Their Postcards And Pictures
Lance J. Bronnenkant
© 2006 Schiffer Publishing Ltd
400 Pages, over 600 b/w photographs, 8 1/2"x 11". Sanke, Liersch and NPG postcards featuring German World War I aviators have been collected, traded, and reproduced in many publications over the years, but no author until now has focused on determining when, where, why, and by whom these pictures were taken, or when and why they were issued as postcards. This work pursues the answers to those questions, and unfolds like a detective story that relates the investigation and assembly of evidence from a wide variety of sources, including personal communications from the pilots and their families, period newspapers, and other contemporaneous wartime publications. At its heart is its vast collection of supportive photographs, including original images behind the postcards that have never been viewed by the modern public. This pioneering book demonstrates the untapped potential that photographic artifacts from World War I still offer.
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Two snapshots of Jastaschule I's lineup of captured aircraft in German markings. Starting from the right is FE.8 No.7624 from RFC No.40 Squadron (downed by Erwin Böhme on 9 November 1916), two Sopwith Pups, two Spad 7s, two Nieuport 17s, a Nieuport II, and another Nieuport 17.The FE.8 and Nieuport 17s appear to have retained their original color schemes; however the Pups, Spads, and Nieuport II were overpainted with a color that some sources contend was red. Lt. Burkhard Lehmann appears in both these photos dressed in a light-colored Litewka tunic. (first photo courtesy of Helge Dittmann)
Several pilots cluster around a Morane Parasol in German markings at Jastaschule I. The Parasol had been captured on 10 July 1917, and Dr. Ing. Niedermeyer who had access to Erwin Böhmes papers and other memorabilia, has reported that it was Böhme (Staffelführer of jasta 29 since the end of June) who delivered it to the training grounds (see OTF 17:2, p. 155). From left to right we have Böhme in conversation with Lt. Burkhard Lehmann, Hptm. Zander appearing just over Lehmanns shoulder, unknown, and a Lt. Biesel. By the look of the leather flight gear on the plane's horizontal stabilizer and Lehmann's flight coat, it appears that this image was snapped soon after or just before his piloting of the plane. Lehmann was posted to Jasta 12 on 28 July (where he was killed in action just nine days later on 5 August), so this particular picture was taken in the last half of july 1917. (photo courtesy of Helge Dittmann)
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Ken Greenfield and the late Neal O'Connor for rekindling and encouraging my interest in the field of World War I aviation; Peter Kilduff for his help and expertise in reviewing this manuscript; Helge Dittmann, Peter Grosz, Rainer Haufschild, Peter Kilduff, Walter Musciano, Jeffrey Sands, Marton Szigeti, and Greg VanWyngarden for their Photographie contributions; Thorsten Pietsch for his private manuscript on Hans Hintsch; the following organizations, whose personnel were exceedingly helpful and patient during my research: Kriegsarchiv Bavaria in Munich (Claus Mannsbart & staff), McDermott Library History of Aviation Collection at the University of Texas at Dallas (Paul Oelkrug & staff, and volunteer Ken Rice), Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Stadtarchiv Konstanz (Norbert Fromm & staff), Stadtarchiv Krefeld (Michael van Uem & staff), Stadtarchiv Memmingen (Christoph Engelhard & staff), Stadtarchiv Nürnberg (Marina Weber & staff), Stadtarchiv Solingen (Andrea Wendenburg & staff); and especially all of the World War I aviation historians before me whose dedication, hard work, and generosity to the field made this effort possible.
Gebundene Ausgabe: 400 Seiten
Verlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd © 2006
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0764324403
ISBN-13: 978-0764324406
Größe: 28,7 x 22,4 x 4,1 cm
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