Thought I would throw out for discussion this idea for all the authors that frequent this board. I've got absolutely no skill in writing a book such as this, but would dearly love to see something like this in print. It really fascinates me. And I don't think it has been done before.
And that is a book of firsts in WWI aviation. Like the first plane/crew that crashed (to any cause), the first to be shot done by AA, same but by another aircraft. The first to fly a mission (any mission) in WWI. First to carry out a reconn over the lines, or the first to reconn a major city. The first to drop a bomb, first to strafe . First to bomb a city, first to be captured, first escorted mission and so on. The type and variety of firsts is really only limited by one's imagination.
To add interest and meat to the topic the first's could be both cronological, and also by air force. At least cover the major's eg France, Britian (RFC/RNAS) and Germany (including their Marine group); but there's always scope for the less well known eg Italy, Austro-Hungary and the US.
For that human touch each case could include the date, type of aircraft, names of the crew, location of event, result of mission and perhaps (if known) the career of the crew eg survived the war, killed, whatever.
Be interested to know what others think.
