Ace, first: 33 A.E.G. B II: 25 Aerial supremacy of Fokker Eindecker: 57-59, 65, 83, 87 French: 58 regained by Germans ( 1917) : 93, 95 won by RFC (1916): 88 Albatros aeroplanes: 9, 25, 34, 87, 108, 111, 113, 115, 133, 137, 138, 168 C I: 27 C III: 53, 184 CXII: 7*6-188 DI: 73, 74, 76,78, 149 DII: 74,85,86, 117, 149 D III: 93,94, 95, 109-110, 119, 149 D V: 128, 156, 151,169 Alexander: 108, 109, 120 Allmenrbder: 95, 109-110 Andrews: ix, 83, 85-86, 125 Argonne, Battle of the: 179-180 Auger: 135, 139 Australian Flying Corps: 159 Aviatik aeroplanes: 9, 15, 24, 25, 28, 33, 46, 48 B I: 14 B II: 49 Baer: 72 Ball: 88,90-9/, 92 Balloons: 32, 36, 139, 161, 190-191 Bares: 23, 36 Bayne: 194 B.E. aeroplanes 2a: xv, 12, 79 2b: 79 2c: 42, 11, 80, 88, 90 2d: 83,96 8: 79 Beauchamp-Proctor: 760- 161 Beauvricourt, de: 27 Becherau: 62 Becker: ix, 114-115, 128, 141, 169, 170, 176, 178, 194 Bernis, de: 23, 34, 35, 38, 39, 52 Biddle: ix, 3-6, 55,72, 146-147, 174-/75 Birkigt: 69 Bishop: 90 Bleckley: 179, 180 Bleriot: 7, 11,69 Bleriot aeroplanes: xv, 7, 9, 45 training in: 4-6 Penguin: 4, 5, 29, 32 XI: 5,79 Blumenbach: 770 Bock: 170 Boehme: 144 Boelcke, Oswald: 9,25,27, 30, 31, 41-43, 53, 73, 75-77 awarded Pour le Merite: 44 death of: 78, 125 Boelcke, Wilhelm: 25 Bohnstedt: 185, 186, 188, 189 Boillot: 117 B INDEX References to pages on which illustrations appear are in italics. Bombings :42, 44, 50, 185-186 Mauser factory raid: 106-108, 166 plan for strategic raids on Britain: 53 Boyau: 117 Bozon-Verduraz: 119 Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of: 155 Bristol aeroplanes Baby Biplane: 80 F.2 "Brisfit": 97-99, 155 Scout: 41, 80, 81, 82, 88 Brichambaut, de: 22 British air units organization of: 96 RNAS squadrons renumbered, 156 No. 11 Wing: 108 No. 2 Squadron: xv No. 3 Squadron: xv, 155 No. 5 Squadron: 83 No. 6 Squadron: 79 No. 11 Squadron: 88, 90, 91, 97 No. 13 Squadron: 88,90,96 No. 15 Squadron: 83 No. 19 Squadron: 95 No. 20 Squadron: 65, 120 No. 22 Squadron: 65 No. 23 Squadron: 65 No. 24 Squadron: 65, 78, 83, 85-86 No. 25 Squadron: 65 No. 40 Squadron: 95 No. 48 Squadron: 97 No. 56 Squadron: 92, 128-129 No. 84 Squadron: 160-161 No. 205 Squadron: 161 No. 209 Squadron: 156-159 No. 3 Wing (RNAS): 106 No. 1 Squadron (RNAS): 104 No. 8 Squadron (RNAS) : 92, 104 No. 9 Squadron (RNAS) : 156 No. 10 Squadron (RNAS): 104, 106. 