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Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918
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D.Mechin - Oriental Adventures of the French Air force 1914-1918 /Aeronaut/
One of the first opponents of the French, Lohner E-18 flown by Frglt. Konstantin Maglic. (Coll. Paolo Varriale)
All of the Austro-Hungarian airforce - 3 seaplanes - shown on this photo. (Collection Paolo Varriale)
German and Bulgarian airmen in front of a captured British Armstrong-Whitworth FK3. (DR)
BE 12 no 6001 of No 17 Squadron, flown by Captain Gilbert Ware Murliss-Green. He scored his first 3 victories at its controls.
BE 12 of No 17 Squadron of the British Army. Heavy and unmaneuverable, this failed fighter that the British relegated to the Orient Front was equipped with an RAF 4a 140 hp engine, and was faster than the 90 hp Nieuport 21s of the French squadrons. (DR)
A BE 12 in Salonica.
On August 15, 1917, a British BE 12 fighter lands on the airfield of Vertekop. On the left, a Farman F.40 of escadrille 525.
British fighter BE 12 descended on the Struma front and surrounded by Bulgarian soldiers. The British air force was technically inferior to the German air force fighters. (DR)
Sopwith 130 hp Clerget (Sopwith Baby as British designation), CAM Corfou, June 1917.
Sopwith Baby with 130 hp Clerget engine of the CAM Corfu, in 1917.
Two views of license-built Sopwith 130 hp Clerget (Sopwith Baby) sent in Corfou in August 1917 to give a fighter cover to the Centre d'Aviation Maritime. The performance of those fighters revealed unsatisfactory and this job was later given to escadrille 562 in Potamos. (ARDHAN)
The CAM Corfu even had a squadron of fighter seaplanes. Sopwith "Baby" with a 130 hp Clerget engine. However, they hardly succeeded in intercepting any enemy aircraft, due to their poor performance and the low number of incursions of the Austro-Hungarian naval aviation on the island of Corfu. (Coll ARDHAN)
Sopwith 1A2 no 2275 built by Darracq, Escadrille 504, Summer 1917.
Sopwith 1A2 no 2288, escadrille 509, Negocani, 1917.
Sopwith 1A2 from escadrille 506, Summer 1917.
A Sopwith 1A2 from escadrille 504.
A Sopwith 1A2 from escadrille 504.
Lieutenant Emile Bruninghaus at the controls of a Sopwith 1A2 in 1917.
A few Sopwith 1A2 were delivered to Aviation d’Orient in 1917 and one was given to escadrille 509, with serial number 2288 meaning it was produced by Darracq.
During year 1917, escadrille 506 received some Sopwith 1A2 for strategic reconnaissance missions. (Collection Boris Ciglic).
Crashed Sopwith 1A2 from escadrille 502 in 1918.
Profile of an AEG G III serving at Kagohl I.
Kagohl 1 was composed of units equipped with a number of twin-engine bombers from AEG, Friedrichshafen, Gotha, and Rumpler. Here are three AEG G.III shown on an airfield in Macedonia.
Austro-Hungarian Knoller Albatros B.I 23.09 of Flik 15, in the airfield of Novi Sad during autumn 1915. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Austro-Hungarian aircraft on Bavaniste airfield during year 1915, the opponents of escadrille MF 99 S, who claimed two of them. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Terme and Astor's third aerial victory, an Albatros B.II shot down east of Lake Amatovo on April 25, 1916, is also on display near the White Tower of Salonica for the pleasure of the curious. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
German two-seater Albatros C.III flying over the Orient Front. (Coll. Boris Ciglic)
Crew of an Albatros C.III of one of the two Bulgarian squadrons present on the Orient Front, which nothing, except the personal markings, makes it possible to differentiate from the aircraft of the four German reconnaissance squadrons present on this front. (DR)
Captain Gilbert Ware Murliss-Green, seating on the Albatros C.VII he captured on January 14, 1917 - the 3rd of the 6 victories he scored in the Orient Front.
Albatros D.III captured on the Orient Front by Serbian troops after the final offensive. (Coll. Boris Ciglic)
Albatros D.III captured on the Orient Front by Serbian troops after the final offensive. (Coll. Boris Ciglic)
In front of his Albatros D.III, Gerhard Fieseler of Jasta 25, top ace of German aviation in the Orient front, winner of 19 victories mostly confirmed by French archives... A one-man airforce.
All that remains of von Eschwege's Albatros D.III is a pile of wood and linen, blown up by the explosion of the balloon bomb. (Coll Cross and Cockade)
View of a German squadron on the Orient Front, towards a DFW C.V in the foreground, a two-seater adapted to high altitude reconnaissance. In the background, a Halberstadt D.V fighter, an aircraft on which von Eschwege won most of his 19 victories. (DR)
German DFW C.V captured by the Red Army and used by the 24th RAO, pictured near Kiev in February 1919. The aircraft is decorated with red roundels - not stars - hastily repainted on the German markings. The Red Army Air Force was able to field an assortment of outdated and patched-up aircraft, using any means available due to the lack of an aviation industry. (DR)
When Lt. Hans-Joachim Buddecke transferred to the Mediterranean theatre of operations, he had the use of Fokker E.III 96/15 (w/n 349) with Ottoman FA 6. From the second Eindecker production batch, this aircraft had the appearance of an E.II, maintaining the ammunition storage bin on the starboard side of the nose. It was given the Ottoman serial number of F3. (William Toohey)
Fokker D.II of the German Air Force photographed at Drama in 1916. (DR)
Friedrichshafen G.III bomber shot down by the British Air Force on April 8, 1917. (Coll Benoit Henriet)
View of a German squadron on the Orient Front, towards a DFW C.V in the foreground, a two-seater adapted to high altitude reconnaissance. In the background, a Halberstadt D.V fighter, an aircraft on which von Eschwege won most of his 19 victories. (DR)
Roland D.II fighter of the Bulgarian air service.
Bulgarian Roland D.III fighter in a hangar.
Profile of a Pfalz E.II of the German park of Hudova. Inferior to the Fokker Eindecker which is contemporary to it, it is one of these second zone aircraft that Germans as well as French willingly sent to the Orient Front.
View of the SAML of 111a Squadriglia. (Paolo Varriale).
Breguet 14 A2 no 902, Escadrille 525, Vrbeni, Late 1918.
Breguet 14 A2 no 908 Titine, Escadrille 504, 1918
Breguet 14 (no 908) of the 504 squadron at Gorgop during the summer 1918. The French corps squadrons received some Breguet 14s at the time of the final offensive, which began to replace obsolete Dorand ARs.
Breguet 14 A2 (serial unknown), escadrille 509, Negocani, 1918.
Breguet 14 B2 no 1223 Leon, Escadrille 504, 1918.
A Greek Breguet 14 during the Greco-Turkish war in 1921. Escadrille 534 became Moira C during this war.
Sergent gunner Eugene Jeanperrin of escadrille 509 in his Breguet 14 A2. Note a variation of the dragon, painted in white.
Breguet 14 A2 with squadron markings of escadrille 524, in late 1918. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Breguet 14 for escadrille 52
Sous-lieutenant Million-Rousseau, observer of escadrille 504, poses in front of a Breguet 13 of his unit.
Three pilots of escadrille 504 bearing the unit flag. Note the Breguet 14 and two Dorand AR 1 in the background.
Breguet 14 from escadrille 504 nicknamed “Titine”.
Other Breguet 14 of escadrille 504 with a unreadable nickname. Note the little plush monkey on the left wing.
The photo taken during the raid over Gradsko on September 15, 1918, during the final offensive.
