FLYING SECTION 17

Haupt Heydemarck

• Publisher: Naval & Military Press
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781474535991
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Storia
• Subtopic: Storia militare e marittima

This second volume in German Great War flyer Haupt Heydemarcks trilogy of aerial memoirs gives us all the hazards and hopes of his job as an aerial observer written with humour and panache. The book is illustrated with many photographs - several taken by the author himself as part of his observation duties. Heydemarcks jaunty style is written against a background of bleakness: the mortality rate among his comrades was phenomenally high.

CONTENTS

I.	TAKING THE AIR
II.	BLIND MAN’S BUFF
III.	A VIRGIN FLIGHT
IV.	ARCHIE!
V.	A LABOUR OF LOVE
VI.	HEINRICH
VII.	THE GALE
VIII.	GOOD SHOT!
IX.	SPÄTZLE
X.	A PAINFUL PREDICAMENT
XI.	THE SQUADRON FLIGHT
XII.	SHOT DOWN
XIII.	HONOURING A HERO
XIV.	P.G
XV.	THE RED MACHINE
XVI.	MY LITTLE BLUFF
XVII.	ESCAPE!
XVIII.	MERELY BY THE WAY
XIX.	A GOOD SLICE OF BAD LUCK
XX.	THE ACE OF CHÂLONS
XXI.	SCHOOL FOR GREENHORNS
XXII.	THE LUCK OF THE CLOUDS
XXIII.	MUST BE DONE
XXIV.	DONE!
XXV.	THROUGH THICK AND THIN

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.A FRIEND IN THE AIR

2.THE LANDING MARK AT ATTIGNY AERODROME

3.TAKE ENGMANN

4.CUMULI ON A STRATUS CEILING

5.A CLOUD PLAIN

6.BERGER’S MACHINE CAMOUFLAGED AGAINST OBSERVATION BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT

7.STRUT HIT...

Table of contents

• Flying Section 17
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• I. Taking the Air
• II. Blind Man’s Buff
• III. A Virgin Flight
• IV. Archie!
• V. A Labour of Love
• VI. Heinrich
• VII. The Gale
• VIII. Good Shot!
• IX. Spätzle
• X. A Painful Predicament
• XI. The Squadron Flight
• XII. Shot Down
• XIII. Honouring a Hero
• XIV. P.G
• XV. The Red Machine
• XVI. My Little Bluff
• XVII. Escape!
• XVIII. Merely by The way
• XIX. A Good slice of Bad Luck
• XX. The Ace of Châlons
• XXI. School for Greenhorns
• XXII. The Luck of the Clouds
• XXIII. Must be Done
• XXIV. Done!
• XXV. Through Thick and Thin
• Notes