tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30685070104171491432024-03-18T21:44:36.367-07:00StringbagsFlying Machines of the First World War...Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-88536779015306491312022-12-30T16:14:00.004-08:002022-12-30T16:24:24.208-08:00Pincher and the Camel<p>Today we present a fine photo
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carrier HMS Vindex, perched atop the propeller hub of a Sopwith Camel
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Once the war had come to an end, a stipulation of the resulting Armistice was that Germany hand over a large number of aircraft to the Allies... about 1700 or so. Among those specified to be surrendered was the Gotha G.V, and apparently a number of the<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">final</span></span> G.Vbs to come off the assembly line were delivered to the Allies direct from the factory. It is thought that the aircraft shown here is one of these.<br />
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<span id="goog_2001301407"></span><span id="goog_2001301408"></span>Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-40442129733922935742016-08-21T12:52:00.001-07:002016-08-21T14:56:26.776-07:00An Aerdrome in Northern FranceAlrighty folks, as stated in the past... your blogmeister loves these crates from the 'Great War', but knows relatively little about them as compared to aircraft from other periods in time. All he knows about this photo is that it is said to have been taken in Northern France during the Spring of 1918 and that it shows three Fokkers D.VII, at least two, possibly three Fokkers Dr.1, and a single Albatros, which looks to be a D.V., maybe.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-51571828482826073892016-07-19T06:25:00.001-07:002016-07-19T06:25:58.076-07:00Flying Razor From Down UnderGenerally we like to present original period photos in this-here cyber rag, but every now and again we come across modern-day stuff that is too groovy not to share.<br />
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Here's a few snaps of <b><a href="http://www.tavas.com.au/">The Australian Vintage Aviation Society</a></b>'s Fokker D.VIII replica, powered by an original Gnome rotary engine, which flew for the first time earlier this year.<br />
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Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-77957141471399564642016-07-06T21:56:00.000-07:002016-07-06T21:56:01.462-07:00Canadian FokkerFor today's quickie we present this view showing Fokker D.VII 8493/18, one of about twenty of the type to be operated briefly by No.1 Fighter Squadron of the Canadian Air Force during early 1919.<br />
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For much more info and several more photos showing Canada's Fokker D.VIIs, take a looksee <a href="http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/38/Those-Canadian-Fokkers--War-Trophies-and-the-Nascent-Canadian-Air-force.aspx">HERE</a>.<br />
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Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-75969201673381513522016-06-30T17:06:00.000-07:002016-07-06T20:43:30.066-07:00A Jenny at LangleyIn our last installment we shared a few photos showing a Nieuport 17 that was under evaluation at Langley Field during June of 1917. As stated in that previous ish of our little cyber-rag, many a foreign type was given a look by a U.S. Army that had recently been committed to the fight, was pitifully unprepared as regards things aviation, and intent on catching up to the European powers in this area.<br />
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Aside from all the foreign types that were put through their paces, a number of domestic designs could also be found at Langley in the Summer of '17... including the ubiquitous Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. And here's a couple'a shots of one such machine. In the first view the aircraft is fitted with an experimental 'Olmstead Propeller', while in the second view it has a standard prop.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-66883876874808554032016-06-26T19:18:00.000-07:002016-07-06T20:42:54.651-07:00A Nieuport at LangleyShortly after entering the First World War in April of 1917, the U.S.A., woefully unprepared for war in the air, had to play a game of catch-up and began evaluating foreign aircraft to produce under license at home and for use 'over there'.<br />
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In this second shot the crew is mounted up and ready for engine start. The inscription on this postcard reads, roughly:<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-66019059378847389012015-02-03T02:46:00.000-08:002015-02-03T02:46:05.102-08:00Luft-Luft-FotoToday we bring you a groovy air-to-air photo of one Leutnant Otto Kissenberth of FFA 9b (FFA = Feld-Flieger Abteilung) cruising over Colmar in his Fokker D.II, circa 1915.<br /><br />Kissenberth went on to command Jasta 23 and score a total of twenty victories, the last of which was gained on May 20th, 1918 while flying a captured Sopwith Camel! Nine days later he was severely injured in a crash of this same Camel and his combat career came to an end. Kissenberth, an avid mountain-climber, (evidenced by the 'Edelweiss' emblem that normally adorned his personal aircraft) died in August of 1919 after a fall while indulging in his favorite pastime.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-14841653022398218142015-02-02T02:01:00.000-08:002015-02-02T02:01:10.177-08:00TotenkopfIn this installment of 'Stringbags' we present a photo showing a Siemens-Shuckert D.III in Swiss markings and adorned with a Totenkopf (skull and crossbones or, more literally, 'death's head') motif.<br />
