1914 in aviation

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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1914.

Contents

The outbreak of World War I accelerates all aspects of aviation which in turn changes war in a twofold way. The aeroplane turns the sky into a new battlefield and eliminates the distinction between frontline and hinterland, with the civilian population far behind the frontline also becoming a target. The war results in the deaths of approximately 20,000 flyers, most of them trained pilots.

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

A German dirigible hovering over a British fleet. Germandirigible-overbritishfleet1914.jpg
A German dirigible hovering over a British fleet.

September

October

November

December

First flights

January

February

June

July

Entered service

Retirements

May

Notes

  1. 1 2 Layman 1989, p. 13.
  2. Chant, Chris 2000, p. 48.
  3. Peattie 2001, p. 23.
  4. Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, p. 37.
  5. 1 2 Thetford, Owen, British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, Sixth Edition, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN   1-55750-076-2, p. 10.
  6. Daniel, Clifton, ed., Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, ISBN   0-942191-01-3, p. 179.
  7. Daniel, Clifton, ed., Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, ISBN   0-942191-01-3, p. 180.
  8. 1 2 Fischer, William Edward Jr., "The Development of Military Night Aviation to 1919"
  9. "Balloon Distance Record: German Pilot Berliner Reached A Point In The Ural Mountains" (PDF). The New York Times. No. February 17, 1914. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  10. Swanborough, Gordon, and Peter M. Bowers, United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, Second Edition, London: Putnam, 1976, ISBN   0-370-10054-9, p. 2.
  11. 1 2 Layman 1989, p. 45.
  12. 1 2 Layman 1989, p. 17.
  13. Lebow, Eileen (2002). Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation. Potomac Books. pp. 90–91. ISBN   9781574884821.
  14. "Lidia Zvereva". Centennial of Women Pilots. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  15. "Gilbert Flies Round France in Two Days". Flight : 636. June 12, 1914.
  16. "Performances de la Quinzaine". L'Aérophile : 301. 1 July 1914.
  17. Phythyon, John R., Jr., Great War at Sea: Zeppelins, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Avalanche Press, Inc., 2007, p. 44.
  18. Daniel, Clifton, ed., Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, ISBN   0-942191-01-3, p. 140.
  19. Anonymous, "Record Duration Flight," Knoxville Journal and Tribune, June 25, 1014.
  20. Sikorsky, Igor (1938). Story of the Winged-S: An Autobiography. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. pp. 102–117.
  21. Layman 1989, p. 112.
  22. Stéphanie Meyniel (6 July 2014). "Le 6 juillet 1914 dans le ciel: l'aviateur Legagneux victime d'un accident mortel". air-journal (in French). Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  23. Rousseau, Paul (8 July 1914). "Au jour le jour: la chute mortelle de l'aviateur Legagneux". Le Temps (in French). No. 19360. p. 5.
  24. "Legagneux fait une chute mortelle". Le Radical . 7 July 1914. p. 1.
  25. Skytamer, accessed August 21, 2010
  26. New York Times, July 13, 1914, p. 3
  27. The Daily Telegraph (London) 13 July 1914.
  28. Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. p. 2. ISBN   0-912799-02-1. LCCN   61060979. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016.
  29. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sturtivant, Ray, British Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm, 1917-1990, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990, ISBN   0-87021-026-2, p. 215.
  30. Chant, Chris 2000, p. 13.
  31. Air Warfare: an International Encyclopedia: A-L Walter J. Boyne, 2002
  32. Germany's Declaration of War with France, 3 August 1914 https://www.firstworldwar.com/source/germandeclarationofwar_france.htm
  33. Murray, Williamson, Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe 1933-1945, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 1983, no ISBN, pp. 3-4.
  34. Gooch, John, Mussolini and His Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940, Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN   978-0-521-85602-7, p. 52.
  35. Layman 1989, p. 22-23.
  36. Whitehouse Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York: Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, p. 50.
  37. [http://www.hydrogencommerce.com/zepplins/zepplins.htm#The%20Zeppelins Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Lehman, Ernst A., Captain, and Howard Mingos, The Zeppelins: The Development of the Airship, with the Story of the Zeppelins Air Raids in the World War, Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, 1927, Chapter I (online). Whitