Mike OConnor - Airfields & Airmen Cambrai

The Airfields and Airmen books would not be possible without the help of many friends who give freely of their time and material.

One feature of the series is their balanced nature, where there is almost as much coverage of the German side of things as of the Allied. This would be impossible without the enormous help and encyclopaedic knowledge of Alex Imrie who, in addition, provides the many rare photographs.

I would like to thank Jon Wilkinson of Pen and Sword, who has done another splendid job on the book layout and Nigel Cave for his introduction.

My next thanks have to go to the unprotesting members of Jasta 99, Richard Owen, Jim Davies and Barry Gray. They put up with my requests for proofreading, and translation, and end up out of pocket. Fortunately Barry was able to keep his breakfast down this year while taking the aerial shots!

I would also like to thank the following: Colin Ashford GavA for his splendid cover illustration; Paul Baillie; Pierre Ben; the late Elizabeth Brandwood; Ann and Richard Brandwood; the Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Sue Cox; Murielle Defrenne of the Somme American Cemetery; Norman Franks; the German War Graves Commission; Hal Giblin; Barry Greenwood; Christine Gregory, latterly of the RAF Museum; Dieter Grschel, Tim Harper; Trevor Henshaw; Phil Jarrett; Andy Jillings and Maria Gloria; Peter Kilduff; Jrgen Ladek; Stuart Leslie for his great help with photographs; Bob Lynes; Joe Michie; Simon Moody, also latterly of the RAF Museum, for permission to quote from the A E Borton, H M le Brock, Louis Strange, W R Read, G W Mapplebeck, H P Lloyd, and Joubert papers; the staff of the Public Record Office; Keith Rennles; George and Susanna Roland; Otis Reed; Ray Sanger, the staff of the Service Historique de lArme delAir; Stewart K Taylor; Colin Waugh; Jean Verdel and Peter and Sarah Wright

Every effort has been made to contact the authors of the various books or articles quoted and their copyright is acknowledged.

Alex Imrie with the tailplane from a Rumpler CIV. The unique German lozenge camouflage can just be seen.

A Selected Bibliography

Louis Blriot, lEnvoi du XXe Sicle, Louis Blriot, 1994.

Blriot, Herald of an Age, B A Elliott, Tempus Publishing Ltd 2000.

Recollections of an Airman, L A Strange, John Hamilton 1933.

Flying Rebel, Peter Hearn, HMSO 1994.

The Jasta Pilots, Franks/Bailey/Duiven, Grub Street 1996.

Above the Lines, Franks/Bailey/Guest, Grub Street 1993.

The Jasta War Chronology, Franks, Bailey, Duiven, Grub Street 1998,

An Airmans Outings, A J Bott, William Blackwood and Sons 1917.

Flying Corps Headquarters 1914-18, Maurice Baring, William

Heinemann 1930.

Maurice Baring, A Citizen of Europe, Emma Letley, Constable and Co 1991.

The Fated Sky, Sir Philip Joubert de la Fert, Hutchinson and Co 1952.

Skill and Devotion, P E Butcher, Radio Modeller Book Division 1971.

A Contemptible Little Flying Corps, McInnes and Webb, The London Stamp Exchange 1991.

Wings of War, Rudolf Stark, John Hamilton Ltd 1933.

Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps, J T B McCudden, The Aeroplane and General Publishing C Ltd 1918.

Years of Combat, Sholto Douglas, Collins 1963.

Bomber Pilot 1916-1918, C P O Bartlett, Ian Allan Ltd 1974.

Letters from Cecil Robert Tidswell, Privately Published, no date.

Eyes on the Storm, Stewart K Taylor, Over the Front 1993.

An Airman Marches, H H Balfour, Hutchinson and Co 1933.

Flying and Soldiering, R R Money, Ivor, Nicholson and Watson 1936.

Pi in the Sky, W F J Harvey, Colin Huston 1971.

VCs of the First World War 1914, G Gliddon, Sutton Publishing Ltd 1994.

Captain Ball VC, Briscoe and Stannard, Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1918.

Albert Ball VC, Chaz Bowyer, William Kimber and Co 1977.

The Camel Drivers, Reed and Roland, Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1996.

Sopwith Camel Fighter Ace, R M Todd, AJAY Enterprises 1978.

Albatros DVa, Robert C Mikesh, Smithsonian Institution Press 1980.

Fokker EIII, Windsock Datafile No. 15, Peter Grosz, Albatros Publications 1989.

Fokker E1/11, Windsock Datafile No. 91, P M Grosz, Albatros Publications 2002.

Over the Front, Franks and Bailey, Grub Street 1992.

Les As francais de la Grande Guerre, D Porret, SHAA 1983.

The Jew with the Blue Max, H J Nowarra, J W Caler 1967.

German Fighter Units 1914-May 1917, Alex Imrie, Osprey Publishing 1978.

Sharks and Minnows, Norman Franks, Grub Street 2001.

For Valour, The Air VCs, Chaz Bowyer,William Kimber 1978.

Airco DH2, Windsock Datafile No. 48, B J Gray, Albatros Publications 1994.

Knight of Germany, J Werner, John Hamilton 1933.

The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing), J M Bruce, Putnams 1982.

Nine Lives, R Hilton, Hollis and Carter 1955.

The History of 60 Squadron RAF, A J L Scott, William Heinemann 1920.

Pioneer Pilot, F D Tredfrey, Peter Davies Ltd 1976.

Private Memorials of the Great War on the Western Front, Barrie Thorpe, WFA 1999.

Recipients of the DCM 1914-1920, R W Walker, Midland Medals 1981.

The Red Air Fighter, M von Richthofen, The Aeroplane and General Publishing Co 1918.

The Red Knight of Germany, Floyd Gibbons, Cassell 1930.

Under the Guns of the Red Baron , Franks/Giblin/McCrery, Grub Street 1995.

The Balloonatics, Alan Morris , Jarrolds 1970.

Air of Battle, W M Fry, William Kimber and Co Ltd 1974.

Max Immelmann, Eagle of Lille , Franz Immelmann, John Hamilton Ltd, no date.

Hawker VC, Tyrrel M Hawker, Mitre Press 1965.

A History of 24 Squadron Royal Air Force, A E Illingworth, The Aeroplane and General Publishing Co 1920.

High in the Empty Blue, The History of 56 Squadron RFC/RAF 1916-1919, Alex Revell, Flying Machines Press 1995.

Courage Remembered, Kingsley Ward and E Gibson, HMSO 1989.

The Sky Their Battlefield, Trevor Henshaw, Grub Street 1995.

Airmen Died in the Great War, Chris Hobson, Hayward and Son 1995.

Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War 1 Vols 1 - 6, Neal W OConnor, Foundation for Aviation World War 1, 1988 - 1999.

Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service, Alex Imrie, Ian Allan 1971.

The Royal Flying Corps in France, Ralph Barker (Two volumes), Constable 1994 and 1995.

Above the Trenches, Shores /Franks/Guest, Grub Street 1990.

The Fokker Triplane, Alex Imrie, Arms and Armour 1992.