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1917 Pfalz DIII 1370-17 Jasta 10 Vfw Hecht....


1917 Pfalz DIII Jasta 10 - Joe Amendola....


1917 LVG CV 9727-17 Flieger Abteilung 19 - Brian Knight....


1917 Jasta 11 Circus Rolls at Dawn - James Dietz....


1917 Albatros DV Jasta 15 Kurt Monnington....

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1917, Richthofen's 17th victory - Thomas La Padula

Richthofen's 17th victory. A short while after becoming Germany's leading air ace and receiving the Por le Merite, the title of "Red Baron'' was born. The arrival of the new Albatros D.lll's to the front and MvR's transfer to Jasta 11 cemented a Richthofen Squadron of airplanes. There is a lot of legend and suggestion on the name Le Petit Rouge, Richthofen wrote," It occurred to me to have my packing case painted all over in a staring red. The result was that everyone got to know my red bird. My opponents also seemed to have heard of the colour transformation. There is really no absolute reason why Richthofen began to fly a red plane. One theory is that it asserted him as "a leader" in the air, due him becoming Staffelfurhrer of Jasta 11 which at that time was not a crack unit. A lot or supposed reasons and antidotes that could all be construed as true or false. Supposedly all RAF units were aware of Le Petit Rouge, then again Richthofen could not be everywhere, and undoubtedly a red plane would have been unforgettable, even though according to Richthofen the British were the ones that gave the red plane its name. The reason why the plane was red till this day is speculative and has grown increasingly more romantic as the years pass on.A little after 4pm on January 23, 2017, Richthofen had an encounter with an FE.8, No.6388, a pusher type biplane. Flying his new red Albatros D.lll, Staffelfurhrer Richthofen came upon 2nd Lt John Hay photographing the German artillery at the front. When the British pilot Hay noticed Richthofen he bolted but not before MvR got off about 150 rounds into the FE.8., the plane then ignited, and began burning as it fell from the sky. At 500 feet Lt. Hay the pilot was observed either jumping or falling from the plane. Richthofen in his combat report states that he assumed Hay was already dead, due to the fact he did not fire a shot. It also was not uncommon for aviators to jump from burning aircraft since parachutes had not yet made their appearance and some home devices were unreliable at best. Lt Hays body was recovered by Canadian troops southeast of the village of Aix Noulette.


1917, Richthofen's 18th victory - Thomas La Padula

Manfred von Richthofen's 18th Victory. Richthofen flying a little after high noon West of Vimy attacked the commanding aircraft of an enemy formation. The FE. 2b no 6997 was piloted by Captain Oscar Greig who was with his observer Lieutenant John Eric MacLennan. MacLennan in a statement after the war indicated that they were jumped by Richthofen from behind. The Albatros with the red painted fuselage continued its pursuit, wounding the FE.2B pilot in the ankle and shooting up the engine, causing it to sputter and stop. The pilot was left with no choice but to try to land. MvR followed his enemy down. While the British plane made a safe landing and proceeded to burn their plane, Richthofen also landed due to a cracked wing on his Albatros. Richthofen originally stated that he landed due to an engine problem. More than likely it was stated as such to disguise a structure failure in the new model Albatros D.lll. While the British plane was on fire, Richthofen took the serial number off the tail of the British plane as a souvenir.The two British airmen explained their shock at being attacked but also remarked to Richthofen that his," red painted plane is not unknown to them, as when being asked who had brought them down, they answered: Le petite rouge.


1917, Richthofen's 19th victory - Thomas La Padula

Due to the structural wing issues with "Le Pettite Rouge", Richthofen was flying a Halberstadt D.ll single seat fighter when he scored aerial victory number nineteen. On February 1, 1917, when Richthofen and his wing mate Lt. Allemenroeder, spotted BE.2d at about 4 PM. The Be.2d, serial No. 6742, acting as an artillery observer, was piloted by Lt. Percivil William Murray and his observer was Lt. Duncan John McRae flying at about 1800 meters. Richthofen managed to get within 50 yards of the Be.2 before he was even seen by the enemy. It would prove too little too late for after firing only one hundred and fifty shots at only a plane length away, the British plane went down in uncontrolled curves crashing into the barbed wire of the German front lines southwest of Thelus. BothMcRae and Murray were wounded and captured by German Infantry, and both died shortly thereafter and are buried alongside each other in the Bois-Carre British Cemetery. Murray was only 20 years old while McRae was 4 years older.Until the structural issues were corrected on his Albatros D.lll, Richthofen would continue to fly the Halberstadt for a continued length of time. For how long MvR flew this plan is up for debate among historians.


1917, Richthofen's 20th victory - Thomas La Padula

What plane did Richthofen fly when he gained his twentieth victory? There is no documentation or evidence of him flying either the Halberstadt or an Albatros. All Albatros D.lll's had been grounded due to structural issues until mid to late February. Due to the wing issues, they would not have been released until the integrity of the aircraft was satisfactory structurally and each plane was released for operations on a one-to-one basis. Depicted here MvR's Halberstadtd.IIThe victim on Valentine's Day, 2017, was a BE.2d serial no., 6231, flown by Cyril Douglas Bennet and his observer Herbert Arthur Croft. Richthofen spotted an enemy artillery spotter west of Loos at about 2000 meters. MvR closed to within 50 meters and after several hundred rounds the plane fell from the sky into the German trenches. Bennet had crash trauma, a banged-up hip and a skull fracture, the observer Croft was shot and killed in the air and buried by German troops.


1917, Richthofen's 21th victory - Thomas La Padula....

Six hours later, Valentine's Day 2017, Richthofen and his Staffel encountered artillery spotters at a low altitude near lens. MvR pounced on the leader BE2c from the 2nd Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. "After the first 100 shots the observer stopped shooting. The plane began to smoke and twisted in an uncontrolled curve to the right. …. I shot at the falling plane until the left part of the wings came off." So, it was written in von Richthofen's combat report. He would go on to say he saw the plane touch down a heavy cloud of smoke in the snow where the plane lay. Yet, it did not land.The British pilot was Captain George Cyril Bailey, and his observer was 2nd Lieutenant George William Betts Hampton. Bailey had been hit in the knee and put his plane in a spiral descent while Richthofen still firing pursued them. One of Richthofen's rounds hit the Be2c's gun mount, knocking the gun overboard but not before it struck Bailey who was in the rear cockpit. This falling gun is what MvR may have mistaken for part of the wing coming off and caused him to break off thinking Bailey and Hampton were goners. While no longer under fire Bailey successfully leveled off his badly shot up plane and headed safely for home. As Richthofen stated in his combat reports, "as it was foggy and already rather dark, I have no witnesses either from the air or from the ground."

1917, Richthofen's 22th victory - Thomas La Padula....

With the weather being unfavorable for the rest of the month of February, it was not until March 4, 2017, that Richthofen struck again. North of Loos, Richthofen downed another British BE 2, No. 5785 on a fine March afternoon. His opponents this time were Lt. James B E Crosbee and Flight Sgt. J.E. Prance flying on a phot reconnaissance mission. Prance stated that, 'he was attacked from right out of the sun' by a very fast Halberstadt (Albatros). The German pilot fired a burst that hit Prance on the first go round. The second pass by the enemy shot away the extra ammo drums on the BE 2 and the third and final pass sent the British plane into slow ground headed spiral with holes in her fuel tank. After firing some 500 shots Richthofen for some reason did not pursue the stricken BE 2 and continue following but rather broke off the engagement. Crosbee was able to return to his base where Prance received medical aid.Again, was Richthofen's claim seems to be made by mistake. As Richthofen acknowledge he did not see the plane crash and it seems his claim of downing the BE 2 was accepted. Also 500 shots were well above the capacity of a Halberstadt that carried a single gun. It does allow for the plane that Richthofen was flying in this engagement to be an was an Albatros which had a 1000-shot capacity. By this time the restrictions on flying the Albatros in combat had been rescinded. So even though it is on record that MvR flew Halberstadt's for the month of March. The amount of ammo used in this victory says otherwise.