Two Breguet 14 in flight (Collection Boric Ciglic)
View of the Breguet 14 flown by Lt Yvon Rose and his gunner Lt Pasteris, before March 21, 1918, when Rose died after a crash. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
A Breguet 14 B2 given to Romania in 1919. Barely noticeable is the serial number "US", coming directly from the Salonica Factory.
Breguet 14 from escadrille 504 nicknamed “Leon”.
In profile, Major Victor Denain inspects with the regent of Serbia the assembly plant of Salonica which was only operational at the very end of the war and assembled aircraft from spare parts delivered from France. The registration of the Breguet 14 can be seen on the tail, bearing the number US 1 (Salonica factory no 1). (DR)
One of the few Breguet 14 A2 (no 2749) received by escadrille 521, crashed by pilot Petrovaradin on November 1918. The plane carries no specific marking. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Breguet 14 A2, captured by the Turks in August 26, 1922. Escadrille 534 used its material from WW1 until 1922 during the long Greco-Turkish war.
Caudron G.3 no 993 who made the first flight of C 89 S in Salonica on October 25,1915, under the command of Sous-Lieutenant Potin.
Caudron G.3 from escadrille C 89 S in late 1915.
This Caudron G.3 of the C 89 S squadron is one of the very first operational aircraft of the Orient Air Force, accompanying the French troops during the Vardar expedition. (Coll. Albin Denis)
This Caudron G.3 of the C 89 S squadron is one of the very first operational aircraft of the Orient Air Force, accompanying the French troops during the Vardar expedition. (Coll. Albin Denis)
Caudron G.4 no 1442 of Sergent Jean Jaquelin, escadrille C 389, 1916.
Caudron G.4 (serial unknown), Escadrille G.488, Kourtesis, Summer 1918.
Caudron G.4 of the G.488 squadron. Supporting the land-based seaplane formations, the G 488 squadron was formed at Kourtesis during the summer of 1918 to patrol the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. The unit had very low performance due to a relentless aerial opponent: the mosquito, which transmitted malaria to many of the pilots and mechanics.
Caudron G.4 of escadrille C.389 wearing the unit's insignia.
Caudron G.4 from escadrille C 389 ready to go for a reconnaissance mission in 1916.
Caudron G.4 with tactical number R 12, is armed with English bombs. The plane does not carry his forward machine gun. (Collection Albin Denis)
Caudron G.4 taking off from the air park of Salonica.
This Caudron G.4 no 9106 from escadrille C 389 during Fall 1916 belongs to a lot built in Britain, with Anzani engines.
A unique bird, the Caudron R 150 hp Canton-Unne, served one entire year in CAM Salonica. It was among the very rare planes equipped with floats used by French Navy, who preferred flying boats with hulls. (ARDHAN)
Caudron G.6 (serial unknown), C.575, Port-Said, 1919.
Caudron G.6 in Egypt being prepared for take-off.
Caudron G.6 no 5472 of escadrille C.575 in the airfield of Port-Said in late 1918.
Caudron G.6 no 5472 of escadrille C.575 in the airfield of Port-Said in late 1918.
Caudron G.6 no 5472 of escadrille C.575 in the airfield of Port-Said in late 1918.
Caudron G.6 in Egypt. This view emphasizes the prominent keel which ran along the bottom of the fuselage.
Caudron G.6 in Egypt. This view emphasizes the prominent keel which ran along the bottom of the fuselage.
One of the Caudron G.6 in Port-Said received a colorful shark mouth in 1918-1919.
Caudron G.6 at Port Said on 6 May 1919. The unit was C 575 which formed in August 1918 and was commanded by Capitaine Braquilanges.
Caudron G.6 at Port Said on 6 May 1919. The unit was C 575 which formed in August 1918 and was commanded by Capitaine Braquilanges.
Donnet-Denhaut 150 hp Hispano, CAM Corfou, late 1916.
Donnet Denhaut 160 hp Canton-Unne (no 39) seen in CAM Salonique in November 9, 1916.
First hydroplane used by CAM Corfou in 1916, a Donnet Denhaut 160 hp Canton-Unne, seen here in Brindisi after having crossed the Adriatic. (Collection Paolo Varriale)
Created in May 1916 at the same time as the CAM Argostoli, the CAM Corfu became one of the most important French naval air bases of the Great War, whose seaplanes patrolled the southern Adriatic. Here, a Donnet-Denhaut 160 hp Canton-Unne on a stopover at the Italian base of Otranto. (Coll Paolo Varriale)
Dorand AR 1 no 1298, escadrille 524, Vrbeni, February 1918.
Dorand AR.1 no 1421, escadrille 501, late 501.
Dorand AR 1 no 1870, Escadrille 522, Vertekop, 1918.
Dorand AR 1 no 1871, Escadrille 521, Vertekop, Late 1917.
Dorand AR 1 no 1871, Escadrille 521, with the Serbian Flag replacing the Panther when the unit became 1 ere Escadrille Serbe during early 1918.
Dorand AR 1 no 1885, 1ere Escadrille Serbe, Early 1918.
Dorand AR (serial unknown) of escadrille 501 after summer 1917
Dorand AR 1 (serial unknown), Escadrille 525, Vrbeni, Spring 1918.
Theorical profile of Dorand AR 1 no 1356, Escadrille 532, Gorgop, April 1918.
Theorical profile of Dorand AR 1 no 348, Escadrille 533, Dimitric, July 1918.
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 502 in late 1917.
Dorand AR 1 with Lorraine engine, Escadrille 504, Late 1917
After March 1918, escadrille 521 or 1st Serbian escadrille adopted a Serbian flag as new insignia, as seen here on Dorand AR 1 no 1885 in Vertekop. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
A Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 522 in September 1917.
On February 7, 1918 the young King of Greece Alexander I (left) inspects the Air Park of Salonica with major Denain (center) and general Guillaumat (right). The king walks in front of a Dorand AR 1.
Three pilots of escadrille 504 bearing the unit flag. Note the Breguet 14 and two Dorand AR 1 in the background.
Other view of the ceremony (the unit becomes the 1st Serbian squadron) in Vertekop. Note on the background a Dorand AR 1 wearing the panther insignia. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Probably in March 1918, Lt Michel Marinkovich (French officer of Serbian origins), on the left, in front of his men of escadrille 521 - the unit becomes the 1st Serbian squadron. A Dorand AR 1 is on the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Dorand AR 1 no 1870 of escadrille 522 in late 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 508 in 1917-1918.
In 1917, the Dorand AR becomes the standard aircraft of the army aviation for the Orient Army. Although it represented a definite improvement over the old Farman F.40, it was far from satisfactory. It is an aircraft that the military aeronautics of the French front is getting rid of... Here, an aircraft of the heavy artillery section no 1, which becomes the 508 squadron in June 1917. (Coll Albin Denis)
In June 1917, escadrille 508 was equipped with Dorand AR 1s (in the background) with an escort section on Nieuport fighters, such as this type 24 in the foreground.
Serbian general Vasic visits escadrille 524 during after summer 1917 - a Dorand AR 1 is in the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Sergent Emile Grillet (marked with cross) with other French and Serbian pilots in front of a Dorand AR 1 of Escadrille 522 in late 1917.
Dorand AR 1 no 1870 of escadrille 522 in late 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Dorand AR 1 no 1871 of escadrille 521. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
A Dorand AR of the 524 squadron (Serbian army) flies over the snow-covered mountains of the front, during the winter of 1917-1918 (Coll Boris Ciglic).
