Adriatic, 217
Agamemnon, 216–218
Ainsworth, Harold, 59
Airco DH.2, 37
aircraft
Airco DH.2, 37
Albatros, general, 80, 84, 152
Albatros D.II, 37–38
Caudron G.4, 77
Curtiss JN-4, 14, 21–22, 41, 45, 66
Farman MF.11 Shorthorn, 57
Fokker D.VII, 86, 134, 137, 152, 174, 176, 183
Fokker Eindecker, 37, 82, 84, 86, 106
J.G.1, 134
LFG Roland C.II, 50
LVG bombers (Luftverkehrsgesellschaft), 80, 81, 104
Martinsyde G.100 “Elephant,” 104
Pfalz D.III, 100–101, 101, 152, 195
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, 37, 47–48
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, 124, 125
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 (Scout Experimental 5), 67, 68, 68, 70, 88–89, 91, 101, 133, 186, 205
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a, 116, 162
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, 37, 37, 51
Sopwith Camel, 78, 78–79, 79, 82, 84, 88n16, 104, 130, 149, 172, 186
Sopwith Pup, 37, 57, 61, 62, 78–79
SPAD S.XIII fighters, 202
Aisne River region, France, 120
Albatros, general, 80, 84, 152
Albatros D.II, 37–38
Allied military
3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, 102n22
17th Aero Squadron, 56, 144–145, 148, 168–177, 179, 185, 186, 200–203, 205
23 Squadron, 101
25 Squadron, 52
25th Aero Squadron, 205–207
27 Squadron, 104
32 Squadron, 120–121, 123–128, 129, 132, 134–135, 137, 156–157, 159–161, 163–166, 192, 194–196, 199, 212, 214
40 Squadron, 99, 132, 152, 205, 207
49 Squadron, 160
56 Squadron, 170
65th Wing, 148, 170–171, 174–175
84 Squadron, 100, 101, 107, 152, 164, 170, 186, 200
85 Squadron, 25, 61, 70–71, 88, 94, 110–111, 117, 135, 141, 145, 149, 170, 182–184
87 Squadron, 200
92 Squadron, 197
94th Aero Squadron, 217
116th Canadian Infantry, 198
148th Aero Squadron, 25, 144–145, 145, 147–148, 150–152, 163, 171, 175, 179, 184, 186–187, 203–205
209 Squadron, 80, 83–85, 101, 103, 171
211 Squadron, 173–175
213 Squadron, 175
American Expeditionary Forces, 66, 155
American First Army, 194
American War Service Board, 169
Australian Corps, 190
Aviation Section of the Signal Corps, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23, 34, 44, 62, 98, 147
Belgian Army, 194
British Fourth Army, 155, 158, 173, 194
British Second Army, 194
British Third Army, 178, 185, 190, 194, 203
Canadian Flying Corps, 141, 185
1st Canadian Overseas Contingent, 100
French First Army, 194
French Fourth Army, 194
French Medical Corps, 111
Lafayette Flying Corps, 37, 43, 220–221
RAF Ninth Brigade, 192
Royal Air Force (RAF), 80, 96–98, 114, 155, 160, 198–199, 220–221
Royal Flying Corps (RFC), 15–18, 18, 22, 34–35, 38–39, 42–43, 50, 57, 69, 76, 80, 155, 220–221
Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), 76–77, 80
U.S. 4th Pursuit Group, 202
U.S. Air Force, 98
U.S. Navy, 12
U.S. War Department, 217
Amiens, Battle of, 155, 178, 184
Amiens, France, 102, 155–156, 173–174, 190
Amory (Lieutenant), 198
Anderson, Jane, 17–18
Anderson, Robert, 212
Armstrong, Donald, 192
Athlumney (Lord),72–73
Audechy, France, 132
Auxi-le-Château, France, 177
Aviatik C, 50
Ayr, Scotland, 65, 68, 98, 123
Baker, Newton, 217–218
Bangs, Henry, 170
Bapaume, Battle of, 178, 185, 190
Beard sisters, 73
Beauvois, France, 123
Belcher, Lionel, 92
Bell, Douglas, 104
Bellevue aerodrome, France, 156, 160
Benbow, Edwin, 72, 73, 112–113
Bertangles aerodrome, France, 80, 101, 103, 109, 164
Béthencourt, France, 159–160
Bishop, Billy, 69–71, 73–74, 87, 95, 111–114, 141, 149, 185
Bittinger, Harold, 180
Boelcke, Oswald, 38
Bonham Daily Favorite, 150
Boston Globe, 19–20
Boulogne, France, 116
Bowen, Thomas, 147
Boysen, Howard, 19
Brookins, Walter, 11
Bruges, Belgium, 174
Bulgaria, 197