1917, Richthofen's 23th victory - Thomas La Padula....

Number twenty-three and the second victory of the day for Richthofen came about 6 hours later, this time over Acheville. This time it was reported by the Baron that he stayed on the tail of a Sopwith ½ Strutter, for quite a while, firing 400 shots. The Strutter, No. A/1108 of the 43rd squadron of the RFC lost a wing when trying to evade Richthofen and hurtled downward. The unfortunate victims were 2nd Lt. John H Herbert and 2nd Lt Alexander W. Reid 19 and 20 years old, respectively. Even though parts of the Strutter were strewn all over Acheville the fabric with the serial number stabilizer was taken as souvenirs for Richthofen and the downed planes' guns. Due to the number of shots fired by MvR it is not determined if he was flying an Albatros D.lll, his Le Petite Rouge, or a Halberstadt.


1917, Richthofen's 24th victory - Thomas La Padula....

Richthofen's Twenty-fourth Victory: On March 6, 1917, having survived being put down in the morning after his fuel tanks were holed by enemy fire, Richthofen was back in the air around 5 in the evening. Flying with Lt. Allmenroder, they attacked two enemy BE. 2e's on artillery spotting duty over Souchez. Richthofen's attacked the B.E.2e, No A2785 manned by 2nd Lt. Gerald B. Gosset-Bibby, and his observer Lt. Geoffery J. O Brichta. Its wings came off, and it went straight down to the ground and crashed. Both men were killed in the crash and are buried alongside each other in Berlin Cemetery, France.The BE.2e completely new wings, braced by a single pair of interplane struts per side "single- and a set of shorter wingspan lower wing panels than previous BE versions. The tailplane was smaller than its predecessors and had a large quadrant vertical fin.It is still unclear what machine Richthofen had been flying due to the occurrence of the morning. The plane he was flying was an Albatros D.lll 1996/16. This aircraft was Lt. Edy Lubbert's, a fellow Jasta pilot who had been wounded, although this is also uncertain.


1916, The morning job - Russell Smith....

"The Morning Job" depicts a Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b on an early morning mission over the front. Used primarily as an observer/bomber, this "pusher" design was an early solution to the problem of firing through the propeller. This particular FE2, #4852 "C6", was assigned to 23 Sq. RFC. It was crewed by Lt. Thierry and Lt. Buck when it was brought down inside German territory by Hptm. Zander on Sept. 17, 1916. The title, an RFC reference to early morning operations over the front, is a term borrowed from V.M. Yeats' classic WW1 novel Winged Victory.


1916, Achilles - Russell Smith....