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 524 flying above the mountains of Macedonia, during Winter 1917-1918. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
A Dorand AR flying over the front in 1918. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
Alignment of Dorand AR of the Orient Army in 1917. Many of these aircraft were delivered directly by air from the assembly center in Otranto, in the heel of the Italian boot, and flew across the Adriatic and the mountains of Greece. A rather perilous journey for the time. (SHD)
Adjudant Dragos Adamovic in front of his Dorand AR 1, wearing the nickname “Mascott”. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 502.
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 502.
In late 1917, the planes abandons the specific markings (white cross on fuselage and blue chevron) and replaces them by a panther, as seen her in this Dorand AR 1. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Sergeant observer Vahel near a Dorand AR 1. (Albin Denis collection)
View of escadrille 503's new insignia painted on a Dorand AR 1, after June 1917.
Dorand AR 1 with Lorraine engine from escadrille 533 in Dimitric during Summer 1918.
Dorand AR 1 no 1871 of escadrille 521 after a bad landing in Vertekop on July 23, 1918. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 504 after a bad landing.
Dorand AR 1 of escadrille 524 crashed by Serbian pilot Petar Petrovic in February 1918. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 no 3066, Escadrille cotiere de Panomi, 1918.
Farman F.40 no 3070 of the heavy artillery section no 1, Kravari, December 1916.
Farman F.40 no 3131, escadrille F.398, Vrbeni, Early 1917.
Farman F.40 no 3144, escadrille F.383, early 1917.
Farman F.40 no 3278, escadrille F.388, Summer 1916.
Farman F.40 no 3304 of Section de Bombardement, Salonica-Topcin, Late 1916.
Farman F.40 no 3335 of escadrille F 386 in early 1917.
Farman F.40 no 3386, MF 384, Vertekop, 1917.
Another Farman of escadrille F 386 seen in early 1917 in Kladerop, showing a different application of the unit insignia.
Farman F.40 (serial unknown), escadrille F.398, Vrbeni, Late 1916.
Farman F.40 (serial unknown), Escadrille F.399, Boresnica, Spring 1917.
Farman F.40 (serial unknown), Escadrille F.399, Boresnica, Spring 1917.
Farman F.40 (serial unknown), Escadrille F.399, Boresnica, Spring 1917.
Farman F.40 of escadrille F.399 in Boresnica during the first months of year 1917, wearing another personal insignia. (Collection Laurent Winer)
Farman F.40 of escadrille F.399 wearing as personal insignia the monogram of Peter I, king of Serbia.
Farman F.40 no 3335 of escadrille F.386, early 1917. (Collection Roberto Gentili)
Farman F.40 no 3304 of Section de Bombardement, in 1916-1917.
A Serbian general visits escadrille F.399 in early 1917 and this Farman F.40 with a cartoon-bird as personal insignia. Note the Nieuport fighters in the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Contrary to appearances, this Farman F.40 decorated with a cross of Lorraine does not belong to the F.388 squadron (504) but to the F.399 of which it bears the regulatory markings, the white band on the sides of the fuselage. Captain Pierre Perrin de Brichambaut, squadron leader, stands just below the fuselage, with a light uniform and a riding crop under his arm. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Capitaine Sabattier de Vignolle, under the fuselage of the Farman F.40, stands with all his pilots in November 1916. It is not known if the insignia on the Farman is the first unit insignia, or a personal insignia of the pilot. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 of escadrille F.399 wearing as personal insignia the monogram of Peter I, king of Serbia. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 of escadrille F.399 wearing as personal insignia the monogram of Peter I, king of Serbia.
Serbian pilot Borivoje Popadic (right) and his mechanic in front of his Farman F.40 wearing the squadron markings of escadrille F.398 and a personal insignia in the fuselage nacelle. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 of escadrille F 382 wearing a personal decoration. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Serbian observer Sondermayer (left) with his pilot in front of a Farman F.40 in Vertekop, early 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Serbian pilots and mechanics in front of a Farman F.40 wearing the squadron markings of escadrille F.398 in 1917. (Collection Boric Ciglic)
Closeup of the nacelle of a Farman F.40 from escadrille F.398, showing the squadron marking - a vertical white stripe.
Farman F.40 from Escadrille cotiere de Panomi. The Lewis gun turret seem to have been removed, as no German planes are supposed to be met in this area of patrol, far away from the frontline. (Collection Albin Denis)
Farman F.40 of squadron F.386 with the unit symbol on the front of the aircraft, a blue and red Ying-yang. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
Lineup of Farman F.40 aircraft of the Serbian squadron F.382 on the field of Vertekop. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
Another view of Farman F.40 of the Serbian squadron F.382 on the field of Vertekop. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
View of the hangars of Vertekop and Farmans of MF 384. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 wearing F 382 markings in Vertekop. Nieuport 21 escort fighters can be seen in the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 of escadrille F.40 in January 1917 on Kladerop airfield.
On August 15,1917, a British BE 12 fighter lands on the airfield of Vertekop. On the left, a Farman F.40 of escadrille 525.
View of the airfield of escadrille V 383 in January 1917. We can see a Farman F.40 wearing the second insignia drawn in a shield, at the top of the fuselage.
Pilots and observers of escadrille 501 in 1917, in front of a Nieuport 23. A Farman stands on the foreground. (Albin Denis collection)
A rather rare bird, a Farman F.41 (no 1634) of escadrille MF 382 on January 18, 1917.
Farman F.40 damaged. This photograph symbolizes all the problem of the aviation of the East, which systematically receives outdated apparatuses compared to those put in service on the French front.
This Farman F.40 forming a pylon at Vertekop airfield bears the markings of the F.384 squadron: two red stripes on the wings, as well as a white oblique stripe on the fuselage (not visible on the photo). It is an aircraft of this unit that Pierre Dupon was flying on December 25, 1916. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 of escadrille MF 384 after a bad landing, showing its red stripes under the wings. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Damaged Farman F.40 seen in Boresnica in 1917 - very likely a former airplane from Section de Bombardement.
Pilots from various units posing in front of a Farman F.40 from escadrille F.388. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 no 3070 of the heavy artillery section no 1, destroyed in its hangar following the storm of January 1st 1917.
Crashed Farman F.40 from escadrille F.399 in early 1917, with a horseshoe as personal insignia. The squadron markings, a white band on the fuselage, is clearly visible, unlike the red chevron under the wings. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Capitaine Pierre Perrin de Brichambaut, flying with his own brother Georges as observer, crashed his Farman F.40 in a swamp on August 21,1917. (Collection Laurent Winer)
Capitaine Pierre Perrin de Brichambaut, flying with his own brother Georges as observer, crashed his Farman F.40 in a swamp on August 21,1917. (Collection Laurent Winer)
Escadrille 521
Escadrille 522
Escadrille 524
Escadrille 525
FBA 100 hp Rhone (Type C) (no 104), CAM Salonique, May 1916.
FBA 100 hp Rhone (no 196), CAM Argostoli, Late 1916.
FBA 100 hp Clerget no 219 of the Argostoli CAM
Theoretical profile of the FBA 100 ch Clerget of the second master Jeanblanc and the sailor Trouillet, victorious crew having contributed to sink the submarine UC 38 at the north of the island of Argostoli on December 14, 1917
In The Argostoli Airfield also received in 1916 FBA seaplanes with a 100 hp Clerget engine, called "type C" by their manufacturer. (Coll ARDHAN)
A manhunt is organized to capture the crew hiding in the swamps... These French sailors and soldiers have captured the standard. On the left is a 100 hp FBA of the CAM Salonica.
FBA 100 hp Rhone (type C) used by CAM Salonique in 1916.
