You're here: News
Most recent articles posted in this category
Proposed Digital Journal
read moreVolume 51 number 3
read moreVolume 51 number 2
read moreVolume 51 number 1
read moreCanadian Digital Archive
read moreVolume 50 number 4
read moreVolume 50 number 3
read moreGuild of Aviation Artists Exhibition 2019 Winners
read moreWind in the Wires back issues
read moreJournal Index to Vol. 50
read moreVolume 50 number 2
read moreJewish Flyers in the World War
read moreWestern Front Association, Spring 2020 events
read moreSSZ airship car project
read moreCrowd-funding
York meetings 2020
read moreAerosociety Podcasts
read moreFlying Historic Aeroplanes
IPMS Ireland award 2018
read moreVolume 49 Number 2
read moreBest WW1 Aviation Art 2018
read moreAviation Book Fair
read moreFarnborough book sale
Baptism of Fire
read moreThe RFC in the first year of the Great War
Volume 48 Number 4
read moreFull details of the contents of Volume 48 Number 4
Stow Maries - 100 Years of RAF
read moreRAF Centenary Conference
read moreThere will be wings: the First World War origins of the RAF
Aviation Art Forum in Palm Springs
read morePolish Conference 2018
read moreWings of Independence 1917-1918
Volume 48 Number 3
read moreFull details of the contents of Volume 48 Number 3
Volume 48 Number 2
read moreFull details of the contents of Volume 48 Number 2
Best WW1 Aviation Painting in the Exhibition
read moreVolume 47 Number 3
read moreVolume 47 Number 4
read moreVolume 48 Number 1
read moreWW1 Sites in Canada
read moreWar Memories across Canada: Sites of the First World War
Talk at TNA
read moreGothas Over England
RAFM Lectures
read moreWW1 LunchTime Lecture Series
New CCI Book
read moreWings Over Mesopotamia, Air War in Iraq 1914-18
Conference in Krakow
read moreForgotten Fronts in the Air War, 1916/17
TSTB2 stock
read moreThe Sky Their Battlefield II - hardback edition back in stock
Clerget Assembly
read moreVirtual movie showing assembly of a 130 hp Clerget 9B
CCI Trophy 2016
read moreIPMS Scale Modelworld - best WW1 aircraft model in show
IPMS Ireland 2016
read moreSurrey in the Great War
read moreDrop-In event
Why join CCI?
read moreA short essay, by Trevor Henshaw
The Flying Machine
read more...is here!
New CCI Forum
read moreThe new Forum went live on Friday, 30th September 2016
WW1 Aero
read more... replaced by "The Flying Machine"
Volume 47 Number 2
read moreLeefe Robinson
read moreLeefe Robinson Centenary Exhibition
TAVAS Appeal
read moreAppeal to raise money for a film about Australian airmen
Stow Maries Flying Day
read moreWW1 Aviation Heritage Trust Flying Day at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome
Californian Symposium
read moreFirst Air War - an interactive, multi-media symposium centennial event
L'Aeronautique Militaire
read moreL'Aeronautique Militaire 1914 - 1918, Traditions & Heraldique
HMS President Scrapped?
read moreOne of only three surviving WW1 warships
Aviation Art
read morePrize: Guild of Aviation Artists
Tate Britain
read moreWW1 Exhibition
GoAvA Exhibition
read moreVolume 47 Number 1
read moreNew CCI Book
read moreLawrence of Arabia & Middle East Air Power
London Meeting
read moreLondon Meeting format
Polish Conference
read moreAviation on the Forgotten Fronts of the Great War 1914-1918: Part Two 1915-1916
Volume 46 Number 4
read moreAir Britain
read moreSales discount for members of Cross & Cockade International
Brumowski Talk OFF
read moreTalk by Ivan Berryman - cancelled due to illness
2016 AGM
read more2016 AGM and TE Lawrence Mini-Seminar
Volume 46 Number 3
read moreAirship Association
read moreAirship Association Symposium on 31-Oct-2015
Sky Their Battlefield 2
read moreThe Sky Their Battlefield II is available through Cross & Cockade International for £40.00 (softback) or £50.00 (hardback) plus postage.