Bulkley, Harold, 24, 40, 41–42, 57–58, 61–62, 65
Burden, Margaret Eaton, 69, 73
Butler, Charles, 103
Byng, Julian, 203
Callahan, Laurence, 25–26, 25, 33, 40, 55–57, 59, 63–65, 69, 72–73, 87, 89, 93, 111, 114–119, 143–145, 153–154, 182–188, 204–207, 215–216
Callender, Alvin, 120–124, 122, 126–130, 134–136, 157, 159–162, 167, 190, 193–195, 197–199, 207, 213
Cambrai, France, 188, 192–195, 200
Campbell, Doug, 215
Campbell, Jesse, 179
Campbell, Merton, 171–175, 177–178
Camp Borden, Toronto, 18–20
Canning, John, 118
Capelle, France, 150
Carleton, Billie, 89–95, 92, 185
Carlton, Donald, 65
Carson, Harry, 162
Case, Lyman, 177
Caudron G.4, 77
Charlotte Observer, 205
Château-Thierry, France, 120
Clapp, Frederick Mortimer, 148–149, 170, 172–173, 175–176, 179, 200, 202
Clark, Dell, 61
Clay, Henry, 152, 153, 153, 187–188, 205
Claydon, Arthur, 128, 134, 136–137
Clements, Bill, 152
Collishaw, Raymond, 221
Conde, France, 212
Connersville Evening News, 17
Cooper bombs, 133–134, 133, 175
Crystal Palace training facility (RNAS), 77
Cunningham, Jack, 170, 174–177
Curtiss Aeroplane Company, 21
Curtiss JN-4, 14, 21–22, 41, 45, 66
Davis, Mike, 99
Dawe, James, 131
Deetjen, William, 40
de Havilland. See Airco
Denton, H. B., 150
Department of Militia and Defense (Canada), 18
Deseronto, Canada, 122–123
de Veulle, Reggie, 91–93
Dietz, Philip, 40
Dirigibles, 11–12
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), 177, 186, 189, 197, 200, 204, 205
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), 83, 188, 189, 201, 205, 215
Dixon, Frank, 24, 88n16, 103–104, 171–172, 175–176, 179–180
Donaldson, John, 137, 137, 160–161, 164–166, 212, 213
Donaldson, Thomas, 137
Dore, Alan, 52
Douai, France, 192
Douglas, William Sholto, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107
Dover, England training facility (RNAS), 78
Drocourt-Queant line, 190, 194
Dunkirk, France, 112
Dunn, R. C., 50
Dymmand (pilot), 111
Eckert, Sam, 99, 107, 170, 172, 175
F.E.2. See Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
Fairchild, Franklin, 151
Farman MF.11 Shorthorn, 57
Falvy, France, 160
Farman Experimental 2. See Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
Farnum, William, 52
Farquhar, Lieutenant, 198
Faverolles, France, 133
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 76
56th Training Depot Station, London Colney, 59–61
The Flyer’s Guide (Gill), 77
“Flying Circus.” See German military, Jagdgeschwader I
Flynn, Jerry, 127, 162, 166–167, 190
Fokker D.VII, 86, 134, 137, 152, 174, 176, 183
Fokker Eindecker, 37, 82, 84, 86, 106
Folkestone, England, 80
Ford Junction aerodrome, England, 210
Fort Worth, Texas, 150–151, 169
Foster, Linn, 152
Foster, Robert, 84
Foucaucourt, France, 109
Fouquerolles aerodrome, France, 121–122, 129
Fowler, Harold, 147–149, 175–177, 205
France, Charles, 169
Fry, Clarence, 87
Fulford, John, 152
Galveston Daily News, 151
Gander, Hans-Eberhardt, 112
Garver, Roy, 40
George V (King of England), 51, 198–199
German military
Jagdgeschwader I (“Flying Circus”), 84, 161, 163
Second Army, 190
Gilbert, Walter, 159
Gill, N. J., 77
Glenn, George, 173
Glentworth, Lord. See Pery, Edmond William Claude Gerard de Vere
Gosport School of Flying, 57
Grahame-White, Claude, 11–12, 12
Grantham, England, 55–57
The Great Air War (Norman), 220
Green, Wilfred, 127, 161, 166–167
Grider, John McGavock “Mac,” 24–26, 28–31, 33, 36, 39–40, 55–57, 59–61, 63–65, 68–69, 71–73, 87–90, 92–95, 112–113, 115–119, 139–140, 154, 210
Grider, Josephine, 71
Guizancourt, France, 170
Gunnery school (Turnberry), 64–65, 68
Haig, Douglas, 15, 96–97, 155, 194
Hale, Frank Lucien “Bud,” 157–158, 157, 161–166, 192–193, 196–197, 213
