February | 2014 | Devereux's Volunteer Company of Misfits & Ridiculous Diversions

A lone Albatros D III

Somewhere Over the Italian Front

The Itallian Front also has its Aces. Austro-Hungarian aviators vs Reggia Aeronautica. Here Oberleutnant Ludwig Hautzmayer in his Albatros D III takes the direct approach with Maggiore Francesco Baracca flying a SPAD XIII who seems to have jammed guns! Double BLAST! No-no, on second thought, remember chivalry Herr Hautzmayer, please. Both are within range and must be on reconnaissance.

Ciao!

Auf weidersehen!

The “Direct Approach”.

This version of the gaming mat is a work in progress but it plays much better than a bare table top. More and updates on the gaming mat will be posted later.

The hand-painted gaming mat–a WIP.

I started with this the very enjoyable Wings of War™ by the incomparable Nexus Editrice (defunct), but now produced by the glorious people at Ares Games™ as Wings of Glory™. Huzzah! Visit Ares Games™ thus:

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Interesting Reading

I include some excellent sources for more information, and perhaps your enjoyment too, on the Air Battles on Italian Front, the aircraft, the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops, K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen, and the aces of the Italian Royal Army, Regio Esercito.

Franks, Norman, Russell Guest, & Gregory Alegi. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air aces of WWI. Grub Street, 1997.

Martin O’Connor. Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914-1918. Flying Machines Press, January 1986.

Chant, Chris, Mark Rolfe (Illustrator). Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1. Osprey Publishing, 2002.

Guttman, Jon. SPAD XII/XIII Aces of World War I. Osprey Publishing, 2002.

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