Remembering Bob Mikesh
It's been four years today since Bob Mikesh passed away. Bob was a great friend, and it was one of the high points of my career to work with him on several projects over the years I knew him. For those that don't know, Bob was the curator at the Smithsonian's National...
New Book Release
The new issue of Over the Front, the quarterly journal of the League of WWI Aviation Historians was just released. This issues features some of my Sopwith Camel illustrations, and is the first time my art has been featured in the journal.
Nieuport 17 ‘N1531’, Lt. Georges Guynemer
tonal Nieuport 17 'N1531', Lt. Georges Guynemer, Escadrille N3, Summer 1916. Lieutenant Georges Guynemer was one of France's most celebrated World War I fighter pilots, achieving 54 confirmed aerial victories, making him one of the top French aces of the war. Serving...
Nieuport 23, Teddy Franchomme, 5me Esc
Nieuport 23 'N5017', Teddy Franchomme, 5me Escadrelle, 1917. This aircraft had several markings versions, with the upper wing Belgian roundel showing as overpainted in one photo (Page 89 of The Belgian Air Service in the First World War by Walter Pieters) and present...
Sopwith F.1 Camel, F 5967, B Flight, 17th Aero Squadron
Sopwith F.1 Camel (Le Rhone), F 5967, 1st Lt. Glenn D. Wicks, B Flight, 17th Aero Squadron, 1918. Glenn Wicks was credited with destroying two enemy aircraft, the first was a Fokker D.VII southwest of Bruges while cooperating with D.H.9 bombers on August 14, 1918,...
Vaughn’s Sopwith Camel?
In this photo from Camel Drivers (Reed & Roland, Schiffer Publishing), the closest Camel to the camera on the far right appears to be 'N', making it Vaughn's F.1 Camel F6034. I had always read and seen it depicted as having a white cowling as his flight commander...
Sopwith F.1 Camel, N6351, C Flight 10 ( N ) Sqn.
Sopwith F.1 Camel (Clerget) N6351 of C Flight 10 (N) Sqn., March, 1918. Pilot FSL A.G. Beattie was shot down in engagement with Albatros scouts, March 1, 2018. Many thanks to historian Gregory VanWyngarden for his help researching this profile! Click the gallery...
Sopwith Camel F.1 B3921 8 Sqn. RNAS
Sopwith Camel F.1 B3921 8 Sqn. RNAS, Mont-St-Eloi, January 1918. Click the gallery thumbnail below for a larger view.
Col. Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington
37 years ago today Col. Gregory Pappy Boyington died after a battle with lung cancer. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Below is a profile I did of the aircraft Boyington flew for his final mission when he was shot down and became...
North American P-51B, Major James Howard, 356th Fighter Squadron
North American P-51B, Major James Howard, 356th Fighter Squadron, March 1944, RAF Boxted, England. After James Howard served with the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) in China, he was commissioned as a Captain in the USAAF in July 1942. In 1943 he was promoted...