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I liked Kilduff´s book of Göring but the book of Carl Degelow was one of my favorite.

Wow! Thanks for sharing this information. I didnt know of this release. I have most of the Kilduff earlier books already so must to have. Cheers Arto

Very nice site. I didnt know he has did also illustrations. Very impressive work. Cheers Arto

I found these fantastic albatros pictures from jasta 67. Totally new to me! http://www.frontflieger.de/2-j67.html

Hello, Shortly, im happy you Elephant pointing out the details of OAW build albatroses. The Fuchs machine indeed has errors becourse i have used example picture where this craft was just partly seen. Best regards Arto

Hi Olham, Yes you absolutely right. The checker pattern is challenging skinning job i have ever done. But the work is in progress. Meaby some day...

Hi Olham, Thank you for interest for the albs. The Bönings Bavarian checker craft is on the list, and i have several photos of it and some profiles. Best Arto

Oh thats sad news. He was always active and helpful in the aerodrome forum. We had some few good conversations. Now he have opportunity to meet the ace legends and have the final answers to missing informations. R.I.P

Thanks Morris. Im happy to see that these award system seems to interest many people. I can say that it is important to me too. Just not yet we cant release p4 pics of manager. All the best Arto

Gepard, thats good point. Flieger mean Pilot and was probably confused many times. The private soldiers was called different names depending the unit. "Private soldiers had no rank insignia, and were referred to as Soldat, or Gemeiner. In each branch of service, privates had different names: Infanterist, Jäger, Schütze, Gardist, Grenadier, Fusilier, Musketier, and Pionier, for various infantry regiments; Kürassier, Dragoner, Husar, and Ulan for various cavalry regiments; Kanonier for artillerymen; and Flieger for airforce units. " http://www.worldwar1.com/sfgrank.htm

The Mark Millers models is indeed very realistic looking. Just correction, the OFF alb skins looks similar but no the textures is other sources and real plywood also. Best Arto

Well i must disagreed Gepard on this. There is surely been ranks flieger/private, and gefreiter. Example Udet also started as pilot in Artillerie-Flieger-Abteilung 9 on15 june 1915, then promoted Gefreiter 21 september 1915. Example jasta 5 was good example. There war many pilots who started lower rank and got finally officer rank as well known ace.

Ok found more promotion lists. This is Ernst Udet personnel record from book: Neal W O´Connor - Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in WW1 Vol IV. Page 213 "28 November 1915: Promoted 'Unteroffizier" "13 March 1916: Promoted "Vizefeldwebel" "5 November 1916: Promoted "Offizier-Stellvertreter" "22 January 1917: Promoted "Leutnant der Reserve" So no Feldwebel rank is seen in list...

Lol, Sorry my good old mate Louvert. I wish you and your family restful and peaceful Xmas time!!!! Also thanks for all the other members. You are keeped the OFF forum spirit alive and shared important interest that will surely encourage our OBD-team. All the best Arto

I didnt found other sources to confirm the rank order, but anyway if you look the pilots ranks, how many rank Feldwebel pilots you know? All i found was Vizefeldwebel. I saw few pilot promotion lists i found there was first untteroffizier, then vizefeldwebel and then next Offizierstellvertreter. Looks like the rank feldwebel is missing, it might be that it was rank that didnt fit to fighter jasta units, or was useally change to higher rank. If the Vizefeldwebel is lower rank than feldwebel it might be that many times pilots was vizefeldwebels before they was promoted to Offizierstellvertreter. Merry Christmas my friend Olham!!

I wish Merry Xmas and Happy New Year all our wonderful members who has keeped the forum alive.

About "Offizierstellvertreter" is warrant officer. I think Olham you right. Many non-comissioned officer like Josef Mai, Carl Degelow, Fritz Rümey etc... Was "Offizierstellvertreter" before finally promoted leutnant´s der reserve whitch was called non-commissioned officers who was promoted officers. THis happened useally later 1918 when more experienced pilots needed to lead new jastas. Then pilots with experience but no officer rank was trained to leutnant´s der reserve. The Jastaf'ührer needed to be least lowest ranking officer "leutnant".

From the theaerodrome source it says: Sergeant Major - Vizefeldwebel Sergeant - Feldwebel Same is sayd Peter Kilduff´s book - Black fokker leader. http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/ranks/index.php

Yeah, the albs have lot of improvements now. Look the photo of one dv http://www.overflandersfields.com/images/P4Preview/index.html. I see if we can add more alb pictures soon. Cheers Arto

Welcome to forum Andy. Your language are great and much better than mine. Good thing is here have lot of people many places around the world and not all speak english as their mother language, but we be fine understand each other. I have played too all kind of ww1 games now over 20 years like surely rest of our team. Nice skin btw ;)

Yeah very nice job done there! Yeah the stripes and other hard tweaking take time and useally least many days or even week sometimes.

Happy birthday!! We have had many good conversations and been pleasure to know you all these years. All the best Arto "Paarma"

Yes. I think so. There were mauve/green and lozenge wing versions of dva´s

Nice! Thanks for posting this. I have seen many different document paper of ww1 and there where different claim document papers for germans too. The Brits had probably useally same looking claim paper template.

Absolutely my current car porsche 944 -86. It´s not as powerfull like turbo version but its fun to drive and more faster you drive more stable it feels. Also curves its handling like a beast. Very accurate job from western germans. Also quite cheap to own and it takes about 10l per 100km. It also had tiny backseats for kids and lot of space in behind even it sport car. My eralier porsche 924 -78 was also fun to drive when it started. Always have to pray that it would start :)