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Good job done, Widow!

PS: how comes, that some Italian planes have the roundel sequence green-white-red, and others red-white-green???

Ah - so the SPAD XIII someone had just recently posted a photo of (in a shopping mall), was not Baraccas, but Picci's. It carried this same black Griffin.

I only know, that Manfred von Richthofen made an interesting remark to a man he met on a train ride. "I am after all only a combat pilot;" von Richthofen said, "but Boelcke, he was a hero." Manfred von Richthofen's 60th victory was a two-seater, and he attacked the crew with his brand-new Fokker Dr.1 Triplane. His description of the attack ends with a short statement, that shows no shame or remorse. Von Richthofen said: "Apparently the adversary had taken me for a British triplane, as the observer stood up in his machine without making a move to attack me with his machine gun." One does not know the inner feelings or judgements of Manfred von Richthofen, but in his appearance and speech, he was all the Prussian soldier, who didn't show sentiments about such events. I guess that Boelcke was different. Maybe warmer and with more noticable empathy.

Gee, we're getting there - great work, Lou!

Jasta 22 had a busy day on 7 July, 1917. The French attacked ground targets everywhere around our base at Vivaise. SPADs went very low for strafing our truck columns; Nieuport 17bis attacked our neighbouring airfield at Chambry. More Nieuports tried to destroy a balloon nearby. A madhouse! But I sent down a Nieuport, and short after him, a SPAD from the "Storks"!

Thank you, Lou - one of them is a co-project of you and me; I used your Backhausen & Söhne fabric; thanks for that! I see you will also add some to our "Little Italy" project; your SPAD is looking good! I wonder if you can assist HouseHobbit about the mission building - I guess you have at least some knowledge of the war down there?

File Name: Albatros D.III 153 OeFFAG from Flik 55J File Submitter: Olham File Submitted: 07 September 2012 File Category: Aircraft Skins The last of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions is a dark-green OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 from Flik 55J. The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here: OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me! Click here to download this file

File Name: Albatros D.III 153 OeFFAG from Flik 41J with star & crescent File Submitter: Olham File Submitted: 07 September 2012 File Category: Aircraft Skins The fourth of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions is another OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 from Flik 41J. The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here: OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me! Click here to download this file

File Name: Albatros D.III 153 OeFFAG from Flik 41J File Submitter: Olham File Submitted: 07 September 2012 File Category: Aircraft Skins The third of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions is an OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 with handpainted curl camouflage ocre on dark green. The craft from Flik 41J (Fliegerkompanie 41 Jäger) was flown by Godwin Brumowski. The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here: OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me! Click here to download this file

File Name: Albatros D.III 153 OeFFAG with Backhausen & Söhne fabric File Submitter: Olham File Submitted: 07 September 2012 File Category: Aircraft Skins The second of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions is an OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153 with the Backhausen & Söhne screenprinted swirl-camouflage fabric. The fabric was made by RAF_Louvert for this purpose - thanks a lot for this skillful job, Lou - must have been nervewrecking to join the parts! The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here: OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me! Click here to download this file

File Name: Albatros D.III OeFFAG without camouflage File Submitter: Olham File Submitted: 07 September 2012 File Category: Aircraft Skins The first of 5 new Albatros skins for the "Italian Front" user-built missions is a plain OeFFAG Albatros D.III 153. The skin file must be unzipped. Then it goes here: OBD Software > CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins Thanks to all OBD skinners for their over 3.400 skins - your works inspired me! Click here to download this file

The skins will get finished and uploaded this weekend, Beanie. I am still waiting for news on Stumpy's seaplanes - did you discover them? Are they among the treasure box Lou has recently excavated? Should be interesting to fly them; or to escort or attack them in the Gulf of Trieste or Venice. Here is a map of that front - maybe helps a little.

Interesting find, DonL! They have also found remains of trees in such high regions of (now molten) glaciers, that it becomes more understandable, how Hannibal could have crossed the Alpes with elephants in his army. There have been such warmer periods before, it seems.