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Your blogmeister has done only minimal digging on this one, but it seems that this particular bird, along with a few others, was deliberately flown to Switzerland in November of 1918, possibly by a German pilot named Lange of Kest 5, in order to prevent the machine from falling into the hands of Allied forces.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-77307016827713355812014-09-11T03:16:00.000-07:002020-05-24T12:14:52.450-07:00Back to the 1st...Alrighty... a while back we had a series going that focused on the ASAEF 1st Aero Squadron, but took a short break from said series and posted a few random things before your blogmeister took a general break from 'Stringbags' altogether.<br />
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Today we resume our series on the 1st Aero Squadron with a few photos from the Arthur J. Coyle collection within the San Diego Air & Space Museum archives. Some of you may recognize the name 'Arthur Coyle', as he was mentioned in one of our earlier installments... Coyle, who was credited with three victories, was piloting the crate named 'Gertrude A' when gunner Arthur Easterbrook scored his fifth victory on November 4th, 1918. (Take a looksee <a href="http://stringbags.blogspot.com/2013/07/one-of-last-observer-aces.html"><b>HERE</b></a>.)<br />
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Anyhoo, as mentioned, here's a few random photos from the Coyle collection. We have no further info for any of them at this time, other than to say that the third shot shows not a Salmson of the 1st AS, but rather a British SE.5.<br />
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This is the LFG Roland D.XVII... the last single-seat scout fighter constructed by LFG during the Great War. Only one was built and it wasn't much of a success. Even had it been a better performer, it was first 'rolled out' in October of 1918 and so, too little too late...<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-17002607727548765802014-04-09T12:15:00.001-07:002014-04-10T11:27:40.921-07:00Look... it's a bird... no! It's a plane! Uh... it's a plane that came from a plant?Alrighty, here's one that's fascinated your blogmeister for some time.... the Taube. This crate really does look like a bird, doesn't it? A dove, to be more specific, and that is indeed what the German word 'Taube' means... 'dove'.<br />
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Yeah, well, apparently the design was actually inspired by a particularly aerodynamic seed pod of the Zanonia, a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Cucurbitaceae. (Don't write in asking what the hell any of that means... we've no clue.) Look, let's forget seeds and plants and all that... truth be told, nobody here at Stringbags has a green thumb and we much prefer the bird angle anyway, so we'll fly with it. (See what we did there?)<br />
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Anyhoo... this-here plane that looks like a bird even though it was inspired by a plant was designed by an Austro-Hungarian guy named Igo Etrich (we're willing to bet that <i>he</i> had a green thumb) and first flew in 1910. Long story short, the design was licensed out for production to a few manufacturers, including Rumpler of Germany. Rumpler played along with Etrich for a while, labeling their version of the <strike>plant</strike> bird as the 'Etrich-Rumpler Taube'... but then they apparently got greedy or something and pruned Etrich out entirely, changing the bird's name to 'Rumpler Taube' and stopped paying royalties and such. Etrich gave up, abandoned his patent, stomped off, and went home... probably to do some gardening.<br />
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<i>A Rumpler Taube after takeoff from Köln-Longerich, 1913-14.</i><br />
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Still trying to keep a long story short(ish), the Taube was the first mass-produced military aircraft in Germany and filled pretty much every role conceived for military aviation at that time. Ultimately, though, as is the case with many designs, the Taube was relegated to training duties... having served Germany and a few other nations well in the pre-war years, it was found to be quite lacking as a war machine once hostilities erupted in 1914 and more advanced types began sprouting up.<br />
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Nevertheless, the Taube did see a good deal of use in combat during the early months of The Great War, primarily as an observation platform. The two photos below show one example that was captured by the French and displayed in the courtyard of the Army Museum at Les Invalides, Paris.<br />
