Oblt. Frank Linke-Crawford flew Oeffag Albatros 153.16 from October to December 1917 with Fliegerkompanien-Jagd 41 (FlikJ) on the Isonzo Front.

Oeffag Albatros 153.16 after delivery to the Luftfahr-Truppe in August 1917.
Originally attached to Flek 6 as an unarmed trainer, 153.16 was sent to Flik 41/J on the Isonzo Front in October 1917 where it was flown by Oberleutnant Frank Linke-Crawford.

The FE8 near the village of Provin.

Lt. d.R. Hepner in front of the British FE8 (7624) of No. 40 Squadron at Provin.

One projectile hit the fuselage of the FE8, the number G37 on the cockade is unknown.

Albatros D.V 2194/17, Hptm. Adolf Ritter von Tutschek, Jasta 12/JG 2, 27 total victories, 3 balloons

Albatros D.V Mops, Offz. Stv. Julius Buckler, Jasta 17, 36 total victories, 7 balloons

Albatros D.V, Lt. Heinrich Gontermann, Jasta 15, 39 total victories, 17 balloons

Albatros D.Vs of Jasta 15 at Le Clos Ferine airfield lined up behind their leader's. From right to left: Heinrich Gontermann and his D.V, Lt. Hans Hermann von Budde (wearing his distinctive Kurassier tunic and white-crowned service cap) and his D.V, Lt. Kurt Monnington and his D.V, Vzfw. Albert Haussmann and his D.V, and two Albatros D.IIIs. Heinrich Gontermann scored 39 victories and was awarded the Pour le Merite. Unfortunately, he died from injuries suffered when the wings of Fokker Dr.I 115/17 he was flying failed in flight and the aircraft crashed on 29 October 1917.

Lt. Gontermann in front of his Albatros with the red fuselage band and colored bands attached to the tailplane.

Albatros D.V of Jasta 15, camouflaged for balloon hunting with gray-green spots on the fuselage and light spots on the wings.

German C aircraft, such as the Aviatik C.II pictured here, were significantly inferior to the French Nieuport. Two flexible IMG 08 were attached to rails alongside the forward observer's cockpit for defense purposes.

The superiority of the French Escadrilles caused heavy losses in the German Fliegertruppe and balloons. Fokker E aircraft rarely accompanied German reconnaissance aircraft.

The few remaining Fokker E aircraft were still attached to the Flieger-Abteilungen.

The few Fokker E aircraft were technologically inferior to the French Nieuport aircraft.

Behind a destroyed Fokker E.III, the crew is seen preparing a balloon ascent.

Fokker E.III crash-landed in a cornfield on the Somme.

A Fokker E.IV of FA 206 also had to make an emergency landing after a dogfight.

Lt. Bohler, 2nd from right in front of his Fokker D.VII (OAW).

The OAW Fokker D..VII 4092/18 of Uffz. Marwede after his emergency landing on October 3, 1918 (US Signal Corps)

Marwede's Fokker D.VII (OAW) 4082/18 (Greg VanWyngarden)

US soldiers examine the wreckage of Marwede's Fokker D.VII (Greg VanWyngarden)

The fabric of the Fokker D.VII was cut open to free Marwede from the wreckage. (Greg VanWyngarden)

Hptm. Tutschek lands with his Fokker Dr.I 404/17 in Toulis.

On September 13, 1918, Luke shot down an LVG C.VI of FA 36 as his 13th aerial victory. (Jack Herris)

Pfalz D.IIIa, Friedrich Ritter von Roth, Jasta 16b, 28 total victories, 20 balloons. Von Roth was the leading German balloon buster.

Lt. Eugen Siempelkamp, Pfalz D.IIIa, Jagdstaffel 29, Late Spring - early Summer 1918.

Pfalz D.IIIa, Lt. Erich Lowenhardt, Jasta 10, 54 total victories, 9 balloons

Lt. Siempelkamp in front of his yellow and green Pfalz D IIIa at Jagdstaffel 29 with his personal marking, a Chinese paper dragoon.

Oblt. Otto Schmidt of Jasta 29 came under heavy fire from the British balloon defense in Flanders with the 4th Army on October 18, 1917.

Lt. Eugen Siempelkamp, Pfalz D.IIIa, Jagdstaffel 29, Late Spring - early Summer 1918.

Rumpler C.I (431/16) as an infantry aircraft over the Somme.

Blown up Caproni Ca.3 found by German and Austrian troops at the Campo-Formido airfield.

Italian aircraft, such as the Caproni Ca.3, bombed the German and K.u.K. troops even before the battle. This Caproni was shot down by a German Jasta.

During the first weeks of the war, Bleriot XI aircraft were utilized along with Tauben-aircraft (Etrich-Taube, pigeon shaped aircraft).

Aerospace pioneer Adolphe Pegoud departs for a bomb drop mission over German troops in Bleriot XI.

Caudron R 11 No. C1636 is looked at and photographed by German soldiers.

Hanriot HD.1 No.24, Lt. Willy Coppens, 37 total victories, 35 balloons, Coppens was the leading Belgian ace and the leading balloon buster of WWI.

Hanriot HD.1 No.23, Lt. Willy Coppens, 37 total victories, 35 balloons. Coppens was the leading Belgian ace and the leading balloon buster of WWI.

Sous-Lieutenant Charles Nungesser.

Capt. Le Prieur first introduced his rockets on May 4, 1916. Sgt. Guiguet successfully bombarded a captured German balloon during a test.

Test of the Le Prieur rockets on May 4, 1916. The location was the Le Bourget airfield and the Nieuport was flown by Sergeant Joseph Guiguet. The test was successful and the balloon was destroyed.

Souvenir photo in front of Adjutant Henri Reservat's Nieuport 16.

Nieuport 16 N959 bears a white, curved letter R on the side of the fuselage.

MdL Marcel Caree of the N 112 attacked a German balloon near Leffincourt on April 12, 1917, where he came under fire from the ground machine guns and had to make an emergency landing with the engine stopped.

The Nieuport 17 of the N68, flown by Marechai de Logis Blaise Preher, was forced to land by Lt. Gebhardt Saltzwedel of the Jasta 24 on April 11, 1917. On the lower wings, the sheet metal fairings on the V-struts can be seen, which prevented the risk of fire from the Le Prieur rockets.

Spad 13 flown by Lt. Leon Bourjade, Spa 152, 27 total victories, 26 balloons. Bourjade was the leading French balloon buster.

Spad 13 "26" flown by First Lt. Frank Luke, 27th Aero Squadron, 18 total victories, 14 balloons. Luke was the leading American balloon buster.

Frank Luke in front of his Spad XIII C1 No. 26 in Rembercourt. (Jack Herris)