Bad weather

[Sreiko]

How did the WW1 planes operated in the bad weather- rain or snow? Did they have attempt at all to fly in rough conditions?

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Sreiko:
The weather on the Belgian and British was bad almost every day. It rains almost every day, except when it was snowing. There is an almanac of the weather in Bodenschatz's Jadg in Flandern Himmel. The weather is given for everyday. It does not rain all day.On the French and later American Fronts to the East may have been better, I don't know for certain.
The air operations scheduled for Operation Michael were delayed for several hours on 21 March 1918 because of fog and low clouds.
Blue skies,
Dan-San

[Roadhog]

Dear Sreiko, Sorry but I was in the Big Red One for six years and that was our unofficial motto. If I recall correctly James McCudden wrote once of flying in a snow storm and how he had to fly low enough to follow a roadway that he recognised to his assigned landing site. Also the famous Red Baron recorded in his autobiography the time as a young pilot, he flew through a storm cloud and almost paid for the deed with his life. Hope this helps. VR, Roadhog "Mememto mori."

[Sreiko]

Thank you very much for info. I miss that much of info for the WW1 period, I know for flights like that after the war.