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29 EARLY AVIATION, WWI, 1920s–1930s: US, BRITISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN & ITALIAN The Lafayette Flying Corps: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in WWI Dennis Gordon. Includes detailed biog- raphies of the 269 volunteer American airmen and gunners of France’s Service Aeronautique who flew in sixty-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons over the Western Front—also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the Escadrille Lafayette. Size: 8.5"x11" • 320 bw photos • 504pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1108-5 • hard • $59.95 Wings of Honor: American Airmen in WWI James J. Sloan. Wings of Honor is a compilation of all United States pilots, observers, gunners and mechanics who flew against the enemy in WWI. Covered are Americans who flew with the French and British air services, US Navy aviators, and all other units in which Americans flew. Size: 8.5"x11" • 350 bw photos • 460pp. ISBN: 0-88740-577-0 • hard • $45.00 United States Naval Aviation 1910–18 Noel Shirley. A complete history of the early development of naval aviation in the US, and the role that the naval aviation service applied to the war effort during 1917–18. Detailed discussion is also provided regarding the role of USMC aviation during this time period. Size: 8.5"x11" • 320 bw photos • 336pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1179-4 • hard • $59.95 The Stand, 2nd Edition: The Final Flight of Lt. Frank Luke Jr. Stephen Skinner. Frank Luke was the first American airman to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was shot down and killed on September 29, 1918; he was 21 years old. The details of this excep- tional pilot's death were murky, heavily shrouded by rumor and mythos. Author Stephen Skinner uncovered the truth. This new edition combines new content and revisions with a refreshed presentation and format. • 7"x10" (177x254mm) •380color andb/wphotos•480 pp. • 978-0-7643-6848-6 • HC • $45.00 US / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD The Stand: The Final Flight of Lt. Frank Luke Jr. Stephen Skinner. This book writes the last chapter on the life and death of America’s most spectacular WWI fighter pilot, and fills in the blanks left behind by history after the legendary Arizona balloon buster died under controversial circumstances deep behind enemy lines in September of 1918. Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 color/bw photos • 264pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3095-7 • hard • $69.99 The Russian Military Air Fleet in WWI August G. Blume. This two-volume set is a prodigious scholarly endeavor, offering for the first time in the English language a close up view of Russian Air Fleet operations and personnel. Vol.1: A Chronology • 1910–1917 Size: 8.5"x11"•300color/bwimages•336pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3351-4 • hard • $79.99 Vol.2: Victories, Losses, Awards Size: 8.5"x11"•300color/bwimages•400pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3352-1 • hard • $79.99 Flying Officers of the United States Navy 1917–19 . This book, originally published just after WWI, is the definitive reference to United States Naval aviators in WWI. Also included is a history of naval aviation operations in WWI. Size: 8.5"x11" • 2000 bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0219-1 • hard • $49.95 The Camel Drivers: The 17th Aero Squadron in WWI Reed & Roland. The 17th Aero Squadron flew Sopwith Camels under British command along the Western Front during the summer of 1918. This definitive work on the 17th Aero Squadron in WWI is drawn from a wide range of official and personal sources. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0071-7 • hard • $45.00 The Hat in the Ring Gang: The Combat History of the 94th Aero Squadron in WWI Charles Woolley. This book contains a rich mixture of official as well as personal contemporarily written accounts of the 94th Aero Squadron, the most successful pursuit squadron in the United States Air Service. Size: 8.5"x11" • 375 color/bw photos • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1427-0 • hard • $49.95 First to the Front: The Aerial Adventures of 1st Lt. Waldo Heinrichs and the 95th Aero Squadron 1917–18 Charles Woolley. The 95th Aero Squadron was the first American pursuit squadron to fly over the front in March 1918. Told through the words of those who served, Heinrichs’ richly written diary forms the nucleus of the story supported by contemporary letters, anecdotes, and combat reports. Size: 8.5"x11" • 280 color/bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0749-5 • hard • $49.95 The 147th Aero Squadron in World War I: A Training and Combat History of the “Who Said Rats" Squadron Jack Stokes Ballard & James John Parks. This book is the first complete history of the American Air Service’s 147th Aero Squadron in World War I and provides, at last, an understanding of the role of this least known unit of the 1st Pursuit Group. Size: 8.5"x11" • 128 bw photos • 240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4400-8 • hard • $59.99 New England Aviators 1914–18: Their Portraits and Their Records . This two-volume set originally appeared in 1919 in limited quantities. 