WWI Aviation books cover art

[YavorD]

Originally Posted by dpolglaze

... Well, the ship is the prominent image, but there's a liiiitle plane there, and the Ben-My-Chree story is pretty durn interesting.
...

... and the book is well researched and thoroughly readable.
Regards,
Yavor

[Jos]

Hello all,

I don't know who made this cover. Maybe someone can help....




Jos

[Varese2002]

Originally Posted by Jos

Hello all,

I don't know who made this cover. Maybe someone can help....




Jos

The drawing is by Karl Mühlmeister. This book (36 pages) had the dubious distinction to appear on the list of 'Liste der auszusondernden Literatur' of the Ministerium für Volksbildung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (1953). Look here.

One wonders what was so special about this booklet that it was forbidden to read in the DDR.

Zuerl, Hubert. Vom Schlosserlehrling zum Pour le mérite-Jagdflieger / Hubert Zuerl. Mit Zeichngn v. Karl Mühlmeister. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1939.

Kees

[Gregvan]

Very interesting, Jos! According to my Noffsinger bibliography, this is "an account about Max Mueller, the German ace." Of course, Mueller never flew the Fokker E.V, but who cared about a thing like that in 1939?


According to what Alex Imrie told me some time ago, Hubert Zuerl was the brother of Walter Zuerl, the author of the seminal book Pour le mérite Flieger, published in 1938 by Verlag Curt Pechstein, München. It is considered an indispensable work on the topic. Even before that book was published, however, both Walter and Hubert regularly contributed biographical articles on the "Blue Max" winners to the German WWI veterans' magazine, Der Frontsoldat erzählt.

Having been published in 1939, even if it deals mostly with Mueller (who was killed in WWI), this book may have contained a foreword or other glowing accounts by/about a certain obese high-ranking Nazi official....or other Nazis considered taboo for young readers in the DDR. Just a thought.

[Gregvan]

Hi,

I don't know who drew this cover, either. This is for a Mexican comic book Hombres y Heroes, that I discovered on ebay:



First time I've ever seen the Rittmeister in a smashing powder blue Uhlan tunic with black facings. And who knows what he's going to do with that revolver? Certainly not shoot the lovely lady!

[Varese2002]

Karl Mühlmeister (1876-1943/1945) was a talented German children book illustrator, look for instance here. He has not done much illustrating for aviation items, but there is one of the Graf Zeppelin

Geisenheyner, Max. Auf Weltfahrt mit "Graf Zeppelin" / Max Geisenheyner. Mit Zeichngn v. Karl Mühlmeister. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1937.

Kees

[Varese2002]

Originally Posted by Gregvan

Hi,

I don't know who drew this cover, either. This is for a Mexican comic book Hombres y Heros, that I discovered on ebay:



First time I've ever seen the Rittmeister in a smashing powder blue Uhlan tunic with black facings. And who knows what he's going to do with that revolver? Certainly not shoot the lovely lady!

The Red Baron is everywhere



Kees

[Kirk R. Lowry]

Originally Posted by Gregvan

This is for a Mexican comic book Hombres y Heros, that I discovered on ebay:



First time I've ever seen the Rittmeister in a smashing powder blue Uhlan tunic with black facings. And who knows what he's going to do with that revolver?

Bonjour Greg!

Quite the illustration!

What will be done? Well, the Fokker Dr.I is straining for altitude and the revolver is being handled. Perhaps leave can be obtained to travel to Austria-Hungary, specifically, to Vienna to confer with a Dr. Freud ...

What is the content that issue of Hombres y Héroes? ... suspect that the narrative may be lacking in accuracy, but, wonder as to the illustrations ...

Salut!
Kirk

[Gregvan]

Hi Kirk,

I have no idea about the interior of this particular issue (or any other) of Hombres y Héroes, as I just found the auction on ebay (it's still up, by the way) and do not own the comic - nor do I plan to!

From what I can gather , Hombres y Héroes is apparently a sort of educational Mexican comic book series, with coverage of everybody from Biblical figures up to 20th century personalities. Here's one on Eddie Rickenbacker:

EDDIE RICKENBAKER comic ACE WORLD WAR I biography RARE! - eBay (item 190309490654 end time Feb-16-10 07:24:35 PST)


Here's one on Guynemer:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GEORGES-GUYNEMER...item2c4f6fe7f2

[Kirk R. Lowry]

hhmm ... interesting Greg.

Unlike El Barón Rojo, neither Guynemer or Rickenbacker attract female attention. To make matters perplexing, based on the marking depicted on the aircraft illustrated for the two airmen, Guynemer flies for Britain and Rickenbacker flies for France! It would be interesting to see what constitutes the "GREAT DRAWS" advertised though ...

Thank you for bringing attention to those unusual publications.

Salut mon ami!
Kirk