View of an FBA Rhone 110 hp, whose drift has been dismantled, in Argostoli Bay at the end of 1916 (ARDHAN)
One of the FBA 110 hp Rhone in its hangar at Argostoli, 1916-1917 (ARDHAN)
FBA 100 hp Clerget no 219 of the Argostoli CAM at the end of 1916. The aircraft has an original decoration. (Coll. ARDHAN)
FBA 150 hp Hispano (Type H) no 363, CAM Corfou, Spring 1918.
FBA 150 hp Hispano (no 648), CAM Plateali, Summer 1917.
FBA 200 hp Hispano (Type S) with tactical number O-2 in CAM Corfou, 1918.
FBA 200 hp Hispano (no 1028), CAM Milo, October 1918.
FBA 200 hp Hispano (no 1113), CAM Argostoli, Summer 1918.
A FBA 150 hp Hispano (Type H) of CAM Salonique makes a stop in Escadrille de Panomi in 1918. (Collection Albin Denis)
FBA 150 hp Hispano of the CAM of Plateali, coded G.21, during the year 1918 (ARDHAN)
FBA 200 hp Hispano (Type S) with tactical number O-2 in CAM Corfou, 1918.
FBA 200 hp Hispano, equipping the CAM of Plateali from the summer 1918. It carry the identification letter “G” attributed to the CAM. (ARDHAN)
FBA 200 hp Hispano, equipping the CAM of Plateali from the summer 1918. It carry the identification letter “G” attributed to the CAM. (ARDHAN)
FBA 200 hp Hispano seaplane (called type S) at the CAM Salonica in 1918.
Maurice Farman MF XI no 193 of Capitaine Louis Paulhan, Banjica (Serbia), Spring 1915. In October this plane carried Serbian cockades. (David Mechin)
Maurice Farman MF 11 no 197, Escadrille MF 99S, Banjica (Serbia), Summer 1915.
Maurice Farman MF 11 no 458, escadrille MF 98 T, Tenedos, 1915.
Farman MF 11 no 505, escadrille MF 98 T, Tenedos, 1915.
Maurice Farman MF XI no 967, of MdL Koechlin escadrille MF 88, Salonica, December 1915
Farman MF 11bis no 1076 flown by Adjudant Dieudonne Costes, 1916.
Farman MF 11bis no 1255 escadrille MF 86, Samli, early 1916.
Maurice Farman MF 11bis no 1256, Escadrille Francaise d'Albanie, Potamos (Corfu, Greece), March 1916.
Maurice Farman MF XI no 194 during spring 1915. This plane was usually flown by Adjudant Marcel Thirouin who scored a victory at its controls on June 9, 1915, with Sergeant-Major Magnoni as his gunner. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
A bomb is loaded abroad Maurice Farman MF XI no 197 in Banjica airfield, during spring 1915.This plane was usually flown by Adjudant-Chef Joseph Seret. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Capitaine Francois Tulasne (observer) seems lost in his thoughts in front of Maurice Farman MF XI no 452. Note the reinforced carriage. (Collection Tulasne)
Capitaine Francois Tulasne, Miss Zineida Ivanov (daughter of the Russian commander of the Danube Flotilla), Capitaine Jean Dufaur de Rochefort, and an unknown Montenegrin officer in May 1915 in the village of Prahovo where escadrille MF 99 S sent a detachment. (Collection Boris Ciglic).
Maurice Farman MF 11 from escadrille MF 98 T in Tenedos Airfield, September 1915 - Photo Rene Germain.
Last stand of escadrille MF 99 S in Prizren under the snow on November 17, 1915. (Collection Passot-Seguin)
Escadrille MF 98 M in the airfield of Mytilene in late January 1916.
Maurice Farman MF 11 and Morane Parasol from escadrille MF 98 M landed in Long Island, during their commando raid in Smyrna on February 7, 1916.
Photo taken on November 1915 showing the first operational airfield of escadrille MF 86 near Doiran Lake. The planes appearing are Maurice Farman MF 11.
On November 2, 1915, what remains of escadrille MF 99 S stands in Raska. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
General Sarrail himself inspects the frontline by flying as observer in this Farman MF 11bis.
Maurice Farman MF 11 flying back from Gallipoli to Tenedos in late 1915.
A Farman MF 11 bis flying over the Salonica park located at Camp Allatini in early 1916. (DR)
Under the carriage of the Maurice Farman, the city of Belgrade. (Collection Passot-Seguin)
The Turkish city of Canakkale taken in picture by French observer Francois Masnou from a Maurice Farman MF 11.
French airfield in Tenedos in late 1915. A Maurice Farman MF 11 and a Morane L can be seen on the ground.
Maurice Farman MF XI bis on March 14,1916, in Potamos airfield.
Recognizable by his light kepi and dark uniform, Major Victor Denain poses with the observing officers of the Serbian air force in early 1916. The aircraft in the background is a Farman MF 11 bis. (Coll Boris Ciglic).
In August 1915, the plane of Adjudant Thirouin (center) and Captaine Tulasne had to make a forced landing in Sabac. Serbian peasants gather around the plane and Serbian women filled it with flowers. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Capitaine Antoine Cesari, commanding officer of escadrille MF 98 T, stands near a Maurice Farman MF 11 in Tenedos. Note his medal, the legion d'honneur, won in 1914 in France after bombing a Zeppelin on the ground.
During one of the first flights of the unit, Capitaine Paulhan, sitting in front of his Maurice Farman MF XI no 193, carries his observer, Capitaine Andre Mortureux. (Collection Passot-Seguin)
Spectacular photo showing in action MF 193 of Capitaine Louis Paulhan and his gunner, probably his mechanic, Corporal Andre Lestradet. (Collection Passot-Seguin)
On July 15, 1915, Capitaine Louis Paulhan conducts in his plane (MF 193) Colonel Fournie, the French military attache, to the Serbian headquarters in Kragujevac. (Collection Passot-Seguin)
On August 9, 1915, the heir to the throne of Serbia, Aleksandar Karadordevic, visited escadrille MF 99 S in Banjica and was offered a flight as passenger of Maurice Farman no 193 piloted by Louis Paulhan.
On August 9, 1915, the heir to the throne of Serbia, Aleksandar Karadordevic, visited escadrille MF 99 S in Banjica and was offered a flight as passenger of Maurice Farman no 193 piloted by Louis Paulhan.
On August 9, 1915, the heir to the throne of Serbia, Aleksandar Karadordevic, visited escadrille MF 99 S in Banjica and was offered a flight as passenger of Maurice Farman no 193 piloted by Louis Paulhan.
The squadrons of the army corps, intended for observation and artillery adjustment, are equipped at the beginning of 1916 with Farman MF 11 bis with 130 hp engine. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
On November 11, 1915, old Farman MF 193 of Capitaine Paulhan ended its career while landing under a strong wind. Note the Serbian cockades. (Collection Passot-Seguin)
Maurice Farman MF XI bis no 1225 crashed in Potamos airfield. Luckily, no bombs exploded.
A MF 11 bis of the Corfu squadron fell at sea shortly before May 20, 1916. it was piloted by S/Lt Leon Fabert, who escaped unharmed, as well as the observer who accompanied him.
Morane Parasol no 448, escadrille MF 98 M, Mytilene, January-March 1916.
Morane Parasol no 416, Escadrille N 87, Salonica-Sedes, June 1916. Two Morane Parasols from escadrille MF 98 T joined escadrille N 87 in April 1916, but were soon removed from service, being less performants than Nieuports.
Gymnastic teacher in civilian life, Sergeant Charles Denti became a Morane L pilot in escadrille MF 98T in late 1915.
Maurice Farman MF 11 and Morane Parasol from escadrille MF 98 M landed in Long Island, during their commando raid in Smyrna on February 7, 1916.
French airfield in Tenedos in late 1915. A Maurice Farman MF 11 and a Morane L can be seen on the ground.
