Cover cameo (detail): Young men from Metcalfe, Jean-Baptiste Dorion, Library and Archives Canada, PA-122937.
Cover scene: The Ringmaster, © Stan Stokes, by permission of The Stokes Collection, Inc.
Cover details: journal © Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock; belly band © ranplett/istockphoto; back cover label © Thomas Bethge/Shutterstock.
Image 1: A British aeroplane flying over the German trenches, from The War Pictorial November 1917, Illustrated London News.
Image 2: Flight Sub-Lieutenant George R. Hodgson, R.N.A.S., H. Scott Orr, Library and Archives Canada, PA-113145.
Image 3: “Curtiss” J.N. 4-D above the clouds, Canada, Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada, PA-006344.
Image 4: Aircrew in Curtiss J.N.-4, Gunnery Training Machine, School of Aerial Gunnery, Camp Borden, Ont., 1917, Canada, Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, PA-022934.
Image 5 (detail): Squadron-Commander Raymond Collishaw in Sopwith F1 Camel aircraft, Allonville, France, 1918, National Archives of Canada, PA-002788.
Image 6 (detail): Billy Bishop in his S.E. 5a fighter, William Rider-Rider, National Archives of Canada, PA-001654.
Image 7: Mud in Your Eye, © James Dietz, courtesy of James Dietz.
Image 8: Major W. G. Barker in a Sopwith Camel aircraft of No. 28 Squadron, R.A.F., Library and Archives Canada, PA-118321.
Image 9: Wreck of zeppelin L.33 near Little Wigborough, Library and Archives Canada, PA-000086.
Image 10: “Public Warning” poster to familiarize the public with enemy aircraft, 1915 (litho); Bridgeman Art Library, PFA 113168.
Image 11: The Red Baron, © Frank Wootton, by permission of Tracy Wootton.
Image 12: Figures from Jane’s publications, supplemented by Lloyd’s Aircraft of World War I and various WWI aviation websites.
Image 13: Map © Paul Heersink/Paperglyphs.
The publisher wishes to thank Janice Weaver for her attention to the factual details, and Dr. Terry Copp for sharing his expertise. Thanks also to Steve Beth Suddaby, author of “Buzzer Nights: Zeppelin Raids on Hull,” for his detailed notes on First World War aircraft.