WFA Talk
read moreAviation Talk in Kent by Peter Hart
Bridge to Airpower
read moreThe Bridge to Air Power; Logistics Support for Royal Flying Corps Operations on the Western Front,1914–18 by Peter Dye
Airfields of Oxfordshire
read moreOxfordshire's Great War Aviation Story
Observers & Navigators
read more"Observers & Navigators" And Other Non-pilot Aircrew in the RFC, RNAS and RAF
RAFM Open Day
read moreDardanelles Archive OpeningVolume 46 Number 2
read moreAbove the Dreaming Spires
read moreOxfordshire's Great War Aviation Story
2016 Calendar
read moreThe 2016 Cross & Cockade International calendar is here!
Revised Constitution
read moreAt our AGM in April we changed our constitution in two minor ways:
Volume 46 Number 1
read moreSnoopy Exhibition
read moreFor those the other side of the pond, there's an upcoming exhibition on
Snoopy & The Red Baron.
2016 AGM
read moreThe
Cross & Cockade International AGM for 2016 will be held at the RAF Museum, Hendon, on Saturday 23rd April 2016.
Volume 45 Number 4
read moreLunchtime Lectures
read moreFirst World War in the Air: Lunchtime Lectures at RAFM Hendon
Scottish Strutter
read moreIWM Library under Threat
read moreSt Omer Update
read moreWe have a report from our President, Peter Dye, who states that the British Air Services Memorial is in good shape - 10 years after it was first erected.
Volume 45 Number 3
read moreThe Sky Their Battlefield II
read moreThis new book,
The Sky Their Battlefield II, is available through
Cross & Cockade International for £40.00 (softback) or £50.00 (hardback) plus postage.
Volume 45 Number 2
read moreWinged Victor
read moreGordon Atkins' acclaimed biography of
Victor Yeates, "Winged Victor" has been out of print for some little while. We're delighted to announce that the biog of the author of classic WW1 aviation "novel" (almost an autobiography ...) "
Winged Victory" is now available as a PDF download from
Cross & Cockade International.
Pre-Loved Books
read moreThe society regularly receives gifts and bequests, which often include members' book collections. We are hugely grateful to members for these generous gifts and, to make the most of them, we have a section of the web shop where they are available for sale.
New CCI Book!
read moreAvailable exclusively from the Cross & Cockade International web shop; Hauptmann Godwin von Brumowski: Austria-Hungary's Ace of Aces for £15.00 plus postage.
AIR76 & AIR79 Records
read moreWe've heard today from family history web site FindMyPast, that they are now offering searches and downloads on The National Archives digital archive of officers and other ranks personnel records, known to us as AIR76 and AIR79.
Back Issues
read moreAll back issue stock to Volumes 34 has been donated to the RAF Museum, who have offered to take responsibility for the stock and sell it through their shops at Hendon and Cosford.
Volume 45 Number 1
read moreHeartbleed Bug
read moreThe Heartbleed Bug has been widely reported around the media over the past few days. It is a real threat. However, we're delighted to say that our site is not affected, as we do not use the Apache web server technology.
Pathe News
read moreA selection of First World War footage from Pathe News, covering the Royal Air Force, British, French and American airmen, zeppelins, balloons, plane wrecks and the Royal Navy Air Service.
Volume 44 Number 4
read moreNew Italian Book
read moreWe have an exclusive new book for sale in our shop: "Storia del Campo di Volo di Villaverla".
34 & 42 Sqn Officers
read moreBook on French Markings
read moreVolume 44 Number 3
read moreVolume 44 Number 2
read moreIndex
read moreJournal index updated.
Guild of Aviation Artists
read moreVolume 44 Number 1
read moreJames Bigglesworth
read moreWe thought he was a figment of WE Johns' imagination - looks like not!
Pension Records
read moreIn November 2012, The Western Front Association announced the acquisition of some 6.5 million Pension Records Index Cards and Ledgers (PRCs).
Volume 43 Number 4
read moreHarry Woodman
read moreWe are sad to have to announce the death of Harry Woodman
Peter Cooksley
read moreWe are sad to have to announce the death of Peter Cooksley
Mike O'Connor
read moreWe are sad to have to announce the death of Mike O'Connor
Filton Grant
read moreFilton - famously the home of "Bristol" - has won a grant from BAe to conserve the surviving WW1 buildings and develop a heritage centre.
