Silhouettes of Aeroplanes

Does anyone have a copy of "Silhouettes of Aeroplanes", what is on pg 31? Huxley wrote in his victory of November 22nd, 1917;

Remarks on Hostile Aircraft : Name unknown - Single Seater - speed uncertain. Page 31 "Silhouettes of Aeroplanes".



cam

[Ira_Silverman]

Hi Cam,

Here I go, adding to the confusion again (so what else is new?).

I have a copy of wartime French publication, Silhouettes D'Avions, Allies et Enemies, which I believe was used as a recognition standard by both France and the US. perhaps also the RFC/RAF?

Unfortunately, Page 31 shows the Bristol Fighter and S.E.5. Aircraft are ordered in terms of fuselage and wing configuration, with "small" German biplanes nominally between pages 46 and 51. If I take some allowance for poor handwriting, perhaps he meant Page 51, which shows the "Pfalz D."

Hope this helps, at least a bit.

VBR,

Ira

Ira,

>Unfortunately, Page 31 shows the Bristol Fighter and S.E.5.

:) you never know how their copy might have been printed. Thanks.



cam

[FinnN]

The French guides were updated regularly during the war, and the British had their own too (that looked not disimilar to the later WW2 RAF guides, the French ones are more cartoony). Of course then there were also updates that were either inserted at the publishers prior to distribution or issued separately and pasted in by the people they were issued to. All in all it'd be quite hard to pin down where it came from and what it was. I'll have a look and see if I can find anything (I don't have many of these).

Here's a French guide I happen to have scanned in:

http://www.warillustrated.com/avions1916/

Have fun
Finn

[FinnN]

You may be in luck - unknown German plane on page 31 of a 1917 RFC guide:



Looks like an Albatros CIII to me rather than a single-seater though. Anyone got any suggestions what else it might have been?

Have fun
Finn

Finn,

>Looks like an Albatros CIII to me rather than
>single-seater though. Anyone got any suggestions
>what else it might have been?

No idea what it is supposed to be. Looks plausible if Huxley didnt know what it was he attacked.




cam

[MilesC]

Looks like an LVG to me, except for the artists sweptback wings, it is almost identical. Note the forward position of the observer, this could deceive a pilot into thinking it was a single-seater if he couldn't see the pilot. Was there a later LVG with such wings?

Miles

Might be an AEG, they had odd ailerons and the pilot sat entirely under the upper wing. Otherwise looks like any other 1916 C type, mistaken for a single seater.