The IWM caption for this photo reads:
"Officers and S.E.5a Scouts of No. 1 Squadron, RAF, at Clairmarais aerdrome, 3 July 1918."
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
The Gang's All Here!
For our first post here in a while, we present a quickie...
The IWM caption for this photo reads:
"Officers and S.E.5a Scouts of No. 1 Squadron, RAF, at Clairmarais aerdrome, 3 July 1918."
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The IWM caption for this photo reads:
"Officers and S.E.5a Scouts of No. 1 Squadron, RAF, at Clairmarais aerdrome, 3 July 1918."
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Monday, October 26, 2015
Brünhilde mit Bomben für Tommy
In this installment of Stringbags we present a couple'a photos from May of 1918 which show a Halberstadt CL.II of Royal Bavarian Schlachtstaffel 27b just prior to a sortie during the Ludendorff Offensive.
In the first photo an armorer is seen loading potato mashers into a rack for use by the observer. Affixed to the spine of the kite, just behind the cockpit, is an assortment of flare cartridges.
In this second shot the crew is mounted up and ready for engine start. The inscription on this postcard reads, roughly:
"Schlachststaffel Ready for Takeoff - The aircraft are equipped with machine guns, signal cartridges, and hand grenades."
In the background is another Halberstadt, #5, named 'Thea'. This machine was captured by New Zealand forces after being forced down near Bapaume in late August of 1918.
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In the first photo an armorer is seen loading potato mashers into a rack for use by the observer. Affixed to the spine of the kite, just behind the cockpit, is an assortment of flare cartridges.
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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:
"Schlachststaffel Ready for Takeoff - The aircraft are equipped with machine guns, signal cartridges, and hand grenades."
In the background is another Halberstadt, #5, named 'Thea'. This machine was captured by New Zealand forces after being forced down near Bapaume in late August of 1918.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Balancing Act
We have no information to share about this incident... except maybe that the driver of this Camel has undoubtedly seen much better days.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Luft-Luft-Foto
Today 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.
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.
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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.
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Monday, February 2, 2015
Totenkopf
In 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.
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.
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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.
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Sunday, October 5, 2014
Rumplers
Today on Stringbags we bring you a few views of some Rumplers. We think they're all Rumpler C.Is but, as your blogmeister's enthusiasm for these early birds far outstrips his knowledge of same, we have to take the sparse info that accompanied these images at face value.
Whatever the case, they're pretty cool photos... enjoy.
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Whatever the case, they're pretty cool photos... enjoy.
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San Diego Air & Space Museum
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
Back 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.
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 HERE.)
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.
Enjoy...
More 1st Aero Squadron stuff to come!
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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 HERE.)
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.
Enjoy...
All photos: Arthur J. Coyle collection - San Diego Air & Space Museum
More 1st Aero Squadron stuff to come!
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