Volume 43 Number 3
read moreGeorge Miller
read moreWe are sad to have to announce the death of George Miller.
Volume 43 Number 2
read moreVolume 43 Number 1
read moreRAFM at Shuttleworth
read moreMost people will by now have heard that the RAFM's replica RE8, Albatros DVa and Sopwith Snipe, built by Peter Jackson and TVAL in New Zealand, have landed in the UK.
Stow Maries FOR SALE
read moreRumours have been flying for some weeks, that Essex WW1 home defence airfield Stow Maries is up for sale.
Stow on the Beeb
read moreI hope everyone has heard of the superb WW1 airfield restoration, underway at Stow Maries in Essex. If not, check out this link:
http://www.stowmaries.com/
Propeller Books
read moreBob Gardner is the leading expert on propeller design and manufacture in WW1. Over the past few years, Bob has been bringing out a series of books on British propellers and menufacturers, which, when complete, will doubtless be the definitive word. These books are now available through the society's web shop.
Finnegan Talk
read moreTerry Finnegan, author of Shooting the Front, will be giving a talk at the IWM on 20th June 2012
Albatros Flies!
read more
ALBATROS FIGHTER FLIES AGAIN!
Koloman Mayrhofer and Eberhard Fritsch announced that in the late morning of 10th April 2012, after a 94 year break, a WWI designed Albatros fighter has flown again.
Research Tools
read moreMany of our members have put countless hours into developing their own research tools. Here, some members have allowed us to post their work - for you to download - for free.
War Graves Appeal
read moreWedmore War Graves
Volume 42 Number 4
read moreCCI Curator
read moreSupporting our remit as an educational charity, Cross and Cockade International are part-funding a curator's role at the Royal Air Force Museum, based at Hendon.
2012 CCI Seminar
read moreCross and Cockade International hosted a highly successful seminar over the weekend of 22nd to 24th June 2012.
Never mind the Olympics - THIS was THE unmissable event of 2012 - for anyone interested in WW1 in the air!
Dolphin Monograph
read moreThe society's first book, "Nieuports in RFC, RNAS & RAF Service", has sold out - and is now available as a download. Our second book was the hugely popular "Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b/d & Variants in RFC, RAF, RNAS & AFC Service".
Now here's the third in the series: "Sopwith Dolphin in RFC, RNAS, RAF and Polish Service" - available to order now - shipping from 16th March 2012.
York Meetings
read moreI'm delighted to report that attendance numbers at our long-running series of quarterly meetings in York are standing up nicely.
London Parking
read moreOur London meetings are held on HMS President, moored on the Thames Embankment. While this is handy for several tube stations, it's not that easy for those wanting to travel by car.
Colin Huston has recently found a great parking scheme nearby, which might be of interest to other members.
Volume 42 Number 3
read moreVolume 42 Number 2
read more
Stow Maries Show
read moreStow Maries Aerodrome closed over winter. The next show will be Saturday 5th May 2012, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of the RFC.
Alex Imrie
read moreIt has been confirmed by Alex's family that he passed away, after a short illness, on 4th June 2011.
A full obituary (below) has been prepared by the family.
Volume 42 Number 1
read moreNieuport Book
read moreIt's back! Our first monograph, the widely acclaimed Nieuports in RNAS, RFC and RAF Service is available for sale again.
Italian Hangar
read moreThe more observant amongst us might have noticed a unique sale, that went through on Ebay some two years ago. This was for a Bessoneau Type H hangar - picture at bottom - which was being sold "as is" from RAF Wethersfield.
2012 Calendar
read moreThe 2012 Calendar is here! But there's only 15 left as of 31st January ...
Peter Cooksley
read moreWe are delighted to announce that, contrary to reports via other forums, Peter Cooksley is still with us.
The following email was today sent to us by Frank Anderson, Chairman of the Croydon Airport Society:
Dan-San Abbott
read moreWe were saddened today to hear of the death of Dan-San Abbott, after a short illness.
US Naval Aviation
read moreThe monograph Naval Aviation in World War I has been out of print for many years and paper copies are no longer available through the Naval Aviation History Branch or the Government Printing Office.