On 23 November 1916, while flying an DH2 Serial No. 5964 Lanoe Hawker left Bertangles Aerodrome at 1300 hours as part of 'A' Flight, led by Capt J. O. Andrews. Andrews led the flight in an attack on two German aircraft over Achiet, but spotting a larger flight of German aircraft above Andrews was chose to break off the attack. Hawker, however, continued to press the attack. Losing contact with the other DH-2's, Hawker began a lengthy, circling dog-fight with the Albatros D.II flown by Leut. Manfred von Richthofen. Richthofen wrote of the dogfight in his autobiography, "Thus we both turned like madmen in circles, with engines running full-throttle at three-thousand-five-hundred meters height. First twenty times left, then thirty times right, each mindful of getting above and behind the other." As is the nature of a dogfight, the circling combatants began to lose altitude as each tried to gain the advantage over the other. The playing field was almost evenly matched as Hawker flew the DH2 capable of turning tighter circles and Richthofen piloted the Albatros DII, which capable of faster airspeed. Hawker, however, had the dual disadvantage of being over German lines and a wind drift that would carry him even farther into enemy territory. Unable to get advantage over his opponent, Hawker broke away from the spiral and attempted a series of evasive acrobatics. Running out of both fuel and sky, Hawker finally had to make what was perhaps the only practical choice available to him - a low level dash back towards the Allied lines. Flying in a somewhat straight line only a few meters above the treetops, Richthofen, in the faster machine, now had the advantage. Hawker jinked his machine up and down and side to side in order to present a difficult target for Richthofen. 50 yards from the lines, however, a bullet from Richthofen's guns struck Hawker in the head, killing him instantly. His plane spun from 1,000 feet and crashed 200 meters east of Luisenhof Farm, just south of Bapaume on the Flers Road. Lanoe Hawker went down in history as Richthofen's 11th victim. Achilles is the right half of a dyptich which also features Hector. Achilles is symbolic of Richthofen - the seemingly unbeatable warrior who would defeat Hector but who would himself be brought down later by what amounted to a single chance shot. Here, Manfred von Richthofen eyes Lanoe Hawker from across a descending 75-yard circle. Neither man knows the identity of his opponent, nor are they aware that this one-on-one engagement will become one of the most legendary aerial duels of the First World War. This engagement would see the death of Lanoe Hawker and help to make Richthofen's name a household word on both sides of the lines.

1916, By the Dawn's Early Light - Russell Smith....

By the Dawn's Early Light is a tribute to the men and machines of the famed Lafayette Escadrille. Here we see three famous pilots from the escadrille - Lufbery, Thaw and Hill - on a morning patrol over the Western Front sometime during autumn of 1916. The Lafayette Escadrille was formed in April of 1916, prior to the US entry into WW1. It had the unique distinction a French Sqaudron made up almost entirely of American Volunteers. The escadrille flew several different types of single seat fighters during its span and was officially known as N124 (during the period that they flew Nieuports) or SPA124 (during the period that they were assigned SPADs). The machine that is perhaps most associated with the Escadrille was the Nieuport 17. The 17, an improvment on the earlier Nieuport 11 and 16 designs, carried a Vickers machine gun mounted to fire through the propeller arc and often carried a Lewis gun mounted on the top wing. The fabric surfaces of N17 were usually covered in an aluminum-based dope, giving the machine a silver appearance. In the foreground we see Raoul Lufbery, the highest scoring and most well-known pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille. Lufbery is at the controls of Nieuport 17 N1844, a machine assigned to the group's Captain, Georges Thennault, but usually associated with Lufbery. A quiet man of mixed French and American decent, Lufbery took great care of his equipment. His plane was always the best in the squadron, as noted by fellow pilot Edward Hinkle, "Anyone would rather have a secondhand Lufbery machine than a new one anytime". In the lead, flying N1803 is Lt William Thaw. Thaw was one of the original founders of the Lafayette Escadrille and is credited with the idea of using the famous Seminole Indian head as the group's logo (see Mark of Distinction). Finally, below and beyond Lufbery is Dudley Hill, flying N1950. Hill, the 12th man to voluteer for the escadrille was blind in one eye but never the less passed his physical exams by memorizing the eye chart. He was a well-liked pilot and managed to log more flying time than any other escadrille member.


1916, Mark of Distinction - Russell Smith....

SPA 124 Lafayette Escadrille Jon Gutman writes, "Another burst of creativity amid the squalor of Cachy occurred when Bill Thaw noticed the Seminole Indian head trademark on crates of ammunition from the Savage Arms Company and ordered one of the mechanics, Cpl Suchet, to apply it to the fuselage sides of N124's aircraft as a squadron insignia."Mark of Distinction was commissioned by a relative of William Thaw, Mr. William Thaw Whitney. The Painting depicts William Thaw, a founding member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille, presenting the Indian Head logo to Capitaine Thenault for approval. Beside the Nieuport is Cpl Suchet and Whiskey, the famous lion cub mascot of the Lafayette Escadrille.


