Reference Lists/Luftstreitkräfte
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German Luftstreitkräfte Reference List
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[edit] Related Subjects
- Development of Military Aviation in Germany Prior to World War I
- German Heavy Bombers of World War I
- Jagdstaffel
[edit] People
| Boelcke, Oswald | Early World War I German ace, leading air-to-air combat tactician, and author of the Dicta Boelcke |
| de le Roi, Wolfram | Early German military aviator |
| von Eschwege, Rudolph | World War I German fighter ace who served in the Balkans and was known as the "Eagle of the Agean Sea" |
| von Höppner, Ernst | Commander of the German Air Forces during World War I |
| von der Lieth-Thomsen, Hermann | German aviation pioneer and Luftstreitkräfte Chief of Staff during World War I |
| Parschau, Otto | Early World War I German fighter ace |
| von Richthofen, Manfred | The infamous "Red Baron", World War I German fighter ace with 80 victories, and commander of the first German fighter wing |
| Udet, Ernst | The second highest scoring German ace during World War I, with 62 victories |
[edit] Aircraft
| Albatros C.I | World War I German biplane reconnaissance aircraft that also saw use as an early fighter aircraft |
| Albatros D.II | World War I German biplane fighter that contributed to the Germans' successes during Bloody April, 1917 |
| Albatros D.III | German biplane fighter during World War I that contributed to German superiority during Bloody April, 1917 |
| Albatros D.V | German biplane fighter that was the last in the line of Albatros fighters during World War I, derived from the Albatros D.III but not much improved in terms of performance |
[edit] References
[edit] Books
| Title | Author | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albatros C.I | Grosz, Peter M. | 1996 |
| Albatros D.II | Höfling, Rudolf | |
| Albatros D.III (Special) | Grosz, Peter M. | 2003 |
| Albatros D.III | Rimell, Raymond L. | 1986 |
| Albatros D.V | Rimell, Raymond L. | 1987 |
| An Aviator's Field Book | Boelcke, Oswald | 1991 (reprint of 1917 edition) |
| Building German Airpower, 1909-1914 | Morrow, John H. Jr. | 1976 |
| Early German Aces of World War I | Van Wyngarden, Greg | 2006 |
| Jagdstaffel 2 'Boelcke' | Van Wyngarden, Greg | 2007 |
[edit] Articles
| Title | Author | Journal | Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Bucharest to the Baltic: German Air Operations on the Eastern Front, 1916-1917 | DiNardo, Richard L. | Chronicles Online Journal | December, 2007 |
| Training in the German Air Force, 1914-1918 | Täger, Hannes | Cross and Cockade | Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer 2003), and Vol. 34, No. 3 (Autumn 2003) |
