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Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920 by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven.
A list of German aviation casualties was first published in 1932 by W von Eberhardt and this gave the vast majority of known losses of all kinds suffered by the Luftstreitkrafte. But some names and all units were missing and the listing was only A-Z. now Rick Duiven has put A-Z into chronological, making it easier for research, and has filled in many gaps. In the past some lists of officer casualties have appeared but in the case of two-seater losses, where either the pilot or observer was an NCO, it was difficult to know who the other member of the crew had been. Much of this information is now provided. All deaths are listed, whatever the cause, be it in an operational sortie, a training flight, a loss during an air raid, or by illness, especially from the world-wide influenza epidemic which swept Europe in 1918-l9. In addition, the date and place of birth of each airman is given, together with his place of death, first names and rank. There is also a supplementary list of known losses which were not fatal. Here is another reference work from this esteemed research team which increases our knowledge of the First Great Air War. |
