First Eagles - WWI and Early Years 1914 - 1920

A generic RFC camo skin for the SPAD XIII, for either of the two RFC squadrons which operated this machine (No.19 and No.23 Sqn).
An adaptation of the stock French camo skin, with RFC insignia and codes added.

Semi-fictional french camo skin for the excellent Nieuport 24.

Fokker DVIIF: Lt. Hans Joachim von Hippel, Jasta 71/1918

This is an updated version of the Voss-Richthofen file.
This removes the uwnanted numbers on the side of Voss' plane and gives Firecage his dues.
 
In this package are the skins for Werner Voss' Fokker DRI and Richthofens early all red tripe with the Maltese Cross'. I am also providing two(2) missions to use these planes in. One mission is a 2 on 6 battle 2 DRIs vs 6 Camels.The other mission is a rendition of Voss' last fight on Sept.23, 1917.
 
Please Read the Mission Brief in the mission folder. It will give you the background of the missions.
 
Enjoy!

Bloody April 1917
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A campaign for First Eagles.
This is a historical campaign for the Flanders terrain in First Eagles, to recreate the nadir of the Royal Fying Corps, "Bloody April" 1917. It requires a standard install of First Eagles, plus Edward's Flanders terrain, and a number of extra add-on aircraft. There is a TXT file which explains all that is required.
The campaign uses a variety of early-1917 aircraft, and every mission will provide extensive aerial action, with large numbers of aircraft from different squadrons going about their various missions along the Front.
 
 
Historical Background
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A major British offensive was planned to commence in the Arras area in Flanders in April 1917. The First Army (General Horne) and the Fifth Army (General Allenby), comprising British, Australian, Canadian and Indian troops, would make a major push along the River Scarpe, and towards Vimy Ridge. A month of bloody fighting yielded little except heavy casualties on both sides, on the ground and in the air. A brilliant Canadian assault captured Vimy Ridge, and a tenacious Australian attack at Bullecourt penetrated the Hindenurg line for a time, but stubborn German resistance limited the gains to no more than a few miles overall.
 
In the air, early 1917 was a difficult time for the Royal Flying Corps. The Fokker scourge of early 1916 had been defeated by aircraft such as the DH.2 and the FE.2B, but by early 1917 these aircraft were obsolescent, and were facing newer German machines such as the formidable Albatross D.III. In addition, the German air force was now operating on the Flanders front in larger "Jastas", or "Flying Circuses". Newer British machines such as the Sopwith Pup and Triplane and the Bristol Fighter F2B were becoming available, but in small numbers. The Royal Flying Corps would suffer grievous losses in "Bloody April".

Hi Guys
Second EIII Is ready
2 Sizes r in the folder take yer pick n delete the other sizes r 1024 for older michines , some detail loss is noticed
& 2048 Hi res
 
CHeers , More stuff 2 follow soon

Hi Guys
First EIII skin is ready
its my fav colour for the EIII so its the first 2 be available

Nieuport 11 of early war french ace Jean Navarre /12 kills/.
This plane flown Lt. Navarre in winter 1916 with N67.Thanks MontyCZ for permission to uploading this skin!

Hey boys any for prepared italian ww1 front ! Nieuport 17 of best italian ace Francesco Baracca /34 kills/.
This plane flown Capitano Baracca in summer 1917 with 91a Squadriglia.Thanks MontyCZ for permission to uploading this skin!

A mission for First Eagles.
 
Bucky's Quick Mission No.6: Five Fokker's! March 2nd, 1916.
 
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Introduction:
 
This mission is a re-enactment of an actual aerial combat that took place in the
early morning of Tuesday, March 2nd, 1916.
 
On this day, Sgt T.P.H. Bayetto (That's him in the Morane's 'Loadout' screen
photo), flying a Morane Type N "Bullet" of No.3 Squadron RFC, was escorting
a Morane BB two-seater on a long reconnaissance mission over Vallenciennes,
a few miles SW of Mons, when they were attacked by five Fokker Eindekker's.
 
This is how the action was described in the 'Royal Flying Corps Communiques',
a weekly written report of significant actions, produced for the RFC's internal
consumption throughout the war:
 
"Sgt Bayetto (Morane Scout, 3 Sqn) on escort duty to the Vellenciennes
reconnaissance, reports having been attacked by 5 Fokker's in the
neighbourhood of Vallenciennes. The reconnaissance machine dived to get
clear, but was closely followed by the hostile machines. Sgt Bayetto opened fire
on the nearest hostile machine and drove it down, apparently into the woods
near Vallenciennes. After this engagement he saw no more signs of the
reconnaissance machine and returned over Lille where he was again attacked
by 3 Fokker's. These he eventually evaded and after circling round Lille for 15
minutes, returned to his landing ground."
 
