tailieunhanh - An Aviator's Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bölcke, from August 1, 1914 to October 28, 1916

An unassuming book, still one of those which grip the reader from beginning to end. When the author started to write his daily impressions and adventures, it was to keep in touch with his people, to quiet those who feared for his safety every moment, and at the same time to give them a clear idea of his life. Without boasting, modestly and naturally, he describes the adventures of an aviator in the great World War. It could well serve as a guide to those who are studying aviation. Although he has avoided the stilted tone of the school-master, still his accomplishments as a knight. | An Aviator s Field Book by Oswald Bolcke 1 An Aviator s Field Book by Oswald Bolcke The Project Gutenberg EBook of An Aviator s Field Book by Oswald Bolcke This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title An Aviator s Field Book Being the field reports of Oswald Bolcke from August 1 1914 to October 28 1916 Author Oswald Bolcke Translator Robert Reynold Hirsch Release Date September 17 2009 EBook 30011 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN AVIATOR S FIELD BOOK Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. AN AVIATOR S FIELD BOOK An Aviator s Field Book by Oswald Bolcke 2 Being the Field Reports of Oswald Bolcke from August 1 1914 to October 28 1916 TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY ROBERT REYNOLD HIRSCH . WITH A FOREWORD BY JOSEPH E. RIDDER . 1917 NATIONAL MILITARY PUBLISHING CO. 1919 BROADWAY NEW YORK Illustration COLONEL OSWALD BOLCKE S LAST PICTURE ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Colonel Oswald Bolcke s Last Picture Frontispiece After His First Victory 32 The Enemy s Aeroplane in Ruins 33 The Master-Flier and His Men 64 Bolcke and His Brother Wilhelm September 1914 65 Donning His Flying Dress 96 An Aviator Bombarded with Shrapnel 97 Among His Comrades 144 German Marine Aviators on a Field Near the North Sea 145 Ready for the Start 160 Bolcke and His Brother Max in France August 1916 161 One of His Last Victims 182 Starting on His Last Ride October 28 1916--5 P. M. 183 FOREWORD BY JOSEPH E. RIDDER An unassuming book still one of those which grip the reader from beginning to end. When the author started to write his daily impressions and adventures it was to keep in .