1916, Icarus - Russell Smith....


1916, Release the hounds - Russell Smith....

De Havilland Airco DH2 7907, "B" Flight, No. 32 Sqn RFC, flown by Captain L.P. Aizelwood, France, September 1916

The Airco DH2 was designed in 1915 as a single seat scout by British aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland. Powered by a 100hp Gnome rotary engine, the DH2's pusher design was de Havilland's answer to the problem of firing through the propeller - place the pilot and gun in front of the engine. Although inadequate when compared to later scout designs, the DH2 was a successful fighter for its day and played a major role in bringing and end to the reign of the German Fokker Eindekkers. The machine seen here was assigned to 32Sq based at Vert Galand, one of the best known British aerodromes on the Western front. This field saw continuous use from 1915 until 1919, and many of the WW1 era buildings can still be seen there today.


1916, Nieuport 17 Georges Guynemer - Merv Corning....

1916, Hostile sky - Russell Smith....

Hostile Sky is a depiction of the final flight of Victor Chapman, the first US airman to lose his life in combat. Chapman, a member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille was flying his Nieuport 16 on June 23, 1916, on a personal errand to deliver a crate of oranges to a hospitalized friend. While in the air he noticed a dogfight in which he recognized three of his squadron mates. Chapman joined to the fight only to find that his squadron mates had vanished and that he was now alone against five German Fokker monoplanes. The fight ended quickly with Chapman plummeting to his death.The original design of this piece featured Chapman's Nieuport with a brown and olive paint scheme which was common to the Escadrille at that time. However, after work was begun on the painting a fellow WW1 researcher turned up some vital information regarding the paint scheme of Chapman's aircraft. A report made by one of Chapman's squadron mates indicated that the reason his comrades deserted him during the fight was that only a few days prior he had painted his aircraft sky blue. The new color scheme of his aircraft blended with the sky, thus his friends never noticed him enter the fight.


1916, Fee vs Fokkers - Mark Postlethwaite....


1915, Russian Aces - Mark Postlethwaite....

The Germans couldn't believe their eyes. Behind them, trailing a five-pronged anchor and an iron ball, was a Russian in a Morane Scout. He struck fron the above. The anchor or "katze" hooked on the left wing of the Albatros and shattered it. Staff-Captain Alexander Kazakov scored a victory, It was June, 1915, by 1919 the Russian ace claimed 32 kills and held every decoration his country could award for gallantry.


1914, Dragon Master and Sea Eagles - Russell Smith....


1914, The Five o'clock Taube - Merv Corning....

1913, Birds of Paradise - Russell Smith....

