Guest Posted 24 December , 2018 Share Posted 24 December , 2018 Please recommend me your best books on military observation balloons and on the biographies of balloon bursters such as Frank Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 24 December , 2018 Share Posted 24 December , 2018 The Balloonitics deals with observation balloons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 24 December , 2018 Share Posted 24 December , 2018 James, do you mean Alan Morris's book 'The balloonatics'? Best wishes, seaJane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 27 December , 2018 Share Posted 27 December , 2018 See if you can get a copy of 'Guns, Kites and Horses: Three Diaries from the Western Front', edited by Sir Sydney Giffard. Walter Giffard was a balloonist during the war (hence the 'Kites' diary set), providing a perspective from inside the basket. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 2 January , 2019 Share Posted 2 January , 2019 yes that's the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 (edited) Dear Ropta and Other Readers: Those interested in observation balloons in WWI will want to know about my book, recently released on Amazon. It is the result of two years of research and eight years of writing, and has been garnering glowing reviews:Austin in the Great War: A Nebraska Farm Boy in the 12th Balloon Companyhttps://www.amazon.com/Austin-Great-War-Nebraska-Balloon/dp/0999634712 Read the reviews and check it out. You will not be disappointed. Sincerely, Robert Eugene Johnson Edited 24 January , 2019 by Guest misspelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon1906 Posted 24 January , 2019 Share Posted 24 January , 2019 I've recently come across a German account saying that they captured a half-filled observation balloon on the Crozat Canal south of Jussy on March 22nd or 23rd 1918. I wonder if anyone reading this thread knows anything about a unit using observation balloons at this time/place, or any other details? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpolglaze Posted 30 March , 2019 Share Posted 30 March , 2019 On observation balloons: contemporary technical book Military Observation Balloons by Emil Widmer Many US Government publications on balloon technical detail On balloon busters: Days on the Wing by Willy Coppens Osprey title Balloon Busting Aces of WWI by Jon Guttman Heinz Nowarra had a Fliegergeschichten pamphlet on Gontermann - Heinz Gontermann - der Ballontöter - Fliegergeschichten Band 160 On Luke specifically: Terror of the Autumn Skies by Blaine Pardoe The Stand by Stephen Skinner on Skinner's research on the final flight of Luke If you're seeking information on balloon operations and companies, there's another whole long list of items Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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