Future ace Gabriel Thomas and gunner Charles Weisshaupt (in the plane) and their Morane L damaged after a bad landing in Mytilene in early 1916.
Nieuport XH "N 17" used as a landplane in Gallipoli during the months of March and April 1915.
Photo taken from a magazine of the time, but very interesting because it shows one of the Nieuports of the Port Said squadron (probably the N.17) used on land by the detachment sent to the Dardanelles in April 1915. (Coll Ian Burns)
Nieuport XH "N11" flew from December 1914 to January 1916. It was equipped with a 80 hp Rhone engine.
Nieuport N 13 was lost during a reconnaissance flight to the Dead Sea, crashing near Yotveta after engine problems. The heroic crew, QM Herve Le Gall and British observer, Captain Walter Francis Sterling, managed to return by foot to their supporting ship Minerva stationed in the Aqaba Gulf despite Turkish patrols.
Nieuport seaplane N 14 with 80 Le Rhone engine, flown by Matelot Levasseur, Antivari (Montenegro), October 18, 1914. (David Mechin)
Nieuport XH "N16" with 80 hp Clerget engine had a long career of 16 months of flights in Port-Said, and at least one overhaul as shown in the two profiles above & below.
Nieuport XH "N 18" with 80 hp Clerget engine flew from March 1915 to April 1916 in Port-Said.
Profile of a Nieuport seaplane of the Argostoli Naval Aviation Center coded N 19. Very resistant, these aircraft produced in 1914 were only withdrawn from service at the beginning of 1917.
Nieuport monoplane with 80 hp Clerget engine, CAM Argostoli, Summer 1916.
Nieuport seaplane being put to water from the French seaplane carrier Foudre. (Author's collection)
The type X H N11 had a long career in the Port Said escadrille, visiting the coasts of Palestine, Lebanon, and Turkish Cilicia. It sank off the Sinai on December 4,1915, its crew (QM Grail and 2nd Lt H.M.C. Ledger) managing to swim to shore. The wreckage was recovered and used as a spare parts store. (Coll ARDHAN via Robert Feuilloy)
The N13 crashed in the south of Palestine on December 31, 1914, 30 km from the Gulf of Aqaba where its ship, Minerva, was waiting. Its heroic crew, composed of QM Grail and Cpt Stirling, managed to escape the Turkish patrols on foot in the desert. (Coll ARDHAN via Robert Feuilloy)
The Nieuport serial N 14 found empty by a British ship on 28-01-1915. The crew, QM Le Gall and Lt Partridge, had to abandon it due to an engine problem, and came back to the British lines in Suez on foot, but were shot down by mistake by the Gurkhas.
In Port-Said, the Nieuport X H N.14 undergoing a stowage test on the cargo ship La Lorraine of the Compagnie Generale des Transports in April 1915. A veteran of the Montenegro expedition, N.14 was convoyed to Port Said on the Foudre on 30 November 1914. It ended up in the desert on 10 October 1915 near Beersheba, its crew being captured. (Coll ARDHAN via Robert Feuilloy)
Nieuport N.16 ready to go for a mission. (Coll ARDHAN via Robert Feuilloy)
Nieuport monoplane N 16 in Centre d'Aviation Maritime de Port-Said, on the shore of Suez Canal. (Collection ARDHAN)
View of same N.16 recovered after an accident. The aircraft will fly again... We note a different inscription "N16" compared to the previous picture, testimony that Nieuport seaplanes were regularly overhauled and recovered by the mechanics of Port-Said. (Coll ARDHAN via Robert Feuilloy)
At the end of June 1915, LV Cintre (left) and 2nd Lt H.G. Hillas, a British observer, made leaflet drops in Nieuport N.18 from the Hardinge transport on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea, flying over Jeddah on June 30th. The picture was taken five days later. (Coll ARDHAN via Robert Feuilloy).
Nothing was lost in maritime aviation: after the dissolution of the Brindisi squadron (Italy) in January 1916, the NB 1 and NB 2 served on the deck of the cargo ship Anne in the Red Sea, as early as February 1916. NB 1 sank on March 13th; NB 2 was brought to Argostoli in June after the dissolution of the Port Said CAM. (Coll. Colin Owers)
Nieuport seaplane launched at the Naval Aviation Center (CAM) of Argostoli, created in May 1916. (Coll. ARDHAN)
One of the Nieuport monoplane of the CAM Argostoli, veteran of the CAM Port Said (ARDHAN)
Profile of a Nieuport 10 (no 363) of N 91 S squadron in Salonica, early 1916.
Nieuport 10 no 377 of Sergent Alain Terme and Sergent Henri Astor, Topcin February 1916. Note that a careless mechanic reversed the stencil by painting the last two digits of the serial number on the fin. This plane had a major repair in Salonica Air Park on April 12, 1916. It was discharged on May 17,1916.
Nieuport 10 no 416, Escadrille N 87, Salonica-Sedes, January 1916.
Nieuport 10 no 628 of sergent Lambert, escadrille N 391, November 1916.
Nieuport 10 used for liaison duties by escadrille MF 388 in September 1916. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Escadrille N 391 at Topcin in March 1917, after having received Nieuport 23s with 110 hp engines. We note that the aircraft do not bear any particular marking.
Nieuport 10 two-seaters photographed on the Topcin airfield on March 28,1916. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
Nieuport 10 fighters of squadron N 87 at Salonica-Sedes airfield, early 1916. Note the different colors of the two aircraft in the foreground: the combat reports of the Armee d'Orient mention "blue" (probably silver canvas) and "yellow" (unbleached canvas) Nieuports. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Aerial view of the Samli airfield located north of Salonica, flown over by a two-seater Nieuport. (Rene Vicaire)
Taken from a French magazine of the time, the photo of Nieuport 10 no 577 of Sergeant Alain Terme and his gunner Sergeant Henri Astor, who together won three aerial victories in early 1916.
This Nieuport 10 photographed in the park of Salonica carries an original personal decoration. (Coll. Paschalis Palavouzis)
Nieuport 10 used for liaison duties in escadrille 504, during the first half of year 1916. Note the school of agriculture on the right, in the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Nieuport 10 two-seater (no 377) belonging to the N 91 S squadron which participated in the Vardar expedition (Coll. Paschalis Palavouzis)
Meals in the shade for Serbian and French airmen near this Nieuport 10 (no 767) of the N 91 squadron in the spring of 1916. (Coll. Albin Denis)
Another view of the Nieuport 10, showing the unit markings - a vertical white stripe on the fuselage, and blue stripes in and under the wings. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Capitaine Sabattier de Vignolle and Serbian pilot Stefanovic in front of a Nieuport 10, used by the unit as a fast reconnaissance plane. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Capitaine Sabattier de Vignolle (center, standing in dark uniform) poses in front of a Nieuport 10 with his pilots and mechanics during early 1917. Some of the pilots and the mechanics wear Serbian uniforms. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
View in March 1916 of aviators of escadrille N 91 in front of one of their Nieuport 10s. From left to right, standing: Lt Vuillet (observer), Lt Potin (pilot and squadron leader), Lt Astor (observer), Lt de Sant Andrea (observer), Adj Chemet (pilot) and Lt Terme (pilot). Seated: Lt de Menteguiaga (observer), Sgt Brot (pilot), Adj Fetu (pilot), Adj Fenech (pilot). (Guillerez collection)
Sergeant Alexandre Cherrie, pilot of escadrille N 87, at the controls of his two-seater Nieuport 10 in early 1916. A rare practice in military aviation, some Nieuport 10s had a roundel on the fuselage (Collection Albin Denis)
A Nieuport 10 from escadrille N 390 during summer 1916.
