WAR

Thomas R. Funderburk was born and
grew up in Indiana. He spent two years
in the Marine Corps and later graduated
from Indiana University. Travel, an avid
interest in aviation stemming from early
childhood, and a preoccupation with
languages and history have all contributed
to the writing of this, his first book.
Years of painstaking research and
voluminous correspondence with World
War I authorities went into its preparation.
Some of the book's best anecdotes
were tracked down at the end of long
circuitous trails. Such research is the
making of the fighters: not an attempt
to exhaust the subject, but a colorfully
representative picture of the men and
planes of World War I.
At present the author is
Assistant Art
Director at Bantam Books. He lives in
New York with his wife and daughter.
On front of jacket: Fokker Triplane
owned and operated by W.W. Redfern,
Tekoa, Wash.; photograph by Ted
Cowan, Moscow, Idaho. On back of
jacket:
Sopwith Camel owned and operated
by Frank Tallman, Santa Ana,
Calif.; photograph by Frank Strnad,
Northport, N.Y.
Sopwith Snipe • Great Britain