| 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 |
|
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Capt. E.L.
Foot in the cockpit of an early SE5 with
large windscreen Mar/April 1917 at London,Colney.
|