542 New England pilots—who flew with the USAAC, USN, USMC and British and French air forces—are given short biographical entries and WWI era photos. Vol.1 Size: 6"x9" • 200 bw photos • 472pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0345-7 • hard • $49.95 Vol.2 Size: 6"x9" • 250 bw photos • 480pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0346-5 • hard • $49.95 The Aviation Pioneers of McCook Field: Candid Interviews with American Aero- nautical Visionaries of the 1920s. Jerry Koszyk. McCook Field was a small air base in Dayton, Ohio, that was active only from 1917 to 1927. McCook was a magnet for the leading aviators and engineers of the time. This work contains unpublished interviews with 20 of those aviation pioneers. Size: 6"x 9" • 36 b/w photos • 192 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6352-8 • hardcover • $24.99 US Navy/US Marine Corps Aircraft: Two Classics in One Volume William T. Larkins. This illustrated survey of Navy and USMC aircraft re- mains the most essential book on these airplanes ever written. These volumes remain the definitive record of the formative years for Navy and Marine Corps aviation. Size: 6"x9" • 1,000 photos • 608pp. ISBN: 0-88740-742-0 • hard • $39.95 The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane: The US Navy’s First Airplane 1911–16 Woodling & Chayka. This is the first book to detail the design and service history of the US Navy’s first airplane, and presents the formative years of naval aviation between 1911–16. The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane made history as the first airplane to serve with the US Navy, the Imperial Russian Navy and the Japanese Navy. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3762-8 • hard • $59.99 Curtiss Fighter Aircraft: A Photograph- ic History • 1917–48 Dean & Hagedorn. Making use of primary Curtiss documents, as well as the combined resources of the world’s leading historians of the subject, the authors have skillfully resolved myths and woven a comprehensive study of the often very confusing story of these classic airplanes. Size: 8.5"x11" • 500 color/bw photos • 384pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2580-9 • hard • $69.95 Revolution in the Sky: The Lockheeds of Aviation’s Golden Age Richard Sanders Allen. This is the fascinating story of the single-engine Lockheeds flown by Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post and Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, and Jimmy Doolittle. Size: 8.5"x11" • 250 bw photos/maps • 256pp. ISBN: 0-88740-584-3 • hard • $37.50 The Northrop Story 1929–39 Richard Sanders Allen. From flying wings to polar explorers, from air racers to air liners, here is the full story of the single-engine airplanes designed and constructed by Jack Northrop during aviation’s golden age. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 bw photos • 178pp. ISBN: 0-88740-585-1 • hard • $29.95 Wings across the Pacific Terry Gwynn-Jones. Wings Across the Pacific tells the epic struggle of the generation of pilots who made the dream of crossing the Pacific, a reality. The feats of Lindbergh and others who crossed the Atlantic have been more celebrated. But the Pacific was to flying what Everest was to mountain climbing: the biggest, most implacable, most irresistible challenge on earth. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 0-88740-743-9 • hard • $35.00 Great Maritime Patrol Aircraft of theWorld. Ralph J. Dean. This is an action-filled, illustrated history of 17 history-making aircraft, bringing to life the stories of their creation and of the men who flew and fought in them. Each chapter goes beyond the story of the aircraft to relate the ex- periences of their pilots and aircrew—how the machine resonated in their hands and in their hearts. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228mm) • 84 color and b/wphotos • 160 pp. • 978-0- 7643-6794-6 • hardcover • $45.00 US / £40.99 GBP / $64.00 CAD Raoul Lufbery and Marc Pourpe: From the Birth of Aviation to the Lafayette Escadrille; 1909–18 Jacques Mortane, with Dennis Gordon and Raoul Lufbery III. Two Great Knights of Adventure was written by Jacques Mortane in 1936. Mortane was on friendly terms with both Pourpe and Lufbery and wrote the book as a tribute to the two pilots, both of whom were killed in WWI. Author and Lafayette Escadrille expert Dennis Gordon recently had the book translated to English and worked with Raoul Lufbery III to add significant new content via the Lufbery family archive. Size: 8.5"x11"•160b/wphotos•240pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6535-5 • hardcover • $45.00/£40.99 GBP/$64.00 CAD