High in The Empty Blue

Alex Revell
 
 

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Table of Contents


Acknowledgements iv
Introduction vi
Chapter 1: Formation 1
Chapter 2: France 23

Chapter 3: May 1917

37

Chapter 4: June 1917

65

Chapter 5: England

85

Chapter 6: August 1917

115

Chapter 7: September 1917

143

Chapter 8: October 1917

175

Chapter 9: November 1917

199

Chapter 10: December 1917

213

Chapter 11: January 1918

229

Chapter 12: February 1918

243

Chapter 13: March 1918

257

Chapter 14: April 1918

281

Chapter 15: May 1918

291

Chapter 16: June 1918

305

Chapter 17: July 1918

321

Chapter 18: August 1918

335

Chapter 19: September 1918

353

Chapter 20: October 1918

373

Chapter 21: November 1918

381

Postscript

393

Colours and Markings

398

Appendices

 

1. Squadron Commanders

407

2. Aerodromes

407

3. Wings and Brigades

407

4. Aircraft

407

5. Squadron Victories

407

6. Roster of Pilots

a. Pilots Who Served on Active Service with Squadron in France

b. Officers Posted or Attached to 56 Squadron

c. Pilots Attached in England for Training
Who Did Not Fly to France with the Squadron

407-9

7. Ground Officers Who Served on Active Service in France

409

8. Warrant Officers, NCOs, and Men

409

9. Flight Commanders

412

10. 56 Squadron Casualties

412
11. Evaluation of German Victory Claims 413

12. 56 Squadron Aircraft: France 1917­1918

414
13. Squadron Markings 418
14. The SE5 and SE5a 419
15. Death of Captain Albert Ball 434
16. Greentail 437

17. The Spy Who Came to Dinner

439
18. J.C. Speaks Letters 441
19. John Owen Leach 442

20. Glossary of German Terms

445
21. German Ranks with Approximate
Equivalents
445-6
Index 446
   
 
Capt. E.L. Foot in the cockpit of an early SE5 with large windscreen-Mar/April 1917 at London,Colney.