Reference Lists/World War I
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World War I Era Reference List
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- Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft
- Aviation Act of July 24, 1917
- Battle of Megiddo (1918)
- Bloody April
- Bolling Mission
- Dicta Boelcke
- Gatchina Airfield
- German Heavy Bombers of World War I
- Gothaer Waggonfabrik
- Jagdstaffel
- London Air Defence Area
- Operation Türkenkreuz
- Reference:Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal
- Russian Air Force AOB (January 1, 1915)
- SPAD
- Versuchbau GmbH Gotha-Ost
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| Anatra, Artur | Russian airplane designer and manufacturer during World War I |
| Bane, Thurman | Early U.S. military aviator, played a key role in laying the foundations for U.S. Air Force research and development |
| Baracca, Francesco | Italy's leading fighter ace of World War I, with a total of 34 victories |
| Beck, Paul | An early U.S. military aviator, and one of the first to advocate the creation of an independent air service |
| Bishop, William | World War I Canadian fighter ace |
| Boelcke, Oswald | Early World War I German ace, leading air-to-air combat tactician, and author of the Dicta Boelcke |
| Bolling, Raynal | Assistant chief of the US Air Services in World War I, leader of the Bolling Mission, and the first senior US officer to be killed in World War I |
| Brereton, Lewis | American World War I aviator and later a senior air commander during World War II |
| Buob, Ivan | Russian aviator during World War I who joined the Soviets and fought during the Russian Civil War |
| Caproni, Giovanni | Italian aviator and aircraft designer. |
| De Havilland, Geoffrey | British aviation pioneer and aircraft designer |
| Deperdussin, Armand | Belgian businessman who formed the SPAD aircraft company in France in 1910 |
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| Duval, Maurice | Commander of the French air service (Chef du Service Aeronautique) during World War I |
| von Eschwege, Rudolph | World War I German fighter ace who served in the Balkans and was known as the "Eagle of the Agean Sea" |
| Fokker, Anthony | Dutch engineer and aircraft designer who designed several prominent fighters for Germany during World War I as well as the synchronization gear that allowed machine guns to fire through the plane's propellers |
| Foulois, Benjamin | |
| Garros, Roland | Early French aviator and World War I fighter pilot who invented one of the earliest practical means for firing a machine gun through the airplane's propeller |
| George, Harold | World War I aviator, head of the Air War Plans Division at the start of World War II, and later commander of the Air Transport Command |
| Gorrell, Edgar | Early American military aviator and proponent of strategic bombing, who served as the Chief of Strategical Aviation for the AEF during World War I |
| Guynemer, Georges | France's second highest scoring, but perhaps most famous, fighter ace of World War I |
| Hall, Bert | American World War I aviator and Lafayette Escadrille member |
| von Höppner, Ernst | Commander of the German Air Forces during World War I |
| Jordanoff, Assen | Bulgarian-American aviation pioneer, aviator, and engineer responsible for designing the first Bulgarian-built airplane during World War I |
| Kazakov, Aleksandr | Russia's leading fighter ace during World War I, and participant in the Russian Civil War on the side of the Whites |
| Keller, Alfred | One of Germany's senior air commanders during World War II |
| Kenney, George | American air commander in the Pacific theater during World War II, in charge of the US Fifth Air Force, and later of the entire US Far East Air Forces |
| Konokotin, Viktor | Early Soviet aviator and observer who served in airships during the Russian Civil War |
| Kovanko, Aleksandr | One of Imperial Russia's earliest aeronauts and founder of its first military airship unit |
| Lahm, Frank | One of the first military aviators in the US military, trained to fly by the Wright Brothers |
| Lanchester, Frederick | English engineer who authored the 1916 work Aircraft in Warfare, which was one of the earliest attempts at scientific modeling and study of aerial warfare, introduced the "N2 Law", and was a pioneering work in the field that would later be known as Operations Research. |
| Lebedev, Vladimir | Early Russian aviator and aircraft designer |
| von der Lieth-Thomsen, Hermann | German aviation pioneer and Luftstreitkräfte Chief of Staff during World War I |
| Ludendorff, Erich | German General Staff officer who was an outspoken advocate of aviation prior to World War I |
| Luke, Frank | American World War I fighter ace and the first U.S. pilot to receive the Medal of Honor |
| McConnell, James | American volunteer pilot who flew for France during World War I as a member of the Escadrille Américaine |
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| Mecozzi, Amadeo | Italian World War I ace fighter pilot and airpower theorist who advocated the use of airpower in close cooperation with ground forces, in contrast to the theories of fellow Italian Giulio Douhet |
| Romanov, Alexander | Member of the Russian royal family and naval officer, who helped to establish and organize military aviation in Russia |
| Mitchell, William | |
| von Moltke, Helmuth | German Chief of the General Staff from 1906-1914, who recognized the potential of airpower and encouraged the development of military aviation in Germany prior to World War I |
| Nesterov, Pyoter | Famous Russian (Imperial) pilot notable both for flying the first loop in an airplane (in 1913), and for being the first (in 1914) to down an enemy aircraft in combat, which he did by using a ramming, or "Taran", attack that claimed his life as well. |
| Parschau, Otto | Early World War I German fighter ace |
