached flight altitude it became more and more unpleasant. Heavy gusts of wind and an ever darkening sky heralded a strong summer storm. I became concerned about my two inexperienced pilots and decided to leave the altitude of about 3000 meters and to return to Phalempin in a descending flight. Suddenly the black layer of clouds tore open, rays of sunlight shortly appeared, and I spotted a group of English fighter planes above us, who were apparently likewise on the way home due to the storm. From their superior position the Englishmen immediately went over to the attack and dove down upon us. Since I was flying higher than the two novices as protection, I was the first to be attacked by two Englishmen, and immediately let myself spin down. While the bank of clouds approached threateningly, I was forced down lower and lower by my pursuers. I attempted to evade my pursuers while under constant fire, finally at the height of the tree tops. Again and again strong gusts of wind shifted my Albatros over several meters, so that I was afraid of ramming into a tree or a building. My machine had already been hit several times, when suddenly a hazy wall of rain appeared before me. This was my salvation: I flew right into the wall of rain and immediately pulled the stick upwards in order not to crash into a tower or a tree. In the heavy rain shower I spotted a meadow below me and began to land. While doing so, my Albatros was pretty well wrecked.When Otto Fuchs returned to Phalempin, soaked through and covered in mud, he discovered to his relief that his two comrades had also survived the air combat unharmed. Kurt Katzenstein had landed smoothly on the airfield with a few hits in his machine, while Rudolf von der Horst had been forced to make an emergency landing in his Albatros D.V with a shot-up engine. After this experience, Otto Fuchs decided never again to use a letter as his personal marking.

Russell Smith

 

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1916 BE2c 2693 39 Sqn Lt Leefe Robinson vs Zeppelin SL 11.

1916 LZ 38 Zeppelin - Felix Schwormstädt.

1916 Nieuport 17 Italia - R. Sherry.

1916 Fokker EIII 417_16 - R. Sherry.

1918 Clash of Titans - Steve Anderson.

 

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1918 The first warbirds - Robert Wilson.

1918 Last Victory Lt. Raymond Brooks - Roy Grinnell.

1918 Frank Luke flames a balloon - Robert Wilson.

1918 03 SE5a vs Albatros DV Jasta 15 - Keith Woodcock.

1918 Capronis over the Alps - Kenneth McDonough.

 

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Those grainy old black and white pictures just don't do those planes justice. Beautiful paintings.

 

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1918 Sopwith Camel 201 Sqn 5941 George Gates - Stephen Chard.

1918 Italy, Sopwith Camel 45 Sqn vs Phönix DII Flik 14J Karl Teichmann - D.H. Harrison.

1918 Fall of the Eagle - Death of Linke-Crawford - James Dietz.

1918 Fokker DVII Aloys Heldmann Jasta 10 - Don Greer.

1918 Hanriot HD1 Willy Coppens - Robert Carlin.

July 22 1918, 07:30 AM… Coppens flamed one balloon before the German gunners saw him. The next victim at Wevicq fell also, but the gunners put up a fearful barrage. Without hesitation Coppens raced for Number Three, two miles away, Although the balloon was pulled in nearly to ground level Coppens braved the withering fire and destroyed it. All three victories had taken only 6 minutes. Coppens's core now rested at 20, although he had scored his first only 3 months earlier. He would add 17 more before the end of the war. Flying a turquoise Hanriot the plucky and daring pilot needed two planes. He would fly one while the other was being patched up. Coppens was badly wounded one month before the war ended, but he had seen four years of combat.

 

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1918 First Victory - Roy Grinnell - 84 Sqn George Vaughn.

1918 Hannover CLIII aircraft of a Schlasta preparing for a flight - Kenneth MacDonough.

1918 Albatros DIII series 153 Flik 51J Zgf Eugen Bönsch.
The pilot is signaling that is his second victory.

1918 Sopwith Camels 3 Naval Sqn - Robert Wilson.
B7220 in the foreground was flown by Frederick Armstrong, this may be "C" flight.

1918 Phönix DII 122.22 Flik 55J Oblt. Hans Leiner - Petr Ptacek.

 

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1918 SE5a Ready for takeoff - James Dietz.

1918 Macchi M.5 260 Squadriglia.

1918 Parachuting to Safety - Edgard Wittmack.

1918 Hanriot HD1 Willy Coppens flames a kite balloon - 'Flying in Flanders' cover - Ed Valigursky.

1918 German observer firing a Parabellum machine gun - Vicente Segrelles.

 

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1918 Italy, De Havilland DH9 - Ron Belling.

1918 winter SE5a - Robert W. Wilson.

1917 Brandenburg Concerto - Russell Smith - Hansa-Brandenburg W12 Friedrich Christiansen at the Zeebruge mole.

1917 A tempting target - SE5a 56 Sqn - Ken Farmer.

1917 Patrolling the trenches - Drew Harrison - De Havilland DH5 68 Squadron (AFC) Lt R W McKenzie.

 

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1917 FE2d 25 Sqn vs Pfalz DIII - Stephen Chard.

1917 Hun hunters, Camels vs Gotha - Stephen Chard.

1917 The report - R.E.8 15 Sqn Capt AR Cross - Stephen Chard.

1917 Nieuport 24bis Charles Nungesser V116.

1917 Albatros DII Jasta 9 Leutnant Werner Marwitz - Kenneth MacDonough.