Flyboys

ww1 and fighter aces

[usaac-official]

2nd Bomb Group B-6As during bombing practice over Virginia, early 1930s

[pinturas-gran-guerra-aire]

1916 Nieuport 11 - Jaroslaw Wróbel

[aviationblogs]

Boeing Stearman

[usaac-official]

An MB-1 in flight over Washington DC, 1920

[nerdaces]

Lt. Lothar von Richthofen wearing Pour le Mérite.

[nerdaces]

Artwork of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen.

[scrapironflotilla]

All the time the great thing was to prevent any effective gap forming between us and the French. And naturally there were times when things were difficult. For part of one day, one may almost say that the Flying Corps held a part of the line; at least there seemed to be a possibility of a gap forming, and it seems largely to have been prevented by the Flying Corps which assembled a really huge force circling over the threatened area, and bombing and machine gunning the Germans’ as they came on, until the connection in our line was assured.  It was a very fine performance – but all through the Flying Corps has done absolute wonders.

Major General Guy Dawnay writing on 30 March 1918 about the role of the Royal Flying Corps during the early part of the German Spring Offensive.

[theworldofwars]

Bad landing of a British aeroplane; in which the pilot was slightly wounded.

[retrowar]

P-1A Hawk

[retrowar]

P-1C Hawks

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[longislandairpower]

[viktor-sbor]

A Sopwith Camel forced down and photographed at Clapham Junction at Zillebeke Flanders Belgium 26 September 1917.

Colour by RJM

[the-wolf-and-moon]

Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron, one of the best Aviators in history

[fuckyeahhistorycrushes]

ALWAYS NEED SOME MORE RED BARON UP IN HERE.

[thisdayinwwi]

Jan 6 in WWI

Jan 6 1918

Leutnant Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp was a German fighter ACE who was credited with 28 victories. He was shot down and killed by RFC aces Captain Frank G. Quigley and Captain William M. Fry on Jan 6 1918 

Jan 6 1917

Sphere Jan 6 1917 An air battle at 12,000 ft. The first picture of an aerial dogfight on the Western Front

Jan 6 1916 

Start of Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad to relieve Kut between Turks and Brit-Indo forces

Jan 6 1915 

Countries at war scrambling to get as much gold as possible -  The Topeka state journal., January 06, 1915

[derrotekampfflieger]

WWI Two Photos of German Generals And High Ranking Officers With German Pilots, including Manfred von Richthofen, his father Albrecht von Richthofen, and Anthony Fokker. 

[nerdaces]

Another photo of this meeting.

[derrotekampfflieger]

Anthony Fokker with Voss by his side. This Fokker company photograph proves beyond doubt that Voss visited Schwerin sometime between 11 and 22 September 1917. (Alex Imrie)

— September Evening: The Life And Final Combat Of The 48-victory Ace Werner Voss

[nerdaces]

Another photo of Voss and Fokker.