Marked for Death (49 page)
Authors: James Hamilton-Paterson
Tags: #History, #Military, #World War I, #Aviation, #Non-Fiction
97
Lewis,
Sagittarius Rising
, p.137
98
Nordhoff, Charles & Hall, James,
Falcons of France
, p.85
99
Yeates,
Winged Victory
, p.330
100
Anderson, H. G.
et al.
,
The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation
, p.24
101
Johns, W. E., ‘The Last Show’ in
The Camels Are Coming
, p.191
102
Rippon, T. S. & Manuel, E. G., ‘Report on the Essential Characteristics of Successful and Unsuccessful Aviators’,
The Lancet
, 28th September 1918.
103
Strange,
Recollections of an Airman
, p.169
104
Bishop, William A.,
Winged Warfare
, p.146
105
ibid
, p.150
106
Reynolds, Quentin,
They Fought for the Sky
, p.176
107
Bishop,
Winged Warfare
, p.38
108
Lewis,
Sagittarius Rising
, pp.231–2
109
Stark,
Wings of War
, pp.54–5
110
Quoted in
Naval Eight
, p.32
111
Strange,
Recollections of an Airman
, p.86
112
Westerman, Percy F.,
Winning his Wings
, pp.90–1
113
Lee,
No Parachute
, p.197
114
Nordhoff & Hall,
Falcons of France
, p.215
115
Stark,
Wings of War
, pp.108–9
116
Wortley,
Letters from a Flying Officer
, p.118
117
Johns, W. E.,
Popular Flying
, May 1932
118
Lee,
No Parachute
, p.208
Chapter 7
119
Compston, R. J. O., in
Naval Eight
, p.83
120
Wortley,
Letters from a Flying Officer
, p.153
121
See
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18309913
122
Franks, Norman,
Sharks among Minnows
, p.41
123
Bishop,
Winged Warfare
, p.116
124
Kilduff,
Billy Bishop VC
, p.71
125
Reynolds,
They Fought for the Sky
, p.81
126
Mackenzie, C. R., in
Naval Eight
, p.197
127
quoted in Kilduff,
op. cit.
, p.133
128
Hanson,
First Blitz
, p.58
129
Morris, A.,
Bloody April
, p.15
130
Franks,
Sharks among Minnows
, p.113
131
Kilduff,
Black Fokker Leader
, p.8
132
Quoted in McAllister, Hayden, ed.,
Flying Stories
133
Kilduff,
Black Fokker Leader
, p.21
134
Halliday, Hugh,
Valour Reconsidered: Inquiries into the Victoria Cross
, p.145
135
Bishop,
Winged Warfare
, pp.221–2
136
Alex Revell,
www.billybishop.net/bishopP.html
137
Kilduff,
Billy Bishop VC
Chapter 8
138
Lee,
Open Cockpit
, p.59
139
Neumann,
The German Air Force in the Great War
, p.125
140
Alder, J. Elrick, ‘Some Notes on the Medical Aspect of Aviation’, in Hamel, Gustav & Turner, Charles C.,
Flying
, p.336
141
Quoted in Seibert, E. G., ‘The Effects of High Altitudes upon the Efficiency of Aviators’,
The Military Surgeon
, vol. 42, p.145
142
Birley, J. L., ‘War Flying at High Altitudes’,
The
Lancet
, 5th June 1920.
143
ibid.
144
The Chronicles of 55 Squadron
, pp.29–30
145
British Medical Journal
, 27th April 1918, p.487
146
Neumann,
The German Air Force in the Great War
, pp.141–2
147
ibid.
pp.163–4
148
The March 1917 issue of
Flying
advertised Sidcot suits for eight guineas from Robinson & Cleaver Ltd in Regent Street with the slogan ‘Keeps you warm at 20,000 feet up’.
149
Wyllie, H., Imperial War Museum, 84/5/1, entry of 30th March 1916
150
Anderson
et al.
,
The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation
, pp.199–200
151
Wortley,
Letters from a Flying Officer
, p.189
152
Gibson, T. M., ‘The genesis of medical selection tests for aircrew in the United Kingdom’,
RAF Historical Society Journal
, No. 43, p.11
153
Silbey, David,
The British Working Class and Enthusiasm for War, 1914
–1916
, p.44
154
Beckett, I, ‘The Territorial Force’, in Beckett, Ian & Simpson, Keith, eds,
A Nation in Arms
, as quoted in DeGroot, Gerard J.,
Blighty
(Longman, 1996), p.43
155
Rippon & Manuel, ‘Report on the Essential Characteristics of Successful and Unsuccessful Aviators’,
The Lancet
, 28th September 1918
156
Gilchrist, Norman S., ‘An Analysis of Causes of Breakdown in Flying’,
British Medical Journal
, 12th October 1918, pp.401–3
157
Stamm, L. E., ‘Medical Aspects of Aviation’,
The Aeronautical Journal
, Vol. XXIII, Jan. 1919
158
McWalter, J. C., letter to
British Medical Journal
, 7th November 1917
159
Coe, H. C., ‘The Flying Temperament’, editorial in
The Military Surgeon
, Vol. XLIII (1918).