The Nieuport 10 no 369 is one of the aircraft from the initial dotation of escadrille N 91 S in September 1915. It underwent two major repairs at Salonica Air Park on February 19 and June 28, 1916.
Nieuport 10 two-seater (no 758) photographed at the Salonica park where it was reassembled on 28 May 1916. Having suffered from its sea voyage from France, it had to be entirely repaired by the local means of the park on June 22, 1916, from where it could be delivered to the N 390 squadron on August 7,1916. Once again recast in the park, it had a second career at the N 391 where it ended its operational life at the end of 1916. (SHD)
Nieuport 10 no 416 of escadrille N 87 in early 1916. The aircraft is probably used as a single-seater fighter even if the machine gun fixed on the upper wing seems to be mobile. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
This well-known photo shows Cdr. Charles Rumney Samson, the British commanding officer of RNAS in Gallipoli, standing in front of a N.10 in September 1915 with gun fixed to fire above the arc of the propeller. Lack of an effective synchronizer was the reason for the awkward mounting. Salmson is holding an automatic pistol; it is not known if it was for air-to-air use or personal protection in case of being brought down.
Nieuport 10 used for liaison duties in escadrille 504, after a bad landing. (Collection Albin Denis)
The Nieuport 10 no 628 of sergent Lambert, captured in the Bulgarian lines after a special mission on November 19, 1916. The cowling is painted in green.
Nieuport 11 no 1407, escadrille N 390, summer 1916.
Nieuport 11 no 1482, Escadrille N 87, Salonica-Sedes, Spring 1916.
Serbian pilot Milorad Jefremovic (right) and his mechanic next to his Nieuport 11 no 1183 at Vrbeni airfield in 1916. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Nieuport 11 no 1407 named Jean Lecompte, a French pilot shot down in Dardanelles on January 6, 1916.
Nieuport 11 no 1482 christened “Le mome" and whose pilot is probably Second Lieutenant Raymond Havet, killed in action in France at the N 77 squadron on March 16, 1917 (Boris Ciglic Collection)
Nieuport 11 no 1482 christened “Le mome" and whose pilot is probably Second Lieutenant Raymond Havet, killed in action in France at the N 77 squadron on March 16, 1917 (Boris Ciglic Collection)
On January 1, 1917, a tornado destroyed on the ground all the planes of the N 390 stationed on the field of Negocani. This photo shows the Nieuport 21 no 2279 and 2397 which lost the left part of their upper wing. These planes have the engine cowling painted in red.
Nieuport 12 two-seater no 1757 of the Vertekop detachment in March 1917. Probably the aircraft with which the crew composed of S/Lt Miletic as pilot and Captain Branko Vukosavljevic as gunner shot down a Bulgarian two-seater on April 2, 1917 (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Nieuport 12 no 1755 of escadrille 525 in mid-1917. The photos show the complete markings of the unit, a white band on fuselage, and a red chevron in and under the wings.
Nieuport 12 no 1755 of escadrille 525 in mid-1917. The photos show the complete markings of the unit, a white band on fuselage, and a red chevron in and under the wings.
Nieuport 12 no 1755 of escadrille 525 in mid-1917. The photos show the complete markings of the unit, a white band on fuselage, and a red chevron in and under the wings.
Nieuport 17 no 2780, Escadrille N 387, S/Lt Miodrag Tomic (1 victory), Vertekop, April 1917.
Nieuport 17 from the escort section of escadrille 503
Nieuport 21 no 1713 from the escort section of escadrille 502 flow by Adjudant Basile Saune in 1917.
Nieuport 21 no 1868, Escadrille N 387, Vrbeni, November 1916.
Nieuport 21 no 2211 of Lt de Saint Severin, escadrille N 391, Autumn 1916.
Nieuport 21 no 2219, escadrille N 390, Negocani, January 1, 1917.
Nieuport 21 no 2397, Escadrille N 390, January 1, 1917
Nieuport 21 from escadrille N 390 showing a personal rabbit insignia.
Nieuport 21 (serial unknown), escadrille C.389, Sgt Gustave Gauthier, Boresnica February 1917.
Nieuport 23 no 3660, Escadrille F.388, March 8, 1917
Nieuport 23 of the escort section from escadrille 501, Sgt Georges Baudeuf, Summer 1917.
Nieuport 23 (serial unknown), Escadrille 521, Vertekop, Late 1917.
Nieuport 17 from the escort section of escadrille 503, 1917.
Nieuport 23 from escadrille 506 near Florina during year 1917, with Capitaine de Thezy, the commanding officer, on the foreground.
Escadrille N 391 at Topcin in March 1917, after having received Nieuport 23s with 110 hp engines. We note that the aircraft do not bear any particular marking.
Alignment of Nieuport 23 of escadrille 523 in June 1917, now stationed at Vertekop. Two SPAD VII's can be seen on the right. The Nieuports all bear personal symbols, although on several of them a flower seems to be visible (Collection Albin Denis)
Line-up of three Nieuport 23s of escadrille 523 at Vertekop during the summer of 1917. All have a tactical number, but no squadron or personal insignia. (Collection Albin Denis)
Corporal Emile Delauzun, mechanic of escadrille 523, poses in front of a Nieuport 23 of the unit at Vertekop on August 13, 1917 (Collection Albin Denis)
Dieudonne Costes, ace of the aces of the Front d'Orient (left), in front of the Nieuports of his squadron at the end of 1917. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
Sergent Charles Fugier at the commands of his Nieuport 23 belonging to the escort section of escadrille 521, in late 1917. In front of the propeller is his mechanic, soldier Faux. (Collection Albin Denis)
Nieuport 23 of sergent Maxime Hantz, decorated with the panther insignia. (Collection Albin Denis)
Nieuport 23 of sergent Maxime Hantz, decorated with the panther insignia. (Collection Albin Denis)
Nieuport 23 no 2780 of S/Lt Miodrag Tomic decorated with the Serbian flag, seen on April 30, 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Nieuport 23 no 3704 from escort section of escadrille 525 in Boresnica, 1917. (Collection Laurent Winer)
Take-off on alert of the aircraft of the 507 squadron, early 1918. In the foreground, a Nieuport 23, while a Nieuport 24 can be seen in the background. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
An acrobat at his leisure, Marechal des Logis Georges Viallet, of squadron no 506 (formerly 390), was photographed in his Nieuport 23 by the Farman he was escorting, during the late summer of 1917. This pilot won a confirmed aerial victory on February 6, 1917 in the Orient Army... (Coll. Jean Vaissade)
Nieuport 23 nicknamed "Medoc" (a French wine region, near Bordeaux) and decorated with the badge of escadrille 508.
Assigned to the no 501 squadron at the western end of the front, in the Albanian mountains, the pilot, Georges Baudeuf, does not seem to be satisfied with his assignment and expresses this on his Nieuport 23. (Rene Germain, coll. Albin Denis)
Pilot Georges Baudeuf (left) and his mechanic Paul Pedoux on July 15, 1917. Baudeuf changed the unit insignia by putting the word "Zut" ("Heck!") instead of the winged star.
Pilots and observers of escadrille 501 in 1917, in front of a Nieuport 23. A Farman stands on the foreground. (Albin Denis collection)
Nieuport 21 no 1965 of the Vertekop detachment, depending from escadrille 523 then stationed at Vrbeni, in March 1917. This detachment was composed of Serbian pilots, such as Captain Branko Vukosavljevic, leaning here against the propeller of his aircraft which bears no particular marking. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Pilot of escadrille N 391, Lt de Saint-Severin is photographed in front of his Nieuport 21, probably visiting the N 390 squadron in Boresnica in the autumn of 1916.
