French Air Service Documents

[lederhosen]

Salute

 

I'm going out on a limb here...I want to fly a career as a Froggy Pilot.

What I am looking for are foto's of French Logbooks, AAR'S, combat reports etc..

I got all I need for Bosch and Bacon eaters but not French ones....

 

danke

Led

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Led, I've not found much in the way of good images of French items apart from the pilot ID certificates. The logbooks and AAR's that I have seen though are more or less just like those of the other flying services, except they're in French.

 

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[+Olham]

lederhosen, you could search through this French website. It contains lots of

interesting stuff, but I haven't seen it all through - so I don't know if you'd find it here.

 

http://albindenis.fr...ite_escadrille/

 

Here is a French pilot certificate from that page:

 

 

Edited July 16, 2011 by Olham

[+elephant]

Seems like some great informative stuff there, Olham...

Thank you very much!

[+Olham]

Yes, you need some clicking and digging, but it's worth it. Here is another site,

which seems like it was made rather for personal use - there are great pictures

of the Fokker Aircraft Plant, the production and parts and tests and and and...

 

Click on "pics" here:

 

http://fokkerdvii.com/

Edited July 16, 2011 by Olham

[+Hasse Wind]

I wish my French was a lot better... a great site.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Indeed HW, I wish my French was better as well. 'Les Escadrilles Francaise de la Guerre 1914-1918' has been one of my go-to sources for the French side of the conflict for a long time now, and it is one of the best. Nice find too Olham on that DVII site, well done.

 

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[+Olham]

Well, thanks, but the honour belongs to our OvS (whish he would sometimes creep out from under his oldtimer

and show that he is still alive and hopefully well) - he found that some time ago.

It contains incredible professionally made old photographs from the whole Fokker production. A must-see.