Hamilton, Lloyd, 56, 57, 64–65, 104–105, 105, 170–171, 173–179
Hancourt, France, 164–165
Harbord, James G., 214Harroby camp, England, 55–57
Harvard Business School, 104
Henri, Robert, 24
Hertling, Georg, 197
Hicks, Ernest, 48–49
Hicks Field, Texas, 169
Hindenburg, Paul von, 159
Hindenburg Line, 191–192, 194, 200, 201
Hoare, C. G., 17
Hobson, Richmond P., 14
Horn, Spencer, 70–71, 71, 73, 111, 112–113, 154
Horn, William, 71
Hounslow aerodrome, England, 61, 62, 93
Hughes, Sam, 15
Inglis, Donald, 142
International Aviation Cup, 11
Issoudun, France, 66, 67, 146, 216
J.G.1, 134
Jackson, Harry, 180
Jagdgeschwader. See German military
Jagdstaffeln (Jastas). See German military
Jarvis, Eric, 130–132
Johnson, Oliver, 169
Jones, Walter, 169
Kansas City Star, 82
Kelly, Robert, 59
Kemmel, Belgium, 141
Kindley, Field, 145, 163, 164, 187, 205
Kitchener, Horatio, 15
Klingman, Edwin, 165
Knox (pilot), 145
La Brayelle aerodrome, France, 199
Lancaster Daily Eagle, 82
Landis, Reed, 65, 65, 73, 88n16, 99, 205–207, 216, 218–219
Langton (pilot), 111
Larson, Jens Frederick, 99–101
Lawson, Bruce, 195
LeBoutillier, Oliver “Boots,” 7, 75–81, 76, 82–86, 103
The Legion of the Condemned, 220
Le Hameau, France, 49
Lenin, Vladimir, 43
Lewis machine guns, 34, 35, 47–48, 67, 103
LFG Roland C.II, 50
Libby, Frederick, 44–52, 45, 53–54, 126–127, 131
Licourt, France, 160
Lockheed Aircraft Company, 14
London, England, 210
London Colney aerodrome, England, 59–61
Longcroft, Charles, 202–203
Lougheed, Allan, 14
Lougheed, Malcolm, 14
Lougheed, Victor, 14
Louisiana National Guard, 122
Ludendorff, Erich, 120, 158, 159
Luke, Frank, 186
LVG bombers (Luftverkehrsgesellschaft), 80, 81, 104
MacDill, Leslie, 26, 27, 29, 32, 189
Macfarlane, Peter, 161
MacKenzie, Bill, 84
Mandel, Oscar, 212
Mannock, Mick, 99, 141, 154, 182–184, 183, 188
Manzer, Roy, 109
Marie Louise, Princess, 94
Marsh, John, 90–91
Martigny, France, 170
Martinsyde G.100 “Elephant,” 104
Matthews, Alex, 58, 73, 89, 99, 107, 109, 164
Maximilian (Prince of Baden), 197
McClenahan, Howard, 22
McCudden, James, 114, 177, 184
McElroy, George, 99
McGregor, Malcolm, 113, 142–143, 144, 184
Mellersh, Frank, 84
Metz, France, 206
Military Cross, 147
Mineola airfield, New York, 24, 26–27
Nathan, Cushman, 69
Neuenhofen, Wilhelm, 201
Newhall, Morton, 99, 107, 149, 170–171, 186, 205
New York Stock Exchange, 147
New York Tribune, 17, 53–54, 218
Nichol, Clark, 65
Nicholson, William, 12
No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting (Ayr), 65, 68
Noltenius, Friederich, 201
Norman, Aaron, 220
Oliver, Bennett “Bim,” 28, 73, 99, 101–103, 107, 152–153, 205–207, 215–216
Olympic, 151
On Aerial Combat, 102
Ostend, Belgium, 176
Pacey, Frederick, 166
Parabellum machine guns, 37
Paskill, Reuben, 160–161
Patterson, H. E., 198
Pershing, John, 155
Pery, Edmond William Claude Gerard de Vere, 127
Pétain, Philippe, 155
Petite Synthe aerodrome, France, 110–111, 170–172
Pfalz D.III, 100–101, 101, 152, 195
phosphorous bombs, 175
Poler, Donald, 57, 65, 99, 207
Popular Mechanics, 14
Princeton Aviation Corps, 40
Princeton Aviation School, 21–22, 103
Princeton Bric-a-Brac, 21
Pronville aerodrome, France, 197
Pudrith, Chester, 87
R.E.8. See Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
Rabe (pilot), 145
Ralston, Orville “Tubby,” 168–170, 181–183, 186–188, 205–207, 208
Rawlinson, Henry, 155
Raymond-Barker, Richard, 104–105
Read, Norman, 44–45
Red Baron. See von Richthofen, Manfred
The Red Battle Flyer. See Der Rote Kampfflieger (Richthofen)
Redcar training facility (RNAS), England, 77
Redgate, Oliver, 83–84
Reinhard, Wilhelm, 161
Remaisnil aerodrome, France, 185