Birds of Paradise is a depiction Lt Harold Gieger and the Curtis Model G floatplane at the mouth of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii circa 1913. The Curtis Models G & C were the first aircraft to be flown in Hawaii. A little after 7am on a warm Friday morning, August 8, 1913, Lieutenant Geiger made aviation history by making the first airplane flight in Hawaii in S.C. No. 8. The 75 horsepower eight-cylinder Curtiss motor sputtered and backfired as the plane bobbed like a cork on its single pontoon in the middle of the channel entrance to Pearl Harbor. Lieutenant Geiger opened the throttle and turned the plane east into a 10mph wind. He flew over Pearl Harbor but it was "a short flight with machine No. 8 in order to test the balance of this machine." Lieutenant Geiger described the hazards: "The entrance to Pearl Harbor, (except the channel) is a flat coral reef and the water except at high tide is so shallow that it is extremely dangerous to attempt to rise or land anywhere else than the channel. The presence of buoys, ranges and stakes also increases the danger of rising or landing anywhere than in the channel." On August 28, 1913, the Curtiss Tractor Scout, S.C. No. 21, was tried out for the first time. He described the flight as a series "of short jumps over the water," which lasted 35 minutes. S.C. No. 21 was an experimental plane that had been in several accidents during its test flights at San Diego in June. Lieutenant Geiger immediately found the main pontoon was weak and the machine flew with one wing low caused by the braces on one side of the wing being short. The twisted wing gave the biplane a tendency to dive in right turns and to over-bank in the opposite direction. In fact, so many things were wrong with it he suggested that he be sent back to the Curtiss factory to tell them how they could improve the plane, but the Signal Corps did not approve his suggestion. Problems with fore and aft balance were later corrected by adjusting the stabilizer. Eventually, Lieutenant Geiger was able to fly S.C. No. 21 extensively in order to familiarize himself with its particular characteristics, but because of difficulties with the machine and the poor flying conditions, the machine was not safe to use for training personnel as originally planned. The base at Fort Kamehameha turned out to be far from satisfactory. The old tent hangars were easily torn in storms and low tides made it difficult or impossible to get the planes to the channel. Lieutenant Geiger proposed that the engineers build a track out into the water to facilitate launching the planes regardless of the tide, but no funds were available at first. The water was so shallow that both take-off and landings were dangerous and could only be performed safely in the deep, but narrow channel. The high winds made it even more difficult, and the rest of the harbor area was only usable during high tides.


1918, Pfalz DIIIa Hans Müller Jasta 18 - Russell Smith....

Of all of the German aerial units which served during World War I, Jastas 15 and 18 shared the most unusual history. After assuming command of JGII in March, 1918, Hptm Rudolph Berthold tried to have his old unit, Jasta 18, attached to JGII. After failing to do so, he then arranged to have all of Jasta 18's flying personnel, aircraft, and unit markings swapped out with those of Jasta 15, a unit already attached to JGII. Jasta 18 became Jasta 15, and Jasta 15 became 18.
After the transition, Jasta 18 was commanded by Ltn August Raben and the unit became unofficially known by its commander's name - Jasta Raben (German for "ravens"). The unit's new colors featured a distinctive red and white color scheme with a black Raven emblazoned on the fuselage.
Though the unit was mostly made up of Albatrosses, and later, DVII's, this particular Pfalz DIIIa was also assigned to the unit. Ltn d R Hans Müller, a 12 victory ace, is known to have flown this aircraft during the spring of 1918. Müller's personal insignia included diagonal fuselage bands and a chevron striped tailplane, however no photographic evidence is known to exist to suggest that this aircraft carried those markings.


1920, Bristol F2B in Polish service - Robert Firszt....


1917, The Forge - Heinz Krebs....

High above the trenches on the Western Front, German aviator Gustav Boehl and his gunner are engaged in mortal combat as their Halberstadt CL II comes under attack from French Spads. It's the dawn of a new age in military history, and a new weapon is being forged, the aerial force. In the late stages of World War One German military commanders recognized a growing necessity for the close protection of reconnaissance and artillery control aircraft. As a result the so-called "Schutzstaffeln" (protection units) came into beingThe typical aircraft model used by such units were "C" type aircraft which were subsequently replaced by lighter machines known as "CL" type aeroplanes. Popular manufacturers of CL types were the "Hannoversche Waggonfabrik" and the "Halberstaedter Flugzeugwerke" as well as, later in the war, the Junkers aircraft company.Although aircraft made by the "Hannoversche Waggonfabrik" were designed by German aviation pioneer Claude Dornier, they weren't near as popular with German combat crews as the aircraft made by the "Halberstaedter Flugzeugwerke". Due to their agility and speed, their airplanes, only slightly larger dimensioned than single seat fighters, were especially well suited for use with the "Schutzstaffeln".On October 13th, 1917 Gustav Boehl was transferred from the military flight training unit "Armeeflugpark 4" to the front line unit "Schutzstaffel 19", where he served as a combat pilot in the rank of a Sergeant. "Schutzstaffel 19" was renamed "Schlachtstaffel 19" (Schlasta 19) on March 27th, 1918. The "Schlachtstaffeln" are commonly regarded as the forerunner of the fighter bomber units in later years of military aviation history.In the spring of 1918 such a "Schlachtstaffel" would have typically consisted of six aircraft, mostly either Halberstadt CL IIs or CL IVs. The units were commanded by a Lieutenant or First Lieutenant, himself not necessarily a pilot. The pilots were routinely non-commissioned officers, the gunners normally being corporals or privates. These gunners were often able to master more than just their close support routine. This was impressively demonstrated by one of their ranks, Gottfried Ehmann who managed to down a total of 12 attacking fighter aircraft during the course of his military carreer.


