Book on Americans in Foreign Air Corps

I doing a research paper on America's early involvement in the Air War, 1914-1917. Can anyone direct me to some good primary and secondary sources. It can deal with any of the foreign air corps/forces. Thanks for your assistance.

Heath

[Ira_Silverman]

Heath:

What follows is a brief list of recommendations. If you can be more specific, contact me off-line and we can get into more detail.

Best Regards,

Ira

AMERICAN AVIATORS IN FOREIGN SERVICE:

Glasebrook, Millie, ed. AMERICAN AVIATORS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Carson City (NV), Glasebrook Foundation, 1984. 155 pp., illus., pict. covers, wraps.

Hall, James Norman, and Charles Nordhoff. THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS. Port Washington, Kennikat, 1964. vol. 1: 513 pp., vol. 2: 360 pp., illus.

Hennessey, Juliet A. THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR ARM. APRIL 1861 TO APRIL 1917. Washington (DC), Office of Air Force History, 1985. 260 pp., illus.

Hudson, James J. IN CLOUDS OF GLORY: AMERICAN AIRMEN WHO FLEW WITH THE BRITISH DURING THE GREAT WAR. Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1990. 290 pp., illus.


US AIR SERVICE BEFORE 1917:

Holley, Irving B., Jr. IDEAS AND WEAPONS: THE EXPLOITATION OF THE AERIAL WEAPON BY THE UNITED STATES DURING WORLD WAR I. Washington, USGPO, 1988. 222 pp

Maurer, Maurer. THE U.S. AIR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I:
Vol. 1: FINAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE AIR SERVICE, AEF. A TACTICAL HISTORY OF THE AIR SERVICE. Washington, USGPO, 1979. 448 pp., illus.
Vol. 2: EARLY CONCEPTS OF MILITARY AVIATION. Washington, USGPO, 1979. 460 pp., illus.
Vol. 3: THE BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL. Washington, USGPO, 1979. 794 pp., illus.
Vol. 4: POSTWAR REVIEW. Washington, USGPO, 1979. 617 pp., illus.

Patrick, Mason M. THE UNITED STATES IN THE AIR. Garden City, Doubleday, 1928. 191 pp., illus.

Sweetser, Arthur. THE AMERICAN AIR SERVICE: A RECORD OF ITS PROBLEMS,ITS DIFFICULTIES, ITS FAILURES AND IS FINAL ACHIEVEMENTS. New York, Appleton, 1919. 384 pp., illus.

Thayer, Lucien H. AMERICA'S FIRST EAGLES. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE U.S. AIR SERVICE, A.E.F. (1917-1918). San Jose, Bender, 1983. 360 pp., illus.

Toulmin, Harry Aubrey, Jr. AIR SERVICE: AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, 1918. New York, Van Nostrand, 1927. 388 pp., illus.

[Michael]

Hugh Halliday's database of Honours and Awards to Canadians in the RFC/RAF contains a number of Americans.

Try http://develop.shorelinecorp.com/old_airfo...force/awardwwi/

You'll probably find Herbert Molloy Mason's "Lafayette Escadrille" to be quite commonly available through Inter-Library Loan. HMM gives a generalized depiction of the air unit that was the definitive example of early participation in WWI by aviators from the U.S. It also contains a most discomfiting image of the authors lack of specific knowledge as he identifies what is obviously the burned wreckage of a SPAD a/c (a V-8 engine is obvious in the photo)as that of a Morane which didn't use the Hispano-Suiza V-8 engine depicted. It's major virtue is that it is a book probably readily available to you. Good luck. Lee Edw. Branch