Aircraft of the Aces book

With the publication of the second part on May 22, World War I aviation buffs can learn about the airmen who "made ace" in fighters—and in such unlikely vehicles as bombers, floatplanes and flying boats—in two entries in Osprey's "Aircraft of the Aces" series by Jon Guttman: No.97, Naval Aces of World War 1, Part 1, which deals with the Royal Naval Air Service, and No. 104, Naval Aces of World War 1, Part 2, which covers the rest: the German coastal patrol units and Marine Land Jastas, the Russians, the Austrians, the Italians, Greece's lone ace Aristeides Moraitinis, and the only U.S. Navy pilot to make ace, David S. Ingalls.

Also coming in November will be Jon Guttman's first entry in Osprey's new "Air Vanguard" series, dealing with the Sopwith Camel.



Over the Front - the World War I aviation magazine

Learn more: 1st Observation Group, 1st Pursuit Group, 1st Bombardment Group, 2nd Pursuit Group, 3rd Pursuit Group, 4th Pursuit Group, 5th Pursuit Group and 3rd Air Park. See the really cool USAS Bases Google Map we've made just for you.

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1st Observation Group - 1st aero squadron, 12th aero squadron, 50th aero squadron
1st Pursuit Group - 27th aero squadron, 94th aero squadron, 95th aero squadron, 147th aero squadron, 185th aero squadron
1st Bombardment Group - 96th aero squadron, 11th aero squadron, 20th aero squadron, 166th aero squadron
2nd Pursuit Group - 13th aero squadron, 22nd aero squadron, 49th aero squadron, 139th aero squadron
3rd Pursuit Group - 28th aero squadron, 93rd aero squadron, 103rd aero squadron, 213th aero squadron
4th Pursuit Group - 17th aero squadron, 25th aero squadron, 148th aero squadron, 141st aero squadron
5th Pursuit Group - 41st Aero Squadron, 138th Aero Squadron, 638th Aero Squadron
3rd Air Park - 255th Aero Squadron