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And now to wrap things up, here's a super-freakin' groovy painting of a Taube by Russell Smith. Check out more of his excellent work on his <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Russell-Smith-Studios/103226508613">Facebook page</a>...<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-30338110977578949712013-08-31T04:10:00.000-07:002013-08-31T04:10:09.261-07:00The Wayback Machine is Code 2Well, he's done it now. Your blogmeister has a tendancy to twirl the dial on the Wayback Machine a bit too quick-like, and he's gone'n done-busted the dang thang. Oh, it still works... but it ain't workin' proper-like, if ya take our meanin'. So today we bring you something a tad different than the usual fare.<br />
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Sometime back we came across a number of photos from the year nineteen-hundred and fifty-seven, showing two Great War wannabes keeping company with some RF-84s and a single T-33 of the Tennessee Air National Guard. In this installment of 'Stringbags' we present one of those photos.<br />
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Your blogmeister has yet to break out the pick and spade, so we can't tell you anything further... for the moment... except maybe to say that these two biplanes look to be replicas of a Fokker D.VII and a Nieuport 28, and that we will share more shots of each in the future...<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-23067746694713483202013-08-26T01:23:00.000-07:002013-08-26T01:23:05.231-07:00Testpilot im 'Flugboot'<br />
Today at 'Stringbags' we bring you a groovy photo showing German test pilot Wilhelm Eickhoff in a Roland D.VIa at Hannover Langenhagen Flugplatz circa late 1917 or early 1918.<br />
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In January of 1918 the Germans held a fly-off competition to select a new scout/fighter aircraft for the Lufstreitkräfte. Though the winner of that competition was the Fokker D.VII, the runner-up, the Roland D.VI, was also ordered into production as insurance against possible problems with the Fokker... and approximately 350 Rolands were constructed. The type was somewhat unique in that the method of construction used to make its fuselage was essentially the same as that used in the construction of certain types of boats. <br />
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Here's a <a href="http://thomasgenth.de/html/lfg_roland_d_vi.html">link to some photos</a> showing the last surviving example of this interesting type...<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-1750390720039196722013-08-14T19:35:00.000-07:002013-08-14T19:35:43.123-07:00Golden GiftToday we take another break from our series on the 1st Aero Squadron to bring you this groovy shot of F.E.2b A5478, named 'Gold Coast No.10'. This particular machine was one of 50 built by Boulton & Paul Ltd. and was a 'presentation gift', one of at least ten aeroplanes that were paid for by the people of Great Britain's Gold Coast colony in West Africa.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-30868678020018920212013-08-12T16:30:00.000-07:002013-08-12T16:45:07.517-07:00The Deadly DuoA few posts back we featured a 1st Aero Squadron observer ace named Arthur Easterbrook. Well, as often happens, we just now came across something which would'a come in real handy-like for that previous installment of this-here cyber-rag. Better late than never, we always say.<br />
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Anyhoo, the something we came across which would'a come in real handy-like for that previous installment of this-here cyber-rag was another photo of Lt. Easterbrook... and this time the pilot with whom he scored most of his victories, William Erwin, is also shown. For those who didn't see that <a href="http://stringbags.blogspot.com/2013/07/one-of-last-observer-aces.html">previous installment</a>, or for those whose memory could use refreshing, Easterbrook and Erwin were credited with five and eight victories, respectively.<br />
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Here's the accompanying caption from the original image, which was apparently reproduced from a publication of some sort:<br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><i>The formidable team of 1/Lt. William Erwin (pilot) and 1/Lt. Arthur Easterbrook (observer) in their Salmson, reportedly after their first mission together on 1 October 1918. This 2A2 is marked with the final version of the 1st Aero Squadron's insignia, which in this case lacks the white halyard. Note the bullet holes from previous missions patched and marked with black crosses, and the large hole—said to have been made by German anti-aircralt fire. The two white lines painted below the observer's cockpit could be used in aligning a camera. (Easterbrook photo. USAFM via George H. Williams)</i></b></span><br />
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Continuing our series on the 1st Aero Squadron, here's a photo showing one of the outfit's Salmsons with a Handley Page O/400 in the background. We've no info as to the where, when, why, or how.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-51433668311747949102013-07-30T03:37:00.000-07:002013-07-30T03:37:33.219-07:00Along Came a Spider...Today's installment of Stringbags provides a short break from our sojourn into the world of the 1st Aero Squadron... soon to be continued.<br />
