Jagdestaffel Arrives

Majot WG Barker VC of Canada was the British Empire's ninth highest scoring ace with 52 victories. His Sopwith Camel B6313 shot down 46 aircraft, a record. Badly injured, he survived the war.



Capt Alfred Atkey MC of Canada was the Empire's 18th highest scoring ace with 38 victories, astonishing for a pilot of what was essentially a bomber. He ended the war flying the two-seater Bristol Fighter in which on two occasions he shot down five planes in a single day. Here is his DH4.




Camel flown by Belgian Ace Lt Jan Olieslagers. He was awarded 6 confirmed victories but, unlike most aces, this was probably an underestimate. He flew 491 sorties and engaged in 97 dogfights. He survived the war.



Spad XIII flown by top Italian ace Francesco Baracca, awarded 34 confirmed victories. He was killed trench strafing in June 1918. His personal symbol was the black prancing horse, later taken up by Enzo Ferrari at the request of Baracca's mother, Countess Paolina.



Ernst Udet was Germany's second highest scoring ace (second to you know who) with 62 confirmed kills. he once survived an encounter with 22 French fighters. He survived the war only to commit suicide after falling out with the Gestapo. This is a model of his Albatross DV.


Two seater LFG Roland CII piloted by the Red Baron hisself, 80 kills.