In actual fact, Bayetto couldn't find his comrades because they had just become
the ninth victims of the infamous German fighter ace, Max Immelmann...
 
The Morane BB's pilot Lt C.W. Palmer, managed to get the stricken plane down
safely despite being shot in the foot. The observer, Lt H.F. Birdwood was killed.
Palmer was hospitalised but died of septicaemia on March 29th after having his
foot amputated.
 
T.P.H. Bayetto was killed in an air crash in England in July 1918.
 
Immelmann fell to his death in controversial circumstances on June 18th, 1916.
 
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To set the scene:
 
From the time of its introduction in mid 1915, the Fokker Eindekker had only been
encountered in small numbers. Initially, it was distributed in one's and two's to the
two-seater Feldfleiger Abteilung units as an escort machine. Even so, in spite of
the relatively few Eindekker's available (only about 55 by October 1915), its impact
was considerable, inflicting heavy casualties on the RFC's slow and poorly armed
aircraft.
By early 1916, the Germans had realised that the Eindekker would be more
effective if used in greater numbers and within dedicated fighter formations which
they called Kampfeinsitzer Kommando units (KeK's).
 
This mission depicts the day when the RFC encountered one such unit: KeK Douai,
consisting of five Fokker E.III's...The largest number seen together up until that
time...From early March onward, the Fokker's hunted in packs! However, once the
RFC started to receive the Airco DH2 and Nieuport 11 in significant numbers in the
spring of 1916, it spelled the end of the period that came to be known as
"The Fokker Scourge".
 
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Mission guidelines:
 
Flying as Bayetto in a Morane Bullet, the mission begins at approximately 6700
feet. You're already deep inside enemy territory. Keep close to the reconnaissance
machine you're escorting, and follow him to the target.
 
Remember; to replicate Bayetto's actions you'll have to take out at least one
Eindekker (FYI: Max Immelmann will be in the E.III that attacks first...A chance to
alter history?), then fly over Lille on your way home...Assuming you're lucky
enough to even begin the homeward journey!
 
Just a few words of warning:
Archie is liable to be quite active, so you might want to jink about a bit.
More importantly...BEWARE THE HUN IN THE SUN!
 
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Mission requirements:
 
To fly this mission as intended, you'll need:
 
Flanders Terrain.
By Edward.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Maps/Terrains, section.
 
Morane N "Bullet".
By P10ppy.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Add On Aircraft', 'WW1', section.
 
BE2c.
By Capun and his team at Skunkworks
To be found at the Skunkworks site. (Registration required.)
 
Fokker E.III.
By Laton. Skins by V.Deutschmark. FM by Peter01.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Add On Aircraft', 'WW1', section.
 
Fokker E.III, Buhme skin.
By V.Deutschmark.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'WW1 Skins', Section
 
 
PLEASE NOTE:
The BE2c has a tendency to fly at low throttle, which makes the propeller rotate
too slowly. This also makes it very hard to keep the Morane from overtaking it all
the time. Therefore, I changed the following parameters in the BE2c Data.INI
file. You may want to do the same?
 
I think the AI flies it much better with these settings:
 
[Engine]
SlowPropRPM=1200
FastPropRPM=1550
MaxPropRPM=1800
IdlePropRPM=950
 
For maximum realism, the mission should be played with all gameplay settings
set to 'Hard'.
 
Many thanks to all the above artists for their most excellent contributions to this
great game.
 
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Compromises and game limitations:
 
The No.3 Squadron reconnaissance machine in use that day was a Morane BB,
a sort of two seat biplane version of the "Bullet". This plane is not available
for FE at this time, so I've had to use the equally slow and vulnerable BE2c...
C'est la vie!
 
Lesser annoyances are:
 
Vallenciennes doesn't exist on the FE map, but the action does take place over the
same general area, so no big deal.
 
Hardly worth mentioning but Bayetto's Morane would not have been painted red at
this time. The order to paint the noses of all Type N's was given in mid July, during
the battle of the Somme, to minimise the possibility of the Morane being mistaken
for the Fokker Eindekker.
 
I've had to use V. Deutschmark's Buhme skin to depict Immelmann's E.III.
Immelmann did fly an Eindekker with a very similar paint job though.
 
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Installation instructions:
 
Install the mission by unzipping the downloaded file to the following path:
C:/Program Files/Thirdwire/WW1/Missions
 
Alternatively, you can drag and drop the unzipped MSN file directly into your
'Missions' folder.
 
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I hope you enjoy flying this mission and find it both challenging and enjoyable
enough to play it more than once...I've tried to make it as historically accurate
and authentic as the game will allow.
Feel free to change any of the parameters as you wish.
 