160
Stamm, ‘Medical Aspects’
161
Rippon & Manuel, ‘Report on the Essential Characteristics’
162
Birley, J. L., ‘The Principles of Medical Science as Applied to Military Aviation’,
The Lancet
, 29th May 1920
163
Lewis,
Sagittarius Rising
, p.149
164
See Previc, F. H. & Ercoline, W. R.,
Spatial Disorientation in Aviation
165
Lee,
Open Cockpit
, p.130.
166
Draper, Major C., in
Naval Eight
, p.56
167
Bishop, W.,
Winged Peace
, p.38
168
Anderson
et al.
,
The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation
, p.110
169
See Green, N. D. C., ‘The Fight Against G’,
RAF Historical Society Journal
, no. 43, pp.67–8
170
Lee,
Open Cockpit
, p.142.
171
Stamm, ‘Medical Aspects’
172
See ‘Injuries and Diseases of Aviation’,
British Medical Journal
, 11th March 1916, p.389
Chapter 9
173
Lee,
No Parachute
, pp.293–4
174
ibid
, p.312
175
Penrose,
British Aviation
, p.271
176
ibid.
, p.57
177
ibid.
, p.308
178
Hamel, Gustav & Turner, Charles C.,
Flying
, p.310
179
Barker, Ralph,
The Royal Flying Corps in World War I
(Robinson, 2002), p.313
180
‘Vedrine’ (posting 24),
www.theaerodrome.com/forum/other-wwi-aviation/54948-parachutes-3.html
181
Hartney, Harold Evans,
Up and At ’Em
, quoted in the above forum, posting no. 19
182
Anderson
et al.
,
The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation
, p.176
183
Reynolds,
They Fought for the Sky
, p.171
184
Haupt-Heydemarck, Georg Wilhelm,
War Flying in Macedonia
, p.131
185
Lee,
No Parachute
, p.95
186
Johns, W. E., ‘The Last Show’,
The Camels are Coming
187
Dyson, Freeman,
Disturbing the Universe
, p.27
188
Quoted in Wortley,
Letters from a Flying Officer
, p.35
189
London Review of Books
, 8th November 2012
Chapter 10
190
Mackay, Richard,
The Royal Naval Submarine Service 1901
–18
191
Quoted in
The Times’ History of the War
, Vol. vii, ch. cviii, p.1
192
Hanson,
First Blitz
, p.22
193
Blatchford, Robert,
General von Sneak
, p.53
194
The Times’ History of the War
, Vol. vii, p.19
195
Wortley,
Letters from a Flying Officer
, p.115
196
Hanson,
First Blitz
, p.122
197
Quoted in Hanson,
First Blitz
, pp.134–5
198
Quoted in Hanson,
First Blitz
, p.59
199
Burge, Major C. Gordon, ed.,
The Annals of 100 Squadron
, p.20
200
Quoted in Gibbs, N. H.,
History of the Second World War
, Vol. 1, pp.553–4
201
Hine, Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick,
RAF Historical Society Journal
, No. 57 (2014), p.151
Chapter 11
202
Lawrence, T. E.,
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
, p.101
203
Johns, W. E.,
Popular Flying
, October 1935, quoted in Ellis & Williams, p.29
204
Johns, W. E
.,
Popular Flying
, October 1938, quoted in
ibid
, p.32
205
Haupt-Heydemarck,
War Flying in Macedonia
, pp.53–4
206
See Kulikov,
Russian Aces of World War I
, p.46
207
Haupt-Heydemarck,
War Flying in Macedonia
, p.57
208
Quoted in
ibid.
, p.170
209
La Gazetta del Popolo
, 12th December 1914 (reprinted in Giulio Douhet,
Le Profizie di Cassandra
, p.244)
210
Neumann,
The German Air Force in the Great War
, pp.260–1
211
ibid.
, p.261
212
ibid.
, p.263
213
This author is particularly indebted to Ellis & Williams’s biography of W. E. Johns for the details of this episode.
214 Cecil Lewis,
Sagittarius Rising
, p.113
1. Royal Aircraft Factory Engine B.E.2c 100HP © SSPL / Getty Images
2. Replica B.E.2c © Stephen Slater
3. Maurice Farman MF.11 ‘Shorthorn’ © Topfoto
4. Fokker E-III © Hulton Archive / Getty Images
6. Adolphe Pégoud, LC-DIG-ggbain-14327, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
7. Death of Adolphe Pégoud,
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10. French airman Captain George Guynemer (1894–1917) © TopFoto
11. Recruitment poster © The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library
12. Women’s Participation in War © TopFoto
13. A downed German aircraft near Verdun. France, 1916 © Photo12 / UIG / Getty Images
14. A dead British pilot lies on the ground next © General Photographic Agency / Getty Images