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The Avro 531 'Spider' was a one-off prototype that did not enter production simply because, apparently, said prototype was completed too late... a competitor, the Sopwith Snipe, had already been selected as the RFC/RAF's newest scout aeroplane by whomever did such selecting back then. The design utilized both newly-conceived and existing components, the latter coming primarily from the Avro 504. Actually, there was a second machine constructed which, although related to the Spider, was a bit different, mainly in the design of the wings and struts. This second aeroplane was envisioned as a racing machine, but it was never used as such. Both machines were employed as 'hacks' of a sort by Avro until the early 1920s.<br />
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Anyhoo, we think that's the straight dope on the Spider... admittedly, we've not taken much time to do research on this kite. We did however come across an article with a blurb about the Spider in an online PDF presentation of an old ish of 'Flight' magazine, and have reproduced the relevant text from that rag below.<br />
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Alrighty, the following was taken from the March 20th, 1919 ish of 'Flight' magazine, which can be seen <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%200364.html">HERE</a>...<br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>The Avro 'Spider,' Type 531. April, 1918.</b><br /><br />The following spring saw an entirely diferent type of machine issue from the Avro works. This was a single-seater 'Scout,' in which the wing bracing was along quite unusual lines. From the illustrations it will be seen that, instead of the ordinary wing bracing wires or cables, the 'Spider,' as this machine was called, had Vee struts arranged in the form of a Warren truss. It may be remembered that in 1917 we published in Flight a series of articles by 'Marco Polo,' entitled 'Wing Bracing and Head Resistance,' in which this particular form of wing bracing was dealt with.<br /><br />In this article the author expressed the opinion that although the combination of Nieuport Vee struts and Warren truss did not appear to give the absolute minimum of resistance, it did have a low resistance, while at the same time having the structural advantage that the distance between supports was reduced, thus resulting in a lighter structure, and that therefore the arrangement might be found to be worth trying.<br /><br />This appears to be what the Avro designer has done, and we may therefore be pardoned a certain special interest in this particular machine. We understand that the 'Spider' was extremely manoeuvrable and light on the controls, and the accompanying table of performance indicates that the machine had quite a good turn of speed--120 m.p.h. at ground level with a 130-h.p. Clerget engine is not bad--while the climb was also satisfactory. The pilot was so placed that his eyes were on a level with the top plane, in which a circular opening was cut out. This gave a good view both upwards and horizontally in all directions, while the small chord of the bottom plane gave a minimum of obstruction to downward visibility. The 'Spider' might conceivably make a good sporting model, especially if fitted with a somewhat smaller engine, since the petrol bill for a motor of 130 h.p. would probably be more than the majority of owners would care to spend. However, as the machine is light there does not appear to be any reason why, in a slightly modified form, it should not be fitted with, say, an engine of 80 h.p. or thereabouts.</i></span><br />
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Fade to Black...Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-992871723188458902013-07-26T17:32:00.000-07:002013-07-26T17:32:11.272-07:00Alright, on three... everyone say, 'Let's bash the Bosche!'Today we bring you a quickie... 'tis a nice group shot of the 1st Aero Squadron with one of their Salmson 2A2s.<br />
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We've been able to identify only one of these fellas, namely Lt. Arthur E. Easterbrook, the main subject of our previous installment. He's standing seventh from the left... here's a closer look...<br />
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Actually, we *think* we've been able to identify another member of the squadron as well, but are not totally sure. This may be Snoopy's cousin, the pooch shown in the photo we shared a few weeks back which sparked this whole 1st Aero Squadron business. Again, we're not sure that it is indeed Snoopy's cousin, but he does, at the very least, look akin to the chap.<br />
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<br />Hawk914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04307000030432358831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3068507010417149143.post-24452628596131833662013-07-23T18:08:00.000-07:002013-07-23T18:21:20.377-07:00One of the Last Observer AcesContinuing our look at the 1st Aero Squadron during the Great War, today Stringbags would like to submit for your approval this photo of a Salmson 2A2 named 'Gertrude A', and two of her boys.<br />
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The guy in the turret is Lt. Arthur E. Easterbrook and the other fella is Lt. Arthur J. Coyle. As he taps the keys to write this, your blogmeister has learned little about the latter, but a fair bit about the former... including the fact that this crate was named for Easterbrook's gal back home.<br />