Serbian pilot Sinisa Sefanovic in a Nieuport 21 from escort section of escadrille 524. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Sergent Gustave Gauthier in front of his Nieuport 21 from the escort section of C.389, Boresnica February 1917.
Nieuport 21 no 2369 in Boresnica during mid-1917. (Collection Laurent Winer)
Nieuport 21 with the red cowling of escadrille N 390, showing a personal marking during year 1917. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Another view of the aircraft of Serbian pilot Sinisa Sefanovic, wearing a personal insignia - actually the squadron insignia of escadrille 13 in France. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
French and Serbian pilots of the N 387 squadron photographed at Vrbeni in November 1916. In the center, under the propeller, second lieutenant Marcel Thirouin, one of the best pilots of the orient aviation, holder of 3 confirmed aerial victories, including one won in Serbia in 1915. (Coll Boris Ciglic).
French pilots in Boresnica in 1917, around a Nieuport 21. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
The Nieuport 21, a hybrid version of the Nieuport 11 with its 80 hp engine and the Nieuport 17 with its wing, became the standard fighter of the French Armee d'Orient in the fall of 1916. The three aircraft in the picture, two of which are wearing personal decorations, were stationed at Vrbeni in November 1916 (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Farman F.40 wearing F 382 markings in Vertekop. Nieuport 21 escort fighters can be seen in the background. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
The Nieuport 21 was the standard fighter of the French Orient Army during the year 1916. Very maneuverable, it was underpowered with its 90 hp engine and proved to be very insufficient to intercept German aircraft. (Basile Saune)
Nieuport fighter on patrol over the mountainous landscape of the Orient Front (SHD).
The repair of an aircraft landed in the wilderness takes on the aspect of an expedition under the Orient front, like this Nieuport 21 brought back by Serbian mechanics. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
One of the Nieuport 23 of escadrille 523 squadron on its nose. (Collection Albin Denis)
Nieuport 23 no 3660 from the escort section of escadrille 388, crashed on March 8, 1917.
Another accident of a Nieuport 23 from escadrille 504 on July 1917. The plane is nicknamed "Leo".
German ace Gerhard Fieseler, Jasta 25, in front of the wreckage of one of his victims, a Nieuport 23. (DR)
Dieudonne Costes' Nieuport 24 (no 3858) with vertical machine gun, squadron 507, summer 1917. He claimed a victory (not confirmed) on this aircraft on July 26, 1917 over Guevgueli.
Nieuport 24 no 4400, Escadrille 523, S/Lt Miodrag Tomic (1 victory), Vertekop, April 1917.
Nieuport 24 no 4408 of Sergent Paul Andrillon, escadrille 507, Lembet, early 1918.
Nieuport 24 no 5515, 1ere Escadrille Serbe, Vertekop, March 1918.
Nieuport 24 (serial unknown) from the escort section of escadrille 502 in 1918, nicknamed "Routchichoune".
Nieuport 24 from escadrille 506, Early 1918.
Nieuport 24 (serial unknown) of Sergent Pierre Lefresne, escadrille 507, Lembet November 1917. Lefresne was shot down in aerial combat on November 28, 1917.
Nieuport 24bis no 4550, Escadrille 562, Potamos, Summer 1918.
Theorical profile of Nieuport 27 no 5732, escadrille 531, Gorgop, April 1918.
Following the German offensive, Denain obtained modern equipment from France, including Nieuport 23 and 24 fighters with 110 hp engines, representing an improvement over the small Nieuport 21. Here, a Nieuport 24 of the 504 squadron, named "Routchichoune" by its pilot. (SHD).
Paul Andrillon at the controls of his new Nieuport 24 in January 1918. (Benoit Henriet collection)
This low quality photo shows the second insignia of escadrille 509, with a dragon around the circle.
Nieuport 24 no 5515 from the escort section of escadrille 521 in 1918. The tail stand of the aircraft is one of a Nieuport 27. (Collection Boris Ciglic)
A Nieuport 24 fighter of No. 521 squadron flown by Sergeant Milutin Mihailovic. The aircraft bears a Serbian flag on the fuselage, but its markings are French. (Coll. Boris Ciglic)
A Nieuport 24 fighter of No. 521 squadron flown by Sergeant Milutin Mihailovic. The aircraft bears a Serbian flag on the fuselage, but its markings are French. (Coll. Boris Ciglic)
Dieudonne Costes taking off on alert aboard his Nieuport 24 in March 1918. (Coll Benoit Henriet)
Take-off on alert of the aircraft of the 507 squadron, early 1918. In the foreground, a Nieuport 23, while a Nieuport 24 can be seen in the background. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
Camouflaged Nieuport 24 of Sergeant Paul Andrillon, 507 squadron, early 1918. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
Dieudonne Costes poses in front of his Nieuport 24 with his teammates, Paul Andrillon and Maurice Lashermes. One can see the Lewis vertical machine gun installed in the cockpit; the ace, according to archive documents, claimed two victories (not confirmed) with this unorthodox system but which prefigures the"Schrage Musik" of the German night fighters of the Second World War. (Coll. Benoit Henriet)
Nieuport 24 no 4408 of Sergeant Paul Andrillon, escadrille 507, Lambet (N. Salonica) March 1918. (Benoit Henriet collection)
Lt Miodrag Tomic, pilot of escadrille N 387, surrounded by his mechanics, poses next to his Nieuport 24 no 4408 on the Vertekop field. In the background, the SPAD VII coded "10". (Coll Boris Ciglic)
Sgt Charles Fugier, pilot of escadrille 523, in front of a camouflaged Nieuport 24 at Vertekop airfield in May 1918 (Collection Albin Denis)
View of a Nieuport 24 of 523 squadron photographed in Serbia in 1919 - the aircraft is now wearing Serbian roundels (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Nieuport 24 of the escort section from escadrille 502.
Lt Alexandre Guibert in front of a Nieuport fighter from the escort section of escadrille 522.
Nieuports of the 507 squadron in spring 1918. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
Sgt Andre Christaud, pilot of escadrille 562, poses in front of his Nieuport 24 bis no N 4550 named "Denise".
In June 1917, escadrille 508 was equipped with Dorand AR 1s (in the background) with an escort section on Nieuport fighters, such as this type 24 in the foreground.
This Nieuport 24bis is quite a mystery, wearing the squadrons markings of both escadrilles 501 and 506. It was captured by the Bulgarians on July 5, 1918, flown by marechal des logis Marie... A pilot from escadrille 503!
The second ace of the Orient Air Force, adjudant Basile Saune, born in the Ariege, was shot down by the German ace Gerhard Fieseler on June 20, 1918. Here he poses in front of his Nieuport 24 bis. (Coll. Emilie Durin)
From February 7 to 12, 1918, King Alexander of Greece visited the large Salonica air park and reviewed the aircraft of escadrille 507. He is seen in the center of this photo, accompanied by general Guillaumat (left), commander-in-chief of the Front d'Orient, as well as Cdt Denain (right), chief of the Air Force. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
Another Costes wingman, Sergeant Maurice Lashermes (1892-1981) aboard a Nieuport 27, decorated with a small plaque taken from a train: "It is dangerous to lean out". He ended the war with 3 certified victories and 4 probable victories. (Coll. Benoit Henriet)
SPAD VII and Nieuport 27 fighters of the French-Serbian 523 squadron at Novi-Sad in 1919.
In 1918, the Italian Air Force sent two squadrons to the Orient Front, the 73a (fighter) and 111a (reconnaissance) Squadriglia. Here, Nieuport 27s of the 73a Squadriglia. (Coll. Paolo Varriale)
Believed to be in Italian service, this Nie.27 bore the name Jane on the fuselage side.