1919 Fokker DVIII Stefan Stec - Robert Firszt....

1917, Albatros DV Jasta 5 Paul Bäumer - Russell Smith....


1917, The Eagle and the Butterfly - Russell Smith....


1917, Jasta 11, Summer 1917 - Steve Anderson....


1917, Hansa Brandenburg W.12 prototype - Steve Anderson....


1917, Albatros DV Jasta 15 Heinrich Gontermann....

1917, Albatros DIII OAW 1671-17 Kest 5 Max Rosenkrantz....


1917, Albatros DV Jasta 12 - Martin Novotny....


1917, Albatros DV Jasta 5 Fritz Rumey, Boistrancourt - Robert Karr....


1917, Presents From the Kaiser....


1917, Gothas over London - Brian Knight....

1917, Albatros DIII Jasta 2 - Brian Knight....

Ltn Friedrich Kempf (foreground) , Ltn Hermann Frommherz, Ltn Gerhad Bassenge.


1917, Albatros CXII FAA 46 Ltn Gieger - Robert Karr....


1917, Gotha G.IV 410-16 Kagohl 3 Belgian coast - Taras Shtyk....


1917, Albatros DIII 2033-16 Jasta 17 Julius Buckler - Mark Postlethwaite....


1917, Albatros DIII Jasta 2 Werner Voss -Iain Wylie....

1917, Albatros DIII Jasta 2 Werner Voss - Arkadiusz Wróbel....


1917, Albatros CXII Test flight - Russell Smith....


1917, Albatros DIII 2033-16 Jasta 17 Julius Buckler....


1917, Albatros DIII Jasta 14 Rudolf Berthold - Taras Shtyk....


1917, Albatros DIII Jasta 12 Oskar Müller....

1916, Hector - Russell Smith....


1916, De Havilland DH-2 24 Squadron Lanoe Hawker - Don Greer....


Nieuport 11 Jan Olieslager - Lionel Labeyrie....


Nieuport 11....


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

1916, Cosacos y caballería del aire - Jim Dietz....


Sopwith Baby - Paul Monteagle....


Nieuport 16 Paul Pavelka - Robert Karr....

Two pilots of the famous Lafayette Escadrille are seen cavorting over Behonne Airfield, France on the morning of September 6, 1916. Paul Pavelka is in his Nieuport 16, painted in a rather cow-like scheme complete with his "brand" on the side, reflecting his pre-war days as a cowboy. Bert Hall is flying his Nieuport 21 in a more mundane factory scheme of aluminum-colored dope with only his personal "$" to break the monotony.


Nieuport 16 Victor Chapman - Bruce MacKay....


Nieuport 11 y 17 Escadrille N.3 - Martin Novotny....

Nieuport 16 Andre Chainat Escadrille N3 1916....


Nieuport 11 Raoul Lufbery - Brian Knight....


Nieuport 11 Escadrille N26 - Capitaine le Comte J L V de Plandes Sieyes de Veynes, Escadrille N26....

Morane Saulnier N vs Fokker EIV....


Morane Saulnier N....