Nieuport 17, René Dorme

Nieuport 17 ‘N1720’, Adjudant René Dorme, Escadrille N3, Autumn 1916. René Pierre Marie Dorme was a distinguished World War I fighter ace, credited with 23 confirmed victories and approximately 32 probable ones. Dorme began his aviation career training as an aerial...

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...

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,...