| A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT |
| OFFICE BEARERS FOR 2007 |
| CONTENTS |
| 8 SQUADRON, RNAS/208 SQUADRON, RAF |
| WALKING IN HIS SHADOW – 2Lt Stanley James Clinch DCM. 19 and 27 Squadrons, RFC. |
| THE TALE OF TWO D.F.W.s |
| A PIONEERING FRONTIERSMAN – Capt Evelyn Alexander Wilson Ffrench, 66 Squadron, RFC. |
| HAWKER’S RUNABOUT – The Sopwith S.L.T.B.P. |
| ATTEMPTS TO KILL THE KAISER FROM THE AIR |
| FORWARD FIRING AND FOKKER – Early Gun Synchronisation in Tractor Aeroplanes and the Involvement of Anthony Fokker. |
| SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST – Wing Commander Claude Alward Ridley DSO, MC. 3, 60, 37, 61, 28 and 75 Squadrons, RFC/RAF |
| BRITAIN’S BIG BOMB – Why Did They Call it the ‘S.N.’ ? |
| BALLOON OBSERVER, PRISONER OF WAR |
| TETHERED TIGERS – A History of the 7th Balloon Company, U.S. Air Service in World War One. |
| A KIWI IN THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS – Lt John Classon Courtney. 4 Squadron, AFC. |
| THE SKIES OVER MESOPOTAMIA – Part Two – Baghdad and Beyond. |
| THE LAST OF THE FEW – Corporal William Alexander Smillie Young, Wireless Operator, Royal Flying Corps. |
| THE KING STEPHEN INCIDENT – A Detailed Analysis of the Loss of Zeppelin L.19 and her Crew. |
| 2006 JOURNAL FEEDBACK |
| ONE OF OURS ? – Leutnant Gustav Leffers and his Nieuport 16. |
| REAR COVER |