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Frank Luke* This site is based on a documentary being prepared about Frank Luke; the balloon-busting US pilot

207 Sqn Association* 207 Sqn flew the massive HP 0/400. There's a very nice section on WW1, with useful information for us historians

66 Squadron RFC* A real in-depth piece of research by member John Grech.
John's been grafting on this project for over 12 years, and has amassed a wealth of detail on the squadron, especially their time with Camels in Italy during 1917/18 - and the fascinating characters who served in it. Quite a bunch ...

Aeroconservancy* Charles Gosse has some serious stuff in his collection. Real pieces of real WW1 aeroplanes - mostly German

The Aerodrome A veritable goldmine of useful information

Aerofoil Research Group Piccies & specs of the RAF aerofoil sections - plus LOTS more

AeroKnights Snaps and streaming videos of replica WW1 aircraft

Aeroscape* The art of Eric Humphrey. Some lovely work ...

AJD Engineering

Who build THE most fantastic WW1 replicas

Anzacs A site dedicated to the 80,000 Anzacs who didn't return from the "Big One". It's here primarily because of an excellent (animated) section on Dr Miller's work on the last flight of the Red Baron.

Avro 504 Everything you always wanted to know about the Avro 504. Early days - but this site has great potential!

"Balilla" del Capitano Locatelli History, photos and notes ... and now with an English language version

Belgian Air Historical Association

A small amount of WW1

Bob Pearson's Aircraft Profiles A collection of stunning WW1 aircraft profiles from the mouse of Bob Pearson

Bob Pearson - Another Site And there's more! Lots more profiles, including his pre-computer artwork

Bob Pearson - Yet Another Site This one shared with one Chris Banyai-Riepl - who does equally excellent profiles of more modern flying machines

Brian Johannesson A collection of rather nice shots taken at the training school at Ismailia, 1917, by a relative. Nice Bristols ...

British Anzani Archive Life and times of Alessandro Anzani and his company
Brooks Aviation Art* A great selection of WW1 art from a variety of different - and very talented - artists, for sale at reasonable prices.

Chandelle Aviation "e"zine based on IPMS material - and very good it is too. Some lovely Italian WW1 stuff ...

Connie* A life. Some lovely shots from days spent in training in Egypt and the UK. My favourite is a bent Bristol M1C ...

Lt GR Craig, MC* A site dedicated to the life of this 44 Sqn Camel pilot. Some of the best photos are modern shots of the airfield site at Hainault Farm - an amazing amount of stuff survives!

Death of Richthofen

Well-written article by Dr Miller

Fallen German Aviators Excellent project being run by Thorsten Pietsch. The aim is to record the graves, details etc of all fallen German airmen from WW1

Fighter Pilot's Ace List A league table of WW1 fighter aces from all participating countries

Flugbeobachter Site commemorating Royal Bavarian Air Force SchuSta 24b, largely put together from the photo album, diaries and documents of Franz Xaver Brandl

Flying Circle Graphics One man's tale of why he's fascinated with WW1 aviation - with some good graphics

Fokker Dr.1 Excellent beginnings of a site dedicated to the Fokker Dr1 and those who flew them, especially a certain Baron ...

Fokker D.VII Site specialising in Anthony Fokker's greatest WW1 design

Honours and Awards to Canadians in British Flying Services Does just what it says on the tin! Excellent resource for those researching Canadian airmen

Jasta Boelcke Dedicated to the memory of the man Oswald. Developing into a really useful reference site. Stick to it chaps!

The Lafayette Escadrille* Nice new site dedicated to the planes and members of the Lafayette Escadrille

The Lancet Just when you thought there was nothing more to say about him, some doctor does an article in the Lancet ...

Landskrona Museum Archive

700 photos chronicling development of aviation in Sweden during WW1

Les Chevaliers du Ciel A French language site on German aces. Nicely put together ...

Les Forums de l'Histoire French WW1 site with some very good material

Lewis Gun Manual By Van Nostrand - scans of the 1917 original

Mannock* French site - with original research into Mannock's crash site, amongst other valuable items

Memorial Flight Melvyn Hiscock's site on French WW1 restoration & replica projects

Museum Francesco Baracca Nice shots of his Spad VII

NASA - Evolution of the Aeroplane This chapter gives a potted history of the fighter aircraft in WW!. Some may argue over the conclusions and comments.

Oeffag Albatros Profiles The captions are in Hungarian and English. The profiles are rather tasty :-)

Patrick Wilson's Dad Patrick's Dad flew FE2s with 100 Sqn

Paul Fressanges du Bost* His life as an aviator in French service. Some quality detail on squadron life - and now also translated into English!

Pilots & Planes of the First Air War Many, many photos and article extracts - most of dubious copyright ...

The Storks More accurately a (rather nice) potted history of Georges Guynemer and his aircraft

TL Fuller - Photographer Site put together by his grandson. This chap took some rather tasty photos at pre-war Larkhill etc

Tondern Raid Cracking site built from the records of Toby Yeulett - a pilot lost on the raid

Tondern Zeppelin Site Lots of interesting history & photos, but rather dubious use of English ...

Richthofen.com This site also contains the complete text of the original 1919 English translation of "Red Air Fighter"

Russell Smith Art* Aviation artist - with some lovely WW1 paintings on display. I especially like Baracca's SPAD diving over the Piave ...

Russian Aviation in WW1 A collection of original photos

Sanke Card Album An excellent (and growing) collection of Sanke cards - portrait shots of WW1 German airmen

Spitfire Spares* Doesn't sound like a WW1 aviation site, does it - but this chap makes THE most fantastic full scale propellers!!

War Times Journal On line version of Eddie Rickenbacker's autobiography

WW1 Aircraft Motors General arrangement drawings of a good number of WW1 engines

WW1 Aviation - an Illustrated History Nice site. Lots of information, and plenty of potential

WW1 Aviation Image Archive A large number of thumbnail images - mostly well known.

 

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