I would welcome any suggestions or general feedback, good, bad or indifferent,
via any one of the FE forums.
 
Best of British!
 
Bucky. 28/5/07
 
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References used in creating this mission:
 
'Royal Flying Corps Communiques 1915-1916'... Edited by C. Cole.
'British Fighter Units Western Front 1914-16'... A. Revell.
'Early German Aces of World War 1'... G. Van Wyngarden.
'The Jasta War Chronology'... N. Franks. F. Bailey & R. Duiven.
'Under The Guns of the German Aces'. N. Franks & H. Giblin.
'Sharks Among Minnows'... N. Franks.
'Above The Lines'... N. Franks. F.W. Bailey & R. Guest.
'Above The Trenches'... C. Shores. N. Franks & R. Guest.
'Morane-Saulnier Types N,I,V'... Windsock Datafile No.58. J.M. Bruce.
'Fokker E.III'. Windsock Datafile No.15... P.M. Grosz.
'Fokker E.I-II'. Windsock Datafile No.91... P.M. Grosz.
 
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(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E Ia Max Immelman, Douai, France August 1915.
Max had 18 victories in this plane, this plane was at the Dresden
Army air museum on display till it was destroyed in the Dresden
Bombing in WW2.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E I of Flik 4, Austro Hungarian air force around 1915.
The A-H painted most of their planes tops green.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

A mission for First Eagles.
 
Bucky's quick mission No.1. 19 squadron Dolphin Vs Jasta 6 Fokker D.VIII.
 
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This mission, although a 'what if' scenario is quite a plausible aerial engagement that
is accurate regarding geography and timing relating to the two units involved
(19sqn & Jasta 6).
 
 
Jasta 6 received the Fokker D.VIII (or the Fokker E.V as it was first called) at the
end of July 1918, Jasta 6 being the first to receive it. However, on August the 16th
they lost a pilot because of wing failure, and again on the 19th...The E.V was then
quickly taken out of service until the weakness was diagnosed and cured.
It was accepted back in service in early October, and by the end of the war a mere
80 had been delivered. There is no record of it being used in combat during the last
weeks of the war.
 
So to maintain historical accuracy this mission takes place the day before the wing
failure incidents; (15/8/18.) At this time Jasta 6 were based at Bernes, a few miles
north of St Quentin, which in turn, is about 30 miles from Douai
 
19 Squadron, using the Sopwith Dolphin at this time, were based at Savy, about 20
miles from Douai.
 
 
You're flying an offensive patrol with your two 19 sqn wingmen, at 08.25 on Thursday
15/8/18. You have just crossed the German front lines at 12,000 feet near Douai,
looking for trouble. You're mindful of the fact that there have been recent rumours
within the RAF of a new German monoplane fighter in operation on the western front,
reported as being very manoeuvrable... You're about to find out those rumours are
horribly true!....
 
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To use this mission as intended, you'll need:
 
Flanders terrain.
By Edward
 
The Sopwith Dolphin.
By Capun and his team. Available from the Skunkworks site (Registration required).
 
The Fokker D.VIII.
By Laton. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
 
The 19 Sqn Blue Nose Dolphin skin.
By Gambit168. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
 
All three Fokker D.VIII Jasta 6 skins.
By V. Deutschmark. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
 
A big thank you to all of the above artists for their most excellent contributions to this
great game.
 
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To install, simply unzip the downloaded file to:
C:/Program Files/Thirdwire/WW1/Missions.
 
Or unzip to your desktop and drag and drop, or copy, then paste into your missions
folder.
 
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Feel free to change the mission anyway you like, and should you find anything wrong
with it, please let me know.
 
EDIT, 11/4/07: One thing I didn't realise when I first put this mission together is that
unless you tell your wingmen to 'Engage Air', they won't fire a single shot!
So remember to hit the TAB button and select '1' if you want some help from your
Squadron comrades...Think of it as firing a flare gun!
 
Have fun!
 
Bucky.
 
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This Fokker D VIIF flown by Oblt. Erich Lowenhardt /53kills/ from J 10.This plane flown in 7/8 1918.

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E III Uffz Ernst Udet, KeK Habsheim March 1916.
The red stripe on this plane could have been black, but most historians
Believe it was red and in most all profiles you see it as red.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E III Oblin Hans Joachim Buddecke, Turkey around 1915.
The black square with white out line was his design and later became the
National marking of Turkey.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E III Vzfw Eduard Buhme jasta Fl.Abt 9, around 1916.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

Hi Guys, this is a skin i did a while back ,and put on my brothers website, i was going to upload it here also but forgot to , so here it is for any1 who doesn't have it already

Hi Guys, this is a skin i did a while back ,and put on my brothers website, i was going to upload it here also but forgot to , so here it is for any1 who doesn't have it already

Hi guys , this Is askin i did a while back and put on my brothers website ,Im not sure how many of u ever new it was there so im uploading it here, same with the dfwc1 & bristol M1c

The A - Team has given me permission to release this to the forums and combat ace but that doesn't mean they endorse it yet. They may be sitting back laughing to hard to speak yet. Ya just never know.
 