Believed to be in Italian service, this Nie.27 bore the name Jane on the fuselage side.
Paul Andrillon explains in these two photos the controls of his Nieuport fighter. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
SPAD VII no 1083 of Dieudonne Costes, squadron 507, Salonique-Lembet, May 1917.
SPAD VII no 7203, Escadrille 523, Vertekop, September 1918.
Profile of the SPAD VII no 11247 manufactured by the company De Marcay, Lt Julien Monier, squadron 504, Galatz (Romania) July 1919. This aircraft, from a batch produced in October 1918, probably never received the markings of the 504 squadron, namely a red Lorraine cross. It probably performed the last mission of the Danube Air Force on July 14, 1919, performing a reconnaissance over the Dniester River.
SPAD VII (serial unknown) from escadrille 506 seen on the Air Park of Salonica on February 1918.
SPAD VII from escadrille 506, summer 1917.
SPAD VII (serial unknown) from escadrille 506, summer 1917.
Lt Miodrag Tomic, pilot of escadrille N 387, surrounded by his mechanics, poses next to his Nieuport 24 no 4408 on the Vertekop field. In the background, the SPAD VII coded "10". (Coll Boris Ciglic)
SPAD VII of escadrille 531. The plane does not seem to wear Greek cockades, despite documentary evidence that all the first Nieuports of the unit had blue/white/blue cockades. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
SPAD VII no 1083 of Dieudonne Costes, equipped in May 1917 by the interested party with two additional Lewis machine guns on the wings. (Coll Benoit Henriet)
One of the very first SPAD VII fighters delivered to the Orient Airforce, at the beginning of 1917.
In front of a SPAD VII are standing, from right to left, Sergeant Paul Andrillon, Sous-Lieutenant Alexandres Zannas and Marechal des Logis Maurice Lashermes. (Collection Benoit Henriet)
Pilots of escadrille 523 in front of a SPAD VII - Lt Pierre Boucher is in the center, in front of the propeller of the aircraft. (Collection Albin Denis)
SPAD VII no 7203 (produced by De Marcay) of escadrille 523 photographed at Vertekop on September 15, 1918. The aircraft is wearing Serbian roundels (Albin Denis Collection)
Photo of the SPAD VII no 1083 of Dieudonne Costes without its wing guns. (DR)
Maurice Lashermes, Paul Andrillon and Dieudonne Costes pose in front of a SPAD fighter in September 1918 (Benoit Henriet collection)
One to the first SPAD VII fighters received by escadrille 506 during summer 1917. The serial number is erased from the tail, but documents show the delivery of SPAD VII no no 1072, 1083, 1099, and 1236 between April and June 1917.
SPAD VII and Nieuport 27 fighters of the French-Serbian 523 squadron at Novi-Sad in 1919.
SPAD VII of escadrille 506 with the mosquito insignia, during the visit of king Alexander of Greece to the Air Park of Salonica on February 07, 1918.
During early 1918, escadrille 506 adopted a unit insignia, a mosquito, a familiar insect more deadly to the French troops than Bulgarian armies.
Fighters of the orient front in Gorgop during June 1918, supporting the offensive of Greek troops against the Serka di egen mountain. The first plane is a SPAD VII from escadrille 506, equipped with two machine guns - a field modification.
Alignment of Nieuport 23 of escadrille 523 in June 1917, now stationed at Vertekop. Two SPAD VII's can be seen on the right. The Nieuports all bear personal symbols, although on several of them a flower seems to be visible (Collection Albin Denis)
Costes was the victim of a second de-entanglement on another SPAD VII on September 29, 1917; however, he managed to crash-land south of Salonica. After this double mishap on SPAD, the ace would fly again on a Nieuport fighter and would fly again on SPAD only at the end of spring 1918 (Gallica)
Photo of SPAD VII no 1083 on July 8, 1917, destroyed after a forced landing, when the canvas of its upper plane was detached in flight. (Coll Benoit Henriet)
Tellier 200 hp Hispano no 23, CAM Corfou, 1917. The plane had not yet received a tactical number and the identification letter.
Hydroplane Tellier 200 hp Hispano, used by CAM Corfou after March 1917.
Voisin LAS no 1013 of Corporal Rene Vicaire, V 90 S squadron, winter 1915-1916.
Voisin LAS no 1100 from escadrille V 90 during the first half of 1916. The red pennant was also painted on the top of right wing.
Voisin LAS (serial unknown) of escadrille V 83 in 1916. The smiley in the star is an unofficial marking.
Voisin "13,50 m" no V.6 of Lieutenant de vaisseau Emile Janvier, Antivari (Montenegro) September 1914. (David Mechin)
Bucolic image of the Voisin seaplane no V.6 of LV Janvier moored at Antivari. The appearances are deceptive: the wind of the Adriatic, the Bura, proves to be formidable and will quickly get the better of the frail French aircraft, which was which will find itself embedded on the roof of a house... Nothing being wasted among French sailors, the half destroyed aircraft recovered, brought back to France France and repaired, ending its career as a land bomber at Dunkirk in 1915! (Collection Boris Ciglic)
Voisin LAS nicknamed Ninochka, flow by Russian pilot Alexandre Gomberg and Lt Jacques Richepin from V 90 S. This crew was shot down by a German Fokker E on March 24,1916, but could land in no-man's-land and walk back to French line after putting their plane on fire.
Like his brother Jacques, Tiarko Richepin, seen here in front of Voisin LAS no 1100, served in escadrille V 90.
Adjudant Jean Faure, despite being aged 58, flew operationally with escadrille V 83 in 1916.
Voisin LAS from escadrille V 90 S in early 1916.
Voisin LAS belonging to the commanding officer of V 83, Capitaine Gaston de Serre.
Greek civilians and soldiers observe a Voisin LAS of the V 90 S squadron mounted at camp Allatini, the maneuvering field located south of the city of Salonica, which will house the entire Oriental Aviation Park. (DR)
The Voisin LAS of the V 90 S squadron stationed in the snow on the field of coast 262, south of Krivolak, during the Vardar expedition in November 1915. (Coll. Albin Denis)
A Voisin LAS with the red markings of the V 90 S squadron, photographed during a mission to bomb enemy camps in early 1916. (DR)
Voisin LAS no 1100 from escadrille V 90, one of the 3 units of Groupe de Bombardement d'Orient (GBO) in early 1916.
A Voisin LAS bomber from the RNAS. British planes in Gallipoli were wearing French cockades.
Voisin LB Canon no 985 from escadrille V 90 flown by Lieutenant Mezergues on March 1916.
Mechanics from escadrille V 90 posing in front of the Voisin of Mezergues.
Lieutenant Albert Mezergues, future 6-victory-ace, won his first two successes in Salonica. He is seen here, posing in front of his Voisin-Canon, christened T.N.T.P.S.R. A mysterious abbreviation that could mean "You won't kill without reason".
View of a Voisin-Canon, an aircraft of which a few examples were delivered to the Oriental Air Force and which escorted the Voisin LAS aircraft of the Orient Bombardment Group. (Coll Albin Denis)
Adjudant Aleksandar Deroko in front of a Voisin-Canon of the V 90 S squadron. (Coll Boris Ciglic)
A Voisin-Canon from escadrille V 90.
Voisin-Canon of Sergent Marcel Girard (pilot) and soldier Albert Misrachi (gunner), shot down in Doiran lake on March 23, 1916. Misrachi was a Jew from Salonica who volunteered in French aviation.
Bad winds of Salonica are more deadly than enemy action : here, a tent and a Voisin-Canon destroyed by a tornado, in early 1916.