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WW I AIRCRAFT & WW 1 AIRPLANES

World War I Titles - pg. 5

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GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR, Treadwell & Wood, Brassey's, 1997, new, the 81 German airmen who were awarded the Pour le Merite, photos, 208 pgs.

GERMAN KNIGHTS OF THE AIR, Treadwell & Wood, Brassey's, 1997, new, the 81 German airmen who were awarded the Pour le Merite, photos, 208 pgs.

GERMAN WAR BIRDS, Vigilant (Claude Sykes), Greenhill, 1994, new, see photo, reprint of 1931 book on German aces, most of the famos ones puls Pluschow, Eschwege, Roth & others, photos, 264 pgs.

GREAT AIR WAR, Norman, Aaron, Macmillan,1968, f/f, looks at development of fighter planes and tactics and the personalities of many of the "stars", photos, 558 pgs.

HAT IN THE RING, Frandsen, Bert, Smithsonian, 2003, new, see photo, first in-depth study of America's first air warriors, author shows how in just two years the 1st Pursuit Group organized, absorbed French & British technology and experience, portraits of America's first aviation leaders and legends, including Eddie Rickenbacker, Billy Mitchell, Frank Luke, Benjamin Foulouis, Bert Atkinson, & James Meissner, photos, 318 pgs.

HAT IN THE RING GANG, THE, Woolley, Charles, Schiffer, 2001, new, see photo, combat history of the 94th Aero Squadron in World War I, DSC citations for pilots, list of pilots, combats & victories, officers, nieuport aircraft, Spad XIII aircraft, maps, many photos, 271 pgs.

HEROES OF THE SUNLIT SKY, Whitehouse, Arch, Doubleday, 1967, vg/vg, short biographies of 134 WW I flyers, photos, 384 pgs.

HIGH ADVENTURE, Cobby, A. H., Kookaburra, 1981, as new, Harry Cobby, most highly dicorated fighter pilot of the Australian Flying Corps, destroye 24 German aircraft, photos, 108 pgs.

HIGH FLEW THE FALCONS, Mason, Herbert Molloy, J.B. Lippincott, 1965, vg/vg (water stain to back of the dust jacket), see photo, French aces, photos, 172 pgs.

HISTORY OF No.10 SQUADRON ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I, Westrop, Mike, Schiffer, 2004, new, see photo, provides the detailed history of this squadron’s activities, combat claims, accidents and fatalities, aircraft and markings, pilots, & ground officers, over 100 photos, 18 pgs of color plates, 168 gs.

HISTORY OF THE 17th AERO SQUADRON, Clapp, Frederick, Battery Press, 1990, new, issued w/o dj, History of American Pursuit Squadron with the RAF, reprint of 1918 unit history, photos & illustratons, 171 pgs.

HISTORY OF THE 20th AERO SQUADRON, Barth, C.G., Battery Press, 1990, new, issued w/o dj, "Mad Bolshevik" Squadron of the First Day Bombardment Group, history, roster, victory list, photos & illustratons, 100 pgs.

HISTORY OF THE 50th AERO SQUADRON, Morse, Daniel, Battery Press, 1990, new, issued w/o dj, History of American Pursuit Squadron with the RAF, reprint of 1918 unit history, photos & illustratons, 94 pgs.

HISTORY OF THE 135TH AERO SQUADRON, Hart, Percival, Battery Press, 1990, new, issued w/o dj, Reprint of original 1939 unit history,covers the activities of the 135th, an observation unit working with infantry divisions in contact with the Germans, its combat career incuded over one thousand sorties over the lines, photo section. 178 pgs.

HORSES DON'T FLY, Frederick, Arcade, 2000, new, see photo, memoirs of an American WW I pilot that had 14 victories with RFC, photos, 274 pgs.

HOSTILE SKIES, Hudson, James J., Syracuse University, 1968, vg/vg, combat history of American Air Service in WW I, photos, 338 pgs.

HUNTING WITH RICHTHOFFEN, Hayzlett, Jan (translated), 1998, new, soft cover, see photo, Bodenschatz Diaries: 16 months of battle with JG Freiherr von Richthofen No. 1, photos, 224 pgs.

ILLUSTRATED RED BARON,THE Kilduff, Peter, Arms & Armor, 1999, new, over 200 photos with long explanatory captions, 160 pgs.

IMPERIAL RUSSIAN AIR SERVICE, Darcey, Durkota & Kulikov, Flying Machines Press, 1995, new, see photo, over 600 photos, 46 color plates & profiles, colors, markings, uniforms, orders & decorations, 40 scale drawings, statistics, specs., aces, maps, comprehensive study of the piots & aircraft, 546 pgs.

INDEPENDENT FORCE, Rennles, Keith, Grub Street, 2002, new, see photo, war diary of the Daylight Bomber Squadrons of the Independent Air Force, June 6 to Nov 11, 1918, photos, 217 pgs.

IN THE TEETH OF THE WIND, Bartlett, C.P.O. Sqdn. Leader, Naval Institute, 1994, as new, see photo, revised edition, edited by the author's son, based on the author's diaries, the book gives a day to day account of his experiences in 5 Squadron RNAS flying Sopwith 1 Strutters & DH-4s in Belgium and France from 1916 to 1918, photos, 159 pgs.

IN THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE, Rosher, Harold, Chatto & Windus, 1916, vg (some minor foxing), author served with the No. 1 Naval Aeroplane Squadron. He was killed at Dover testing aircraft, a valuable account of early RNAS activities, photos, 149 pgs.

ITALIAN ACES OF WORLD WAR I AND THEIR AIRCRAFT, Gentili, Lozi, Variale, Schiffer, 2003, new, see photo, over 42 aces incuding, Baracca and Scaroni, each biography details their personalities & their combat careers, charts report all their victories, air war on the Italian front in perspective, showing the development & actions orders of battle and brief histories of all fighter squadrons, over 500 photographs from private sources twenty-four pages of color profiles of Nieuports, Spads, Hanriots & Macchis, 494 pgs.


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