The Blue Max Airmen Volume 19 Published

JackH · 11 September 2022, 09:01 AM

Today The Blue Max Airmen Volume 19 was published. The book covers Otto Kissenberth, Emil Thuy, Peter Rieper, and Fritz Rumey with 195 photos, 19 color profiles of the men's aircraft and 166 pages.

The book is available from Amazon and directly from Aeronaut. Please give Amazon 72 hours to update their system so the book can be ordered.

All the best,
Jack Herris

mdfox · 13 September 2022, 08:08 AM

Thanks Jack! I've been waiting for this one - ordered my copy from Amazon yesterday!

Knusel · 26 September 2022, 03:34 AM

I ordered mine immediately and have nearly worked it through right now.
Absolutely marvellous !!!

The two most exciting new details for me:

Otto Kissenberth's first three kills were scored in the Fokker D.II according to Robin Schäfer and Greg VanWyngarden. That would make him the top scorer of that type jointly with Otto Brauneck. But in BLUE MAX AIRMEN Vol.19 a witness is cited who said it was a Fokker D.III ?! Who is right ?
Emil Thuy has scored several kills in an Albatros during his time with Jasta 28 according to Norman Franks. In BLUE MAX AIRMEN Vol.19 a report of his possible Allied adversaries in May 1918 about having encountered Albatros D.V's is mentioned but Lance Bronnenkant also writes that no direct evidence for him flying the Albatros at Jasta 28 is known. Thuy had a Pfalz D.III in November 1917 and according to wikipedia he upgraded from the Pfalz D.III directly to the Fokker D.VII. The latter notion would imply he scored 6 Pfalz D.III kills which would make him the top scorer of that type jointly with Erich Loewenhardt an Hans Klein. Who knows more ?

All best best wishes and highest praise to Lance Bronnenkant,

Michael