IPMS Hendon
read moreThe International Plastic Modellers' Society (IPMS) will be holding a regional meeting and show at the RAF Museum at Hendon.
RAFM on Flickr
read moreThe Royal Air Force Museum has a huge collection of WW1 aviation photographs. Unfortunately, many of these are uncaptioned - and sadly many also have no acquisition details - the museum don't know who donated the albums, or when.
Last WW1 Veteran Dies
read moreThe world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude Choules, has died in Australia aged 110.
Officers Mess or Village Hall?
read moreDRINKSTONE VILLAGE HALL IS ON THE MOVE - Relocation not demolition for rare historic building!
A ninety-year-old relic from the First World War, which was originally an officers mess hut at Great Ashfield Airfield and has served as the Drinkstone Village Hall in Suffolk since 1924, is being moved, lock, stock and barrel, to a new home at a museum and wildlife centre on the former First World War aerodrome at Stow Maries in Essex.
Volume 41 Number 4
read moreHawker Memorial
read moreLast year we reported that a permament memorial to Major Lanoe Hawker VC was being created on the site of his fatal crash in France. Phil Mobbs, from today's 24 Sqn, tells us that the project is now complete.
Seminar Papers
read moreCross & Cockade Seminar, 1995Stripped Camel!
read moreWe are offering for download a most interesting eBook, by Martin Koopman, which shows the construction of the Sopwith Camel in all it's intricate detail. The eBook includes 47 pages in full colour, 420 mm x 297 mm, with a resolution of 120 dpi.
CCI accept cards
read moreWe can now take card payments directly, as well as via PayPal.Stow Maries Show
read moreStow Maries held a highy successful Vintage Fly-In on Sunday 8th May 2011
Stow Maries Memorial
read moreStow Maries Aerodrome passed another landmark with the dedication of its new memorial on Friday 17th DecemberColin Ashford
read moreNoted WW1 artist and CCI member Colin Ashford has been elected Vice President of the Guild of Aviation Artists
Stow Maries Film
read moreA short film - "Loss" - based around Stow Maries, by Giles Ford-CrushVolume 41 Number 3
read moreVolume 41 Number 2
read more2011 Calendar
read moreThe 2011 calendar is SOLD OUT!
Guild of Aviation Artists
read moreWW1 Aviation Painting of the Year 2010Volume 41 Number 1
read moreCalgary Theft
read moreThieves plunder Aero Space Museum of Calgary Museum at Stow Maries
read moreOn Sunday 30th May, the Aerodrome Museum at the Stow Maries project was officially opened by the Mayor of Maldon.Channel 4
read moreFighting the Red Baron will be broadcast on Channel 4, Friday 4 June at 9:00pmNew boss at RAFM
read moreThe Royal Air Force Museum Trustees are pleased to announce that Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye OBE has been selected as the Director General, Royal Air Force Museum with effect from 9th June 2010.Avro Blue Plaque
read moreA Blue Plaque has been dedicated, commemorating the first Avro factory
Trophy for MOSI
read moreDesmond Penrose Trophy
Severnside Military Show
read moreThe Severnside Military Show this year will be held on the Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of June with a large gathering of armour, jeeps, trucks and enthusiasts. The event has moved from Kemble and will now be held at the Severnside Vintage showground in Cambridge, Glos. The new venue provides a laid back, friendly atmosphere for all of the family to enjoy.
Journal Index
read moreThere's now over 40 years of Cross and Cockade International journals - all indexed.
Volume 40 Number 4
read moreBest Article 2009
read more
Vote for the Best Article of 2009
This is your chance to vote for what YOU consider to be the best article published in the journal during 2009.
Next year, 2011, we'll be making an award the the author of the Best Article published in the journal during 2010. You'll have the chance to vote on paper, using a form sent out in the journal - or on line via the web site. To test this latter system, we're giving you the opportunity to let us know what you think of the articles published during 2009.
Over to you!
Regional Meetings
read moreCross & Cockade International have regular regional meetings around the UK - why not check out the dates below and pop along?
BBMF under threat
read moreOur government has decided that the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight is expendable - and are threatening to withdraw funding.
