Authors: James Hamilton-Paterson
Tags: #History, #Military, #World War I, #Aviation, #Non-Fiction
Marked for Death (50 page)
17. Riesenflugzeug Siemens-Schuckert VIII 1918, Wikipedia
18. Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richtofen. Courtesy Ken Hemmerling Oblt.d.R Sheffer Collection;
www.earlyaeroplanes.com
19. French built Nieuport 11, also known as ‘Bébé’ © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
21. Captain Billy Bishop, V.C., Wikipedia Library and Archives Canada, PA-001654
22. Royal Aircraft Factory FE2d gunner.jpg; Wikipedia
23. Ernst Udet (1896–1941) © Roger Viollet / Getty Images
24. SPAD XIII © National Museum of the US Air Force
25. Sopwith Triplane © Karl Drage
27. Rotary engine © SSPL / Getty Images
28. Sopwith Camel © National Museum of the US Air Force
29. Eberhart SE-5E © National Museum of the US Air Force
30. Fokker D.VII © National Museum of the US Air Force
31. A German aerial shot of a bombing raid © Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
32. DH4 bomber;
www.earlyaeroplanes.com
British aircraft types are indexed under aircraft, British (types of). Foreign aircraft are indexed under relevant country
aces
182–203
acting as ‘lone wolves’
199–200
disputes over true scores
198–200
early frowning on system of by RFC
187–8
French
183
German
see
German aces
highest-scoring
183
newspaper publicity
185
number of victories needed and standards to become
184–5
origins
183
political component of system
201
see also
individual names
Admiralty
17
Aeroplane, The
(magazine)
23
Africa
283–5
agents
dropping and picking up in enemy territory
111–12
ailerons
47
Air Battalion of Royal Engineers
17
air raids
see
bombing raids
aircraft
deployed for Home Defence
266
dope poisoning during construction
33–4
early resistance to use of in the war
9–10
,
19
,
59
engines
see
engines, aircraft
fabric covering frames
32–3
first powered flight by Cody (1908)
17
,
44
‘greatest’ debate
63–7
heights reached by
59–60
impact of war on ground on building of
59–60
introduction of metal structures
50
landing of
61
number produced in 1915
29
numbers lost in the war
133
and observation
59
,
70
,
71–2
,
74
,
76
,
79
,
99
,
100–4
,
127
and safety belts
244–5
and stalling
55
susceptible to chance gusts of wind
41
used for training pilots
127–9
,
144–5
and wireless communication
97–9
wood used for construction
32
,
49
see also
individual countries
aircraft, British (types of)
B.E.
20–2
B.E.2c
19
,
20–1
,
24
,
27–8
,
28
,
64
,
78–9
,
100–1
,
106
,
182
B.E.9 (‘Pulpit’)
21–2
B.E.12
115
Bristol F.2A (Brisfits)
31
,
239
,
240
,
266
Caudron G.3
182
D.H.5
65
D.H.6
138–9
D.H.9
239
Douglas DC-3
64
F.E.1
18
F.E.2
86
F.E.2d
78
F.E.8
29
F.E.10
21
Gloster Gladiators
50
Handley Page V/1500 bomber
69
Hawker Hurricane
50
Lancaster bomber
248
Martinsyde F.4 (‘Buzzard’)
67
R.E.7
86
R.E.8 (‘Harry Tate’)
61–3
S.6B floatplane
25
seaplanes
262–5
Sopwith Camel
57
,
58
,
63
,
64–6
,
106
,
118
,
144
,
196
,
217
,
320
Sopwith Folder
284
Sopwith Pup
64
,
89
,
189–90
,
194
,
207
,
226
,
239
,
246
,
271
Sopwith Trench Fighter (T.F.1)
106
Sopwith Trench Fighter (T.F.2) Salamander
106
Vickers ‘Gunbus’
86
airfields
establishment of on Western front
177–8
airmen
aces
see
aces
and animals/pets
166–7
average hours’ flying experience before postings
136
best flying temperament
216–17
and burden of death
119–21
celebratory ‘binges’
160–3
and class
217–18
cold experienced by
212–13
comradeship amongst opposing
74
,
169–71
,
191
,
290–2
,
299–300
concept of alienated loner
151–2
connection between riding and best
216–17
conviction of a radical difference between civilian world and
171–3
differences between lives of infantry and
153–5
drinking and flying
163–5
evaluation of character of
219–21
exhaustion of
119
flying into German territory and forced landings on enemy land
178–9
,
180
g-forces experienced by
229–30
and goggles
243–4
home leave
173–5
home-grown entertainment
165
ill-effects of flying at high altitudes
205–10
injuries and health hazards
231
,
231–2
lack of feedback over aircraft design
22–3
language used by
156–7
life expectancy for new
137
medical examinations and health of prospective
214–16
,
227–8
and officers’ mess
158–9
physiological and psychological tests for
219
and pilot’s vertigo
223–4
portrayal of in media and popular culture
2–7
post-war neglect of
303
public school ethos
156–7
resistance to idea of carrying oxygen
210–11
romance attached to
250
sense of honour
191
showing off
140–1
songs sung
160–2
squadron life
155–67
stress suffered
222–3
training of
see
training
view of parachutes
241–2
airships, German
see also
German airships
airshows
141
pre-war
126–7
Alder, J. Elrich
209
Alexander, King of Greece
288
Allenby, General Edmund
282
,
302
altitude
bleeding at
211–12
ill-effects of
205–10
altitude experiments
206–7
American aircraft
43
American pilots
medical examination undertaken by prospective
228
and parachutes
240
Amey, 2nd Lieutenant A.E.
3–4
Amiens, Battle of (1918)
9
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
282
anti-aircraft batteries/defences
70
,
259
,
272
,
273
Arab campaign
282–3
Archer-Shee, Lieutenant-Colonel
36
armour plating
105–6
Army, British
early view of aircraft used in war
9
,
11
,
30
,
51
rivalry with Navy and competition over Treasury funds
23
,
26
,
35
Askwith, George
15
Bader, Douglas
141
Bakewell, Dame Joan
250
Baldwin, Stanley
278–9
Balfour, A.J.
26
Balkans
281–93
Ball, Albert
49
,
166
,
194
,
201
,
202
,
243
ball bearings
57
balloon busting
110–11
Balloon Factory (Farnborough)
17
,
44
balloon strafing
109–10
balloonists, early
205–6
use of parachutes for jumps from
234–5
used for observation
8
,
17
,
44
,
71
,
92
,
96
,
109–10
Baracca, Francesco
295
Bárány, Robert
227
Beachey, Lincoln J.
126
Bentley Priory
37
Bernard, General
130
Bert, Paul
207
Berthold, Rudolf
197