| Patrick, Mason | Engineering officer who became commander of the American Expeditionary Force Air Service during World War I, and Chief of the Air Service after the war. |
| Pavlov, Ivan | Russian fighter pilot during World War I who sided with the Reds during the Russian Civil War and subsequently served in the Soviet air forces |
| Piazza, Carlo | Early Italian military aviator, who commanded the Italian First Aeroplane Flotilla during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12, and participated in World War I |
| Pokrovskii, Viktor | Russian aviator and commander in the White forces during the Russian Civil War |
| von Richthofen, Manfred | The infamous "Red Baron", World War I German fighter ace with 80 victories, and commander of the first German fighter wing |
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| Rudnev, Evgeniy | Russia's third military pilot |
| Salmond, John | British military aviator during World War I, senior RAF commander, and RAF Chief of Staff during the early 1930s |
| Samoilo, Aleksandr | |
| Sherman, William | |
| Shidlovskii, Mikhail | |
| Shirinkin, Aleksei | Russian fighter ace during World War I, sided with the Soviets and flew in the Soviet air forces and as a test pilot |
| Sikorsky, Igor | Russian-American aircraft designer, best known for designing the first successful helicopter but also responsible for designing the world's first four-engine heavy bomber, the Ilya Muromets, in Russia just prior to World War I. |
| Sperrle, Hugo | German observer pilot during World War I, commander of the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and a senior Luftwaffe commander during World War II |
| Udet, Ernst | The second highest scoring German ace during World War I, with 62 victories |
| von Richthofen, Wolfram | Brother of the "Red Baron" Manfred von Richtofen and World War I ace in his own right, who became one of the finest tactical air commanders of World War II |
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| Vorotnikov, Alexander | World War I Russian aviator who joined the Reds after the Russian Revolution and became one of the earliest commanders of the Red air forces |
| Vuillemin, Joseph | World War I French ace and commander of the French air forces from 1938 to 1940 |
| Wilberg, Helmuth | German World War I aviator (with German pilot's license #26) and later a senior commander in the Luftwaffe |
| von Zeppelin, Ferdinand | German aircraft manufacturer and founder of the Zeppelin airship company |
[edit] Aircraft
| AEG G.II | An early World War II German "battle plane" design that had a crew of four and was armed with three machine guns |
| Albatros B.II | An unarmed, two-seater reconnaissance biplane used mainly by Germany in the early part of the war. |
| 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 |
| Aviatik B.I | Early World War I German reconnaissance plane |
| Breguet 14 | French biplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft |
| Ca.32 | Italian biplane "heavy bomber" that formed the nucleus of Italy's strategic bombing force during the first part of World War I |
| DH.4 | World War I British biplane bomber, that was also built and operated by the American air service |
| Fokker D.VII | Late-World War I German fighter that was one of the most successful fighter designs of the war |
| Fokker Eindecker | World War I-era German fighter plane that was Germany's first purpose-built fighter design and the first to be fitted with a synchronized machine gun firing through the propeller |
| Gotha G.I | The first in a series of biplane bomber designs by Gotha during World War I, built in small numbers during 1915 |
| Gotha G.II | German biplane bomber that saw brief service in small numbers during World War I, before being withdrawn from operations due to mechanical problems |
| Ilya Muromets | Russian four-engine, long-range bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed by Igor Sikorsky just before World War I. |
| J1 | A prototype aircraft built by Hugo Junkers in 1915, which was the world's first all-metal, cantilever wing monoplane |
| J.I | An all-metal World War I-era biplane that was one of the first aircraft specifically designed for ground attack missions |
| Lebed XII | World War I era, Russian designed and built two seat reconnaissance biplane |
| MB-1 | One of the earliest U.S. bomber designs, the first to be purchased by the U.S. Army during World War I |
| MF.11 Shorthorn | Early World War I French reconnaissance and light bombing biplane |
| MF.7 Longhorn | French reconnaissance biplane developed shortly before World War I, that saw brief use during the early stages of the war and then went on to serve as a trainer |
| Morane Type L | World War I French parasol-winged monoplane that was one of the first aircraft in the war to be fitted with a machine gun firing through the propeller |
| Nieuport 24 | French biplane fighter introduced towards the end of World War I |
| P.B.31E Nighthawk | British World War I heavy interceptor prototype designed to intercept Zeppelin airships |
| S-16 | World War I-era two seat escort/scout biplane designed by Igor Sikorsky to serve as an escort for the Ilya Muromets bombers |
| SPAD A.2 | Early World War I French reconnaissance biplane equipped with a unique observer nacelle in front of the propeller, allowing the Observer to have unrestricted forward field of fire |
| SPAD VII | Highly successful French biplane fighter during the mid-World War I years |
| Sopwith Camel | The iconic British biplane fighter of World War I |
| SPAD S.XIII | French biplane fighter that saw service in the latter part of World War I and was highly successful |
| Taube | A pre-World War I monoplane with a bird-like design that was Germany's first mass-produced military airplane |
| Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI | German biplane quad-engine "heavy bomber" that was used in service during the latter part of World War I |
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