Leaman Lecture
read moreTo mark Paul Leaman's imminent retirement as Chair of Trustees, after 40 years of dedicated service to the society, we're implementing a keynote lecture in his name, to be given at our AGM each year by an eminent aviation historian.
Note that you don't need to be a CCI member to attend - and admission to the RAFM and the Leaman Lecture is free of charge.
Those Magnificent Men
read moreNo - not THAT fantastic film. This is the play - and its not about pre-war air races either.Crossing the Line
read moreA trailer for Peter Jackson's upcoming WW1 film, "Crossing the Line", has been posted on You TubeIWM Film Archive
read moreImperial War Museum film archive available on lineWhen Europe Went Mad
read more
When Europe Went Mad: A Brief History of the First World War
- a new title by Terence Finn, working with Tim Kenney marketing - watch the review in the next journal!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Europe-Went-Mad-History/dp/1571974970/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263757676&sr=8-1
Newspaper Archive
read moreThe North London newspaper archive for the British Library is being digitised, and the millions of newspaper pages moved to Boston Spa in Yorkshire.Guild of Aviation Artists
read moreIn 2010 the Guild will be hosting its 40th annual exhibition! If you've any interest in aviation, and enjoy a well-produced painting, this is a not-to-be-missed event.
Scale ModelWorld 2009
read moreThe IPMS show, Scale ModelWorld 2009, was held at the International Exhibition Centre, Telford, on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2009.FE2 Unveiling
read moreOn 1st July 2009 the Royal Air Force Museum's FE2b was unveiled in a ceremony at Hendon, London.FE2b/d Monograph
read moreInevitably, further details have come to light since the publication of both of our monographs. We will be adding them to this page of our website. If anyone has further information that could be shared with others using this site, please forward it, in the first instance to the Editor.
Last updates made 20-Feb-2010.
Nieuport Monograph
read moreInevitably, further details have come to light since the publication of both of our monographs. We will be adding them to this page of our website. If anyone has further information that could be shared with others using this site, please forward it, in the first instance to the Editor.
Last updated 31-May-2011
We also have a full Name Index, lovingly crafted by Trevor Henshaw and the team. This is integral to the download version of the monograph - and we also offer it here for those who have the printed book:
Name Index
Henry Allingham Dies
read moreThe BBC has announced that Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last servicemen from World War I, has died. Henry was also the last surviving member of the air services from WW1.About us
read moreCross & Cockade International (CCI) is the First World War Aviation Historical Society. Who are we? What do we do? Find out more...
WW1 Aviation Links
read moreLinks to other WW1 Aviation sites
GoAvA Exhibition
read moreThe Annual Exhibition of paintings at the Guild of Aviation Artists was being held at The Mall Galleries in London, between 20th and 26th July 2009, and was, yet again, a resounding success.
AV Roe Centenary
read moreOn Sunday 12th July 2009, underneath the railway arches on the Walthamstow Marshes, an exhibition was held to celebrate to 100th anniversary of the first all-British powered flight.
Oeffag Alb D.III running
read moreLast weekend an original 1918 Austro Daimler engine was run, during a Aviation Festival near Vienna. Even better - the engine was in an Oeffag Albatros D.III!
FE2b/d Monograph
read moreFollowing the resounding success of the society's first book, "Nieuports in RFC, RNAS & RAF Service", on 1st July 2009 we launched our second. Publication coincided with the unveiling of the newly-restored FE2b at the RAF Museum, Hendon.
We are taking orders NOW through the on-line shop! Don't wait for too long, as interest is proving to be higher than expected, and we're not expedting stocks to last beyond the autumn.
Price delivered in the UK is £30.00, overseas by surface is £32.50 and overseas by airmail is £38.15 - excellent value by any measure!
Baracca Exhibition
read moreAn exhibition on top Italian ace Francesco Baracca is on display at Lugo (between Bologna and Ravenna) in Northern Italy until 19th July 2009. Anyone in the area should make this a "must see" item!
New Belgian Morane
read moreFor the last 20 years, the Ypres Technical School have had a beautiful 110hp Le Rhone rotary engine. Three years ago, staff and students started building an aeroplane for the Le Rhone to live in. Now it's ready to roll!
Create your own user feedback survey