Enough on that... its tuned for hard FM, Its a freak show to fly, its like riding on glass at times.... but if you work with it some you will find its a mean machine IMHO.
 
After being shown some articles from people who have been in the cockpits of a dr1, I tried to make the plane have the results they described. The plane seem to be washy and tends to be a bit un ruley but, if you can get hold of the reigns it's a blast.
 
This FM blows on normal, sorry
 
This is only version 1.0 trial runs. I have an account on CA and you can msg any useful info to me there for FM suggestions.
 
Installation :Go to wwi>objects>aircraft>dr1 Back up your dr1_Data.ini somewhere and drop this one in its place.
 
Firecage

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a SP3 4658 Little Man, Italian Air Service Sq 26a Caporetto around 1917/18.
The art work on the nose of this plane was that of a comic character by author
Oronzo Marginati called ( Come ti erudisco il pupo ) in English is
( how I teach to the baby ) I call him ( Little Man )
This plane was around during the dark days of Caporetto the fate of this plane is Unknown,
SP3 pilots loved their SP3s so much that even when new machines
Arrived at the frontline the SP3s where not given up by their cures and where in
Service right up to 1920, the first fight that an SP3 had was with two Albatros D3
Where the SP3 downed both machines, it was not till a month later from its arrival
At the frontline that the first SP3 fell to the guns of an Albatros D3, SP3 pilots reported
That their SP3s where good dog-fighters and bombing platforms, this plane was also the
First that the Italian Air Service had their first great bombing campaign with.
If you would like to know more about the SP3, look for Windsock vol 19, #3, May/ June 2003,
Part two by Alberto Casirati.
To the best of my knowing this is the first time that an SP3 has ever been in a flying sim.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane and for bringing the SP3 to this sim.
Its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
Special thank you to my friend Robert Karr for allowing me to put his
Art work in of this plane.
 
Special thank you to my friend Diego Fernetti for allowing me to put his
Cockpit art work in of this plane.
 
Special thank you to my friend and historian Alberto Casirati for helping me
With the colors of this plane wile doing this skin.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a SP3 4531 Star, Italian Air Service Caporetto around 1917/18.
As you can see from the photo with this skin documents it was destroyed
When the axes powers overran the drome it was part of during the dark days
Of Caporetto, SP3 pilots loved their SP3s so much that even when new machines
Arrived at the frontline the SP3s where not given up by their cures and where in
Service right up to 1920, the first fight that an SP3 had was with two Albatros D3
Where the SP3 downed both machines, it was not till a month later from its arrival
At the frontline that the first SP3 fell to the guns of an Albatros D3, SP3 pilots reported
That their SP3s where good dog-fighters and bombing platforms, this plane was also the
First that the Italian Air Service had their first great bombing campaign with.
If you would like to know more about the SP3, look for Windsock vol 19, #3, May/ June 2003, Part two by Alberto Casirati.
To the best of my knowing this is the first time that an SP3 has ever been in a flying sim.
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane and for bringing the SP3 to this sim.
Its been a great working with you.
 
Special thank you to my friend Bob Pearson for allowing me to put his
Profile in of this plane.
 
Special thank you to my friend Robert Karr for allowing me to put his
Art work in of this plane.
 
Special thank you to my friend Diego Fernetti for allowing me to put his
Cockpit art work in of this plane.
 
Special thank you to my friend and historian Alberto Casirati for helping me
With the colors of this plane wile doing this skin.
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

Savoia Pomilio SP3 Ver.1 May 2007
 
Model & FM by Andre (Laton) Simpson
Skins by v. Deutschmark
 
 
**Thanks to the SFP1 Dev A-Team (capun, CB Productions, Charles, Kesselbrut & The Wrench) for kindly providing the front gunner 3D Mesh**
 
 
Please check the Readme for other notes and installation intructions.

The contents of this zip file are the sole property of their Author,Bortdafarm who has
granted me permission to upload them to CombatAce.
 
Bwf.
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ADDITIONAL SKIN PACK FOR MY FOKKER DIII
install to the aircraft/FokkerDIII folder
 
(yes to overwrite THE CFG)
 
pease ensure you have the latest version of my FokkerDIII
check the blog and main site for details on up-dates...
latest version was added to the site circa 08/04/07
 
Bortdafarm
 
notes# a couple of skins to add variety....
beat up average squadron aircraft camoflage