108-110, 120, 130-132 British military aviation number of aeroplanes (Aug., 1914): xiii See also Royal Flying Corps Brocard: 46, 118, 133, 135, 136, 139 Brown: 156-159 Browning: 26 Butler: 156 Cambrai, Battle of: 155 Campbell: ix, 163, 165, 167-168, 171 Carlin: 7 Carganico: 154 Caudron aeroplanes: 50, 148 G. 3: 134 G.4: 42, 133, 134 Chadwick: 72 Chambe: 34, 38-39 Chambers: ix, 48, 163, 168, 171, 172, 174 Champagne offensive: 126, 133 "Circuses," defined: 96 Collishaw: ix, 106-/07, 108-110, 120-121 Color markings British: 108 German: 87 Constantinesco: 121 Cook: ix, /72-174 Crony n: 129 Cunnell: 120 Curtis: ix, 130, 757-132 Dackel: 170 Dahlmann: ix Davies: 106 Decoin: 117 Deperdussin: 69 Deullin 135:, 145-147 D. F. W. aeroplanes B 1 : 25 C V: 185, 188 D. H. (DeHavilland) aeroplanes 2: 65, 78, 82-84, 85-86, 129 4: 161, 178, 779-180 Doisy: see Pivolo Dolan: 72 Dorand aeroplanes: 113 Dorme: 135, 137 Douglas: 160 1 Anzani: 4, 1 Ehrlich: 191 Engines: 108, 121 D Argus: 73 Beardmore: 65 BMW: 176 Gnome: 11, 82-83 Gnome-Rhone: 163 Hispano Suiza: 69, 100 Mercedes: 73, 93, 126, 151, 176, 186 Oberursel: 65, 126 Rhone: 727, 126 Wolseley Viper: 100 Falkenhayn, von: 12, 40, 75 Farman aeroplanes: see Maurice Farman aeroplanes Faure: 13, 15 F. E. aeroplanes 2b: 65,66,77,78,88, 120 2d ("Fee"): 720 8: 95 Felloneau: 117 Festner: 95 Fitzgibbon: 108, 120 Foch: 159 Fokker: 10-12, 40, 60, 126, 166 Fokker aeroplanes: 57-59, 66, 83, 85, 93, 176, 191 D III: 85 D VII: 772, 176-178, 182 Dr I (Triplane): 121, 126-/27, 128, 149, 152, 155-159, 769, 170 E I: 21,41,50 E II: 41 E IV: 65 M.5: //-12, 40-41 Fonck: 29, 133, 135, 137-/J9 Franchet d'Esperey : 15
43,53, : : : Frantz: ix, 13, 15,26 French, Sir John: xiv French air units organization of: 96 Groupe de Bombardement IX: 106 Croupe de Combat XII (Storks) 69, 118, 133, 135-139 HF 19: 34 MF8: 22, 34 MF62: 145 M-S division (Villacoublay) : 23 M-S 3: 46 M-S 12: 23, 34, 37-38 M-S 23: 19,28 M-S 49: 32 N 3: 69,77, 145 N 31: 77 N 67: 59,62,64 N 77: 117 N 124 (Escadrille Lafayette): 72, 106-107, 165-167 Spa 3: 69, 133, 145 Spa 12: 190 Spa 26: 69, 135, 193 Spa 31: 190, 191 Spa 48: 117 Spa 73: 69, 72, 135, 145-147 Spa 81: 111, 194 Spa 103: 69, 135 Spa 154: 190, 191 VB 106: 166 Voisin24: 13 French military aviation number of aeroplanes (Aug., 1914) : xiii training: 3-6 Garros: 18-20, 26, 28, 30, 33, 42 capture of: 31-32, 40 escapes and is killed: 193-194 Gatling: 26 German air units organization of: 25, 58, 76, 96, 114 Brief taaben A bteilungen (Carrier Pigeons) : 114 Festungsfliegerabteilungen: 16, 29 Fliegerabteilung 29: 29 Fliegerabteilung 31: 185-189 Fliegerabteilung 57: 1 14 Fliegerabteilung 60: 17 Fliegerabteilung 62: 25, 30, 41, 43 Fliegerabteilung 69: 53 Fliegerabteilung (A)203: 143 Fliegerabteilung 206: 48 Fliegerabteilung 227: 109 Flieger-Balaillon Nr. I: 16, 29 Fliegerersatzabteilung 2: 16, 114 Fliegerersatzabteilung 3: 143 Fliegerersatzabteilung 4: 189 Fliegerersatzabteilung 7: 18, 53 Fliegerersatzabteilung 8: 114 Jagdgeschwader I ( Richthofcn Circus): 96, 155-159 Jagdgeschwader 2: 96, 769, 170 Jagdgeschwader 3: 96 Jagdgeschwader 4: 96 Jasta 2 (Jasta Boelcke): 76-78, 85-86, 87, 144 Jasta 3: 87, 125 Jasta 4: 96 Jasta 5: 156-157 Jasta 6: 87, 96 Jasta 8: 160 Jasta 10:96, 124 Jasta II: 87, 92, 95, 96, 97, 109, 110, 120, 144, 152-159 Jasta 12: 114-115,769, 170 Jasta 13: 169 Jasta 15: 169 Jasta 19: 169 Jasta 33: 144 Jasta 34: 151 Jasta 37: 152 Jasta 79: 151 Kampfeinsitzer Kommandos; 58, 75 Kagohl 1: 114, 124 Kagohl 2:53, 114 German military aviation "B" and "C" class machines: 25-26 color patterns for squadrons established: 87 Flight Report Service established: independent air service established: 75 number of aeroplanes (Aug., 1914) xiii prewar: 9-12 Gerstenberg; 154 Girard: 24 Girod: 117 Girval: 137 Goettler: 179, 180 Gros: 72 Grossetti: 62 Guerder: 46 Guignand: 59, 64 Guynemer: 45-47, 68, 71, 88, 1 1 3, 117-//S, 135 death of: 119. 139 H Halberstadt aeroplanes: 125 B II: 73 CL II: 26, 182, 189 DI: 73 DI1: 73, 129 DIN: 85 Hall: 72, 165 Happe: 106, 108 Harcourt, d': 135, 139 Harvey-Kelly: xv. 12 Hausen, von: 1 17 Hawker: 65, 79-80, 82-83, S5-86 inventions of: 82 killed: 86 Henderson: xiv Heurtaux: 135, 139 Hindenburg, von: 75 Hinkle: 166 Hoeppner, von: 75 Hoffman: 770 Hoidge: 129 Hoick, von: 53,67. 143 Hotchkiss: 26 I Immelmann: 27, 29, 30, 31, 42 44, 53 death of: 66 develops tactics: 43 Junck: ix, 160 Justinus: 49-50 Karjus: 156, 158 Kirbach: 115 Kirmaier: 85, 125 Kleinhenz: 95 K (Cluck, von: xiv Knight: 78 Koch: 770 Krapfenbauer: 770 Krefft: 95 Kroll: 137« Lafayette Flying Corps and Escadrille: 72, 106-107, 165 Le Boutillier: 156, 159 Le Reverend: 23 Leefe-Robinson: 97 Leps: ix, 1,62-63, 111-7 75, 194 Lewis, D.; 155 Lewis, Isaac Newton: 26 L'Hermite, de: 117 Lieth-Thomsen, von der: 75 Loerzer: 96 "Lost Battalion": 179-180 Lowenhardt: 153 Ludendorff: 75 Lufbery: 107, 163, 165-767 death of, 168 Luke: 179 L. V. G. aeroplanes: 9, 25, 51-52 BII: 30 M Machine guns: 30 Browning: 26 deflection system for: 19, 21 first: 13 Fonck's gun sight: 138 Hotchkiss: 26, 28 Lewis: 26, 60, 65, 80, 82, 89, 100 Maxim: 27 Parabellum: 26, 27, 60 Prideaux belt: 82 Spandau: 27, 73, 151 synchronized (interrupter gear) 40.66,69, 121, 123, 151 Vickers: 27,25,69,89, 100, 121 McCudden: 129 McKeever: 97 McMurty: 179 Mansfield: 12 March Offensive (1918): 151,161 Marne, First Battle of the: 34 Martinsyde Scout: 79 Mateu: 69 Maurice Farman aeroplanes: 22, 34, 50 Longhorn: 23, 79 Maxim: 26 May: 156-159 Mayberry: 129 Mellersh: 156, 157, 159 Moinier: 36 Morane-Saulnier aeroplanes: 18-19, 34, 52 "N" monoplane: 19. 28, 32-33 parasol: 23-24. 27, 35-37, 46
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