The Members of Jagdgeschwader 1

[Olham 164]

In the website "Frontflieger", you get a lot of data about the German pilots of WW1.

I was especially touched by seeing (partly) very good photographies I hadn't seen before.

 

http://www.frontflieger.de/2-jg1portrait.html

[itifonhom 6]

      That´s a nice find indeed, so many legends among them! Thanks for sharing Olham!

 

 

 

 

                   Anastasios.

 

 

[Morris 2]

Hermann Göring definitely eat less food during his earlier years.

 

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[RAF_Louvert 101]

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That is a great website Olham, and I have used it as a reference often in my readings. BTW, Wilhelm Reinhard looks like he could be the brother of French/American ace Raoul Lufbery.

 

 

Reinhard

 

 

Lufbery

 

 

 

I mean, seriously!

 

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[OvS 8]

Hermann Göring definitely eat less food during his earlier years.

 

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Hence why for years I have not refered to him by his name... but by 'Fat Bastard'.

[+Paarma 0]

Olham, its my passion also to find and see new portraits of aces even totally unseen ace photos!

 

If you can recomend good books for that, please tell me

 

 

 

In the website "Frontflieger", you get a lot of data about the German pilots of WW1.

I was especially touched by seeing (partly) very good photographies I hadn't seen before.

 

http://www.frontflie...g1portrait.html

[Olham 164]

Sorry, Paarma, but I'm not the WW1 buff, who has lots of books (better ask RAF_Louvert!).

 

I really only have three about German WW1 aviation.

 

- Ernst Udet: Mein Flieger leben

- K. F. Kurt Jentsch: Beim Jagdflug tödlich verunglückt (still reading it)

- Peter Kilduff: The Red Baron - Beyond the Legend

 

and one is a booklet rather, but the one I recommend to you for pictures:

 

- M. Schmeelke: Das Kriegstagebuch der Jasta 12 (written with the help, and photos of Viktor Schobinger!)*

 

*The War Diary of Jasta 12

[Hasse Wind 46]

Hence why for years I have not refered to him by his name... but by 'Fat Bastard'.

 

There's a new biography of Hermann Göring coming out later this year, written by Peter Kilduff. The name of the book is Hermann Göring - Fighter Ace. As far as I know, there have never been any Göring biographies that concentrate purely in his role as a WW1 fighter pilot, and Kilduff has done some new research on the subject in German archives. From Amazon:

 

"Hermann Goring - Fighter Ace" is the first in-depth look at Goring's role as a military flyer and air combat leader from 1914 through the end of The Great War, and how those experiences shaped the personality that came to the world's attention in 1939. At the outset of the First World War, Goring was eager to prove his value to his fatherland in initial skirmishes with French troops. When struck by severe rheumatoid arthritis in September 1914, the twenty-one-year-old officer's burning ambition and ego could not tolerate being sidelined and the following month he forced himself out of a sick bed to begin a new career as an aviation observer. Goring went on to become a fighter pilot with twenty-two downed enemy aircraft to his credit, the last wartime commander of the Red Baron's own fighter wing, Jagdgeschwader Richthofen, and recipient of a row of prestigious medals including Prussia's highest bravery award, the Pour le Merite. Peter Kilduff has produced a landmark volume based on extensive research into Goring's early military records and thousands of German and Allied documents to put the neophyte airman's life and events into perspective. Among other resources, Kilduff drew on Goring's own combat reports and related writings. Illustrated with over eighty drawings and photographs, including many from Goring's private collection and never before published, "Herman Goring - Fighter Ace" is a tour de force of historical material covering the early combat career of one of the twentieth century's most infamous military figures.

[Dej 17]

Never mind Lufbery lookalikes, Otto Marquardt, 29th-ish row down... he's Dick Emery to an absolute 'T' (one for the Brits maybe)!!! Looking at that site I'm struck by how many survived, but also how many met their death in 1918... the skies must really have been a killing ground. I'm reminded of Peter Hart' book 'Falling Aces'.

[Olham 164]

Morris, I think Goering was addicted to more than one drug.

There was morphine addiction (after a post war operation), and he looked much like

an alcoholic to me. Last not least did he surely eat to much, too.

 

Since I never met him, I can only judge him by photos and film. But I have a good

knowledge of human nature.

And I never saw a single picture that said to me: "You can trust the guy."

But many of them said: "Danger! Keep away!"

Edited January 26, 2010 by Olham

[Morris 2]

Olham,

 

Goring must have been a great WW1 fighter pilot but as leader of the Luftwaffe during WW2 he was poor.

 

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[RAF_Louvert 101]

Paarma wrote:

 

Olham, its my passion also to find and see new portraits of aces even totally unseen ace photos! If you can recomend good books for that, please tell me.

 

 

Paarma, you should get yourself a copy of "Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War". It's an older book that was published by the Harleyford Press and is a compilation of the research done by many different folks. It is a very good, concise reference work with a lot of photos. Abe Books has numerous copies of it listed right now starting at $15.00 US, and here is the link:

 

Abe Books listing for "Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War"

[+Paarma 0]

Paarma wrote:

 

 

 

 

Paarma, you should get yourself a copy of "Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War". It's an older book that was published by the Harleyford Press and is a compilation of the research done by many different folks. It is a very good, concise reference work with a lot of photos. Abe Books has numerous copies of it listed right now starting at $15.00 US, and here is the link:

 

Abe Books listing for "Air Aces of the 1914-1918 War"

 

Thanks RAF_Louvert. I take a look. Thanks for the link.

[RAF_Louvert 101]

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You are more than welcome, Paarma. I've had that book on my own shelf for years and refer to it often in the course of my readings.

 

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