The purpose of Cross and Cockade International is to provide quality detailed information on, and promote research into, all aspects of aviation up to the end of the First World War. We do this primarily through our quarterly journal available by subscription, and by occasional seminars and informal local meetings. The Society has existed in it's present form since 1970 and in various forms since 1960.
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2022 Subscriptions are now available - see Membership menu above. If you are not yet a member and wish to join and receive our quarterly journal, please subscribe using the link to the right or by using the "Membership" menu above. 2021 membership is still available if you want to read the 2021 journals.
A digital pdf version of the Journal is now available. This is an alternative to the printed Journal, not a replacement. Subscription cost will be less for Members wanting the digital version only, and the content will be fully searchable online. You can request both versions. Members can see a sample pdf version in the Members' Area, above.
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Issue 41 of our popular free email newsletter Wind in the Wires compiled by David Marks, went out in May, containing all the latest events and news relating to our fascinating subject. Subscribe here to receive future issues. We've over 1,400 subscribers - and it's free - so why not see what you're missing? PLEASE NOTE that if you think you've subscribed, but haven't received your issue, try checking your spam filter(s)! Previous issues can be found under "Useful stuff", below.
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Our 2023 Calendar is now available, with twelve paintings of Great War subjects by well-known artists - Click here to buy one. 2022 still available
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Our President Peter Dye has written an article on the Air War over the Southern Caucasus 1916-17, which can be read on this website - see under "Articles" at the bottom of this page.
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CCI are supporting the production of a film about Lanoe Hawker VC, by Indiegogo Films. See the trailer and crowd-funding appeal, at the link under the Latest News menu, below.
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Our quarterly journal is at the heart of the Society. Volume 53/1, Spring 2022 is now available.
Current Journal, Vol 53/2, Summer 2022
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Articles in this issue:
Michel Coiffard: David Mechin
Productivity in the Air War - The British Aviation Industry in WW1, Part 1: Hal Wilson
49 Sqdn's First DFC: Lt Herbert Rough: Stewart K Taylor
The Air War in the Southern Caucasas 1916-17: Peter Dye
Tom Owen: A Teacher Who Went to War. Part 1: Richard Chancellor
Gazetteer of British Flying Sites in France, Belgium and Germany, 1914-1920, Part 10: Peter Dye, Roger Austin, Mick Davis
.......And the Editorial by Graham Chisnall and Peter Dye
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We have an active Facebook page, cared for by Adrian Roberts; plus a twitter account@crosscockade which is also growing in popularity.
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BOOK SHOP
We have a large selection of mainly WW1 aviation-related books for sale, both our own publications and also many second-hand books. Please click on the Shop menu above.
We have special offers of the books "Baptism of Fire - the Royal Flying Corps in France 1914-1915" by Alex Revell reduced from £23.95 to £14.95, and "BE2a: A Definitive History", reduced from £27 to £17 by Paul Hare and Andrew Willox. Go to the Shop menu above, then to "books/other books".
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But unfortunately not EU residents:
Air Britain have produced what must be the definitive book on the Bristol F2 "Fighter". Cross and Cockade experts have had a major role in bringing it to publication. Members are allowed a discount on all Air Britain publications, on providing their CCI membership number.
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