Repository (Canton, OH), 44
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 217, 217–218
Rinehart, Howard, 75
Roberts, Lawrence, 180
Rogers, Bogart, 120–125, 121, 127, 129–134, 136–137, 156–157, 161, 163, 166–167, 192–193, 196–198, 207, 213–214
Romsey, England, 169
Roosevelt, Theodore, 12
Ross, Jacob, 178–179
Der Rote Kampfflieger (Richthofen), 39, 80, 135
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, 37, 47–48
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8, 124, 125
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 (Scout Experimental 5), 67, 68, 68, 70, 88–89, 91, 101, 133, 186, 205
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a, 116, 162
Roye, France, 133
Ruisseauville aerodrome, France, 134–135
Rumey, Fritz, 195
Russell, John, 121–123, 129, 134, 197
S.E.5. See Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
Sainte-Marie-Cappel, France, 170
Salmond (General), 173
Samuels, Marguerite, 24–25
Sandys-Winsch, Lieutenant, 165
Schneider, Albert, 176
School of Aerial Fighting (Ayr), 98, 123
Scout Experimental 5. See Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
2nd Aviation Instruction Center (Tours), 214
Shapard, Evandar, 197
Shearman, William, 175–177
Shoemaker, Harold, 169, 201, 201–202, 202
Sholto Douglas, William. See Douglas, William Sholto
Simpson, Sturley, 124, 128, 161
Soncamp aerodrome, France, 200
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, 37, 37, 51
Sopwith Camel, 78, 78–79, 79, 82, 84, 88n16, 104, 130, 149, 172, 186
Sopwith Pup, 37, 57, 61, 62, 78–79
Southey, John, 131
SPAD S.XIII, 202
Spalding, Albert, 29
Spandau machine guns, 38
Springs, Elliott White, 22, 23, 24, 25–30, 32–36, 40–43, 55–56, 58–59, 63–65, 67, 69, 71–73, 87–89, 92–95, 110–116, 111, 117–119, 131, 135–136, 139–145, 147, 149–150, 152–154, 182, 184–189, 193, 204–205, 208–210, 214–215
Springs, Leroy, 26
St. Jean de Monts, France, 189
St. Omer aerodrome, France, 116, 135, 143, 182
Stamford, England, 40–41, 55, 59
Stanford University, 121
Stillman, Fred, Jr., 61
Stokes, Jim, 33
Stuart, Frederick, 91
Taber, Arthur, 22–25, 32, 34, 40–42, 65–67, 110, 146–147, 181, 210, 216, 219
Tadcaster flying school, England, 57
Tancock, Montague, 162, 165, 197
Thetford flying school, England, 57
3rd Aviation Instructional Center (Issoudun), 66, 146, 216
Thomas, Allan, 19–20
Tillinghast, Theose, 212
Tilney, Leonard, 99
Tipton, William, 170–171, 179–180, 179, 189
Todd, John, 188
Todd, Robert, 173, 174, 175–176, 180
Toronto, Canada, 122–123
Toul, France, 207
Toul aerodrome, France, 202, 204
Touquin aerodrome, France, 137
Tours, France, 214
Tulane University, 122
Turnberry, Scotland, 64–65, 68
University of Nebraska, 168
University of Syracuse, 178–179
Valenciennes, France, 212
Van Horn, R. O., 177
Varsenare aerodrome, Belgium, 174–176
Vaughn, George, 21–23, 22, 24, 28–30, 33–36, 40–42, 57–58, 61–62, 67–68, 98–99, 107–109, 164, 185, 200–202, 207, 209, 216, 218–219
Vickers machine guns, 34, 52, 67, 78
Victoria (Queen of England), 94
Victoria Cross (VC), 69
Villers, France, 160
von Richthofen, Lothar, 136, 163, 163
von Richthofen, Manfred, 38, 38–39, 50, 69, 73–74, 81–86, 84, 87, 88, 97, 97, 102, 104–106, 134, 136
Washington Times, 219
Whatley, Hallye, 73
Whitehouse, Arch, 50
Wicks, Glenn, 177–178, 201–202
Wilderspin (Lieutenant), 198
Wilhelm II (Kaiser of Germany), 94, 158, 159, 197, 205
Williams, Rodney, 173
Winged Warfare (Bishop), 69–70, 74
Winslow, Alan, 37
Winslow, Paul, 28, 33, 37, 39, 41–42
Wise, George, 148
Wright brothers, 11
Wright Model B, 75
Wyly (pilot), 145
Yorkshire, England, 57
Young, Isabelle, 121, 156–157, 164
Zeebrugge port, Belgium, 175