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Along with the majority of Americans who fought in the Great War, Arthur Edmond Easterbrook got into the show rather late, enlisting in August of 1917. We're a bit unclear as to all the details of his time 'over there', but apparently he initially served with a British outfit, 9 Squadron RAF, as an observer flying in FE.8s. On August 20th, 1918 he was transferred to the 1st Aero Squadron and, during the final few months prior to the armistice, became one of the last aces of the Great War, netting two DFCs in the process.<br />
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Easterbrook's first victory came on October 6th, 1918, and has been identified only as an 'EA', 'enemy aircraft'. He scored two more victories on October 8th, both two-seaters of unknown (to us) type. His fourth victory came on October 22nd, another unidentified two-seater, and the fifth on November 4th, 1918... reported to be a Fokker D.VII. For the first four victories Easterbrook's pilot was Lt. William P. Erwin, but Lt. Arthur J. Coyle was pilot for the fifth, and the photo above was quite possibly taken upon the occasion of this last victory.<br />
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Here's a look at Lt. Erwin, Easterbrook's pilot for his first four victories. Erwin himself was credited with a total of eight victories, shared with the various observers with whom he flew.<br />
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Unfortunately, your blogmeister knows nothing more of the exact circumstances under which Easterbrook's victories were scored. However, some details of his double-tally on October 8th are included in the citation for his second DFC, reproduced below...<br />
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Citation for Lt. Easterbrook's first DFC:<br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>EASTERBROOK, ARTHUR EDMOND</b>
<br /><b>First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army</b>
<br /><b>Observer, 1st Aero Squadron, Air Service,
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<br /><b>Date of Action: September 12, 1918</b>
<br /><b>General Orders No. 116, W.D., 1919</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>The Distinguished Service Cross is presented
to Arthur Edmonnd Easterbrook, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army,
for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, September
12, 1918.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>Because of intense aerial activity on the opening
day of the St. Mihiel offensive, Lieutenant Easterbrook, observer, and
Second Lieutenant Ralph E. De Castro, pilot, volunteered to fly over the
enemy's lines on a photographic mission without the usual protection of
accompanying planes.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>Notwithstanding the low-hanging clouds, which
necessitated operation at an altitude of only 400 meters, they penetrated
4 kilometers beyond the German lines. Attacked by four enemy machines,
they fought off their foes, completed their photographic mission, and returned
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Citation for Lt. Easterbrook's second DFC:<br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>EASTERBROOK, ARTHUR EDMOND</b>
<br /><b>First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army</b>
<br /><b>Observer, 1st Aero Squadron, Air Service,
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<br /><b>Date of Action: October 8, 1918</b>
<br /><b>General Orders No. 116, W.D., 1919</b></i></span> <br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>The Distinguished Service Cross is presented
to Arthur Edmond Easterbrook, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army,
for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont and Varennes, France,
October 8, 1918.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><i><b>Lieutenant Easterbrook, with Lieutenant Erwin,
pilot, successfully carried out a mission of locating our Infantry, despite
five encounters with enemy planes. During these encounters he broke up
a formation of three planes, sending one down out of control; killed or
wounded an observer in an encounter with another formation; and sent a
biplane crashing to the ground, besides driving away a formation of two
planes and several single machines.</b></i></span><br />
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Arthur Easterbrook went on to serve with the USAAC during the 1920s and 30s, and with the USAAF during the Second World War. He was a member of the staff for Chief of the Army Air Corps, General Henry 'Hap' Arnold, and later commanded AFWTC (Air Force Western Training Command) and was commanding officer of Santa Ana Army Air Base in California, retiring as a Brigadier General on August 21st, 1946.<br />
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Sadly, he spent the last couple years of his life in a wheelchair after falling from a tree in 1950, and died from a heart attack in 1952 at the age of of 58. <br />
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For starters, we offer this groovy shot. We don't know who these fellas are, but our guess would be that they're #17's regular crew, proudly framing the crate's number and the outfit's flag emblem.<br />
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