Index

Adriatic, 217

Agamemnon, 216–218

Ainsworth, Harold, 59

Airco DH.2, 37

Airco DH.4, 170, 182

Airco DH.9, 170, 170

aircraft

Airco DH.2, 37

Airco DH.4, 170, 182

Airco DH.9, 170, 170

Albatros, general, 80, 84, 152

Albatros D.I, 37–38, 37, 51

Albatros D.II, 37–38

Albatros D.III, 38, 101

Avro 504, 57, 58, 61

Bristol M.1C, 48, 49

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

Nieuport 11, 37

Nieuport 28, 215

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.I, 37–38, 37, 51

Albatros D.II, 37–38

Albatros D.III, 38, 101

Allied military

3 Squadron, 82, 104, 171

3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, 102n22

9 Squadron, 79–80, 120

11 Squadron, 47, 49

17th Aero Squadron, 56, 144–145, 148, 168–177, 179, 185, 186, 200–203, 205

23 Squadron, 101

24 Squadron, 101, 131, 170

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

43 Squadron, 51–52, 131

48 Squadron, 101, 164

49 Squadron, 160

54 Squadron, 101, 172

56 Squadron, 170

60 Squadron, 71, 170

65th Wing, 148, 170–171, 174–175

74 Squadron, 42, 59, 99

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

210 Squadron, 171, 175

211 Squadron, 173–175

213 Squadron, 175

American Expeditionary Forces, 66, 155

American First Army, 194

American Signal Corps, 59, 61

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 First Army, 190, 194

British Fourth Army, 155, 158, 173, 194

British Second Army, 194

British Third Army, 178, 185, 190, 194, 203

Canadian Corps, 190, 194

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

Andrews, John, 103–104, 105

Armentières, France, 113, 173

Armstrong, Donald, 192

Athlumney (Lord),72–73

Audechy, France, 132

Aurania, 28, 65

Auxi-le-Château, France, 177

Aviatik C, 50

Avro 504, 57, 58, 61

Ayr, Scotland, 65, 68, 98, 123

Baizieux, France, 170, 187

Baker, B. A., 112, 140–141

Baker, Newton, 217–218

Bangs, Henry, 170

Bapaume, Battle of, 178, 185, 190

Bapaume, France, 142, 179

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

Bristol M.1C, 48, 49

Brookins, Walter, 11

Brown (pilot), 111, 112

Brown, Roy, 83–86, 83, 103

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

Carmania, 28–30, 32, 169

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

Cochran, C. B., 90, 92

Collishaw, Raymond, 221

Conde, France, 212

Connersville Evening News, 17

Cooper bombs, 133–134, 133, 175

Cox, Emma, 87, 89–90

Creech, Jesse, 145, 169, 169

Crystal Palace training facility (RNAS), 77

Cunningham, Jack, 170, 174–177

Curtis, Kent, 152, 152

Curtiss Aeroplane Company, 21

Curtiss JN-4, 14, 21–22, 41, 45, 66

Davis, Mike, 99

Dawe, James, 131

Deetjen, William, 40

DeGarmo, Lindley, 65, 69

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

Dwyer, Geoffrey, 28, 152

Dymmand (pilot), 111

Eckert, Sam, 99, 107, 170, 172, 175

Evans, Robley D., 12–13, 13

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

Foch, Ferdinand, 155, 193

Fokker D.VII, 86, 134, 137, 152, 174, 176, 183

Fokker Eindecker, 37, 82, 84, 86, 106

Folkestone, England, 80

Fonck, René, 69, 70

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

Frost, Henry, 171, 180

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

Jagdstaffel (Jasta) 2, 38

Jagdstaffel 5, 195

Jagdstaffel 11, 105

Jagdstaffel 27, 201

Jagdstaffel 36, 201

Jagdstaffel 51, 112

Second Army, 190

Gilbert, Walter, 159

Gill, N. J., 77

Glenn, George, 173

Glentworth, Lord. See Pery, Edmond William Claude Gerard de Vere

Goodnow, Weston, 170–171, 175

Göring, Hermann, 161, 162

Gosport School of Flying, 57

Gotha bombers, 80, 81, 174

Gracie, Ralph, 169, 171, 174

Grahame-White, Claude, 11–12, 12

Grantham, England, 55–57

The Great Air War (Norman), 220

“Great White Fleet,” 12, 13

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

Hooper, Parr, 127, 132

Horn, Spencer, 70–71, 71, 73, 111, 112–113, 154

Horn, William, 71

Hounslow aerodrome, England, 61, 62, 93

Hughes, Sam, 15

Immelmann, Max, 104, 106

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

Knight, Clayton, 24, 32, 56

Knox (pilot), 145

La Brayelle aerodrome, France, 199

LaGuardia, Fiorello, 29, 32

Lancaster Daily Eagle, 82

Landis, Kenesaw, 65, 218

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, Tommy, 82, 106

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

Marshall, George, 102n22

Martigny, France, 170

Martinsyde G.100 “Elephant,” 104

Matthews, Alex, 58, 73, 89, 99, 107, 109, 164

Maximilian (Prince of Baden), 197

May, Wilfrid, 84–85, 85

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 Times, 17, 26–27

New York Tribune, 17, 53–54, 218

Nichol, Clark, 65

Nicholson, William, 12

Nieuport 11, 37

Nieuport 28, 215

No. 1 School of Aerial Fighting (Ayr), 65, 68

Noltenius, Friederich, 201

Norman, Aaron, 220

O’Brien, Pat, 18, 19

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

Page, Walter Hines, 51, 147

Parabellum machine guns, 37

Paris, France, 120, 137–138

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

Pour le Mérite, 82, 84

Price, Stephen, 47, 47–51

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

Saunders, Hugh, 107, 108, 109

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

Sharpe, Joe, 36, 59

Shearman, William, 175–177

Shoemaker, Harold, 169, 201, 201–202, 202

Sholto Douglas, William. See Douglas, William Sholto

Simpson, Sturley, 124, 128, 161

Snoke, Ralph, 169, 171, 174

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

Thomson, Herbert, 111, 114

Tillinghast, Theose, 212

Tilney, Leonard, 99

Tipton, William, 170–171, 179–180, 179, 189

Todd, John, 188

Todd, Robert, 173, 174, 175–176, 180

Tomlinson, Ambrose, 90n17

Toronto, Canada, 122–123

Toul, France, 207

Toul aerodrome, France, 202, 204

Touquin aerodrome, France, 137

Tours, France, 214

Trenchard, Hugh, 15, 126

Trusler, John, 162, 167

Tulane University, 122

Turnberry, Scotland, 64–65, 68

Tyrell, Walter, 123, 124, 132

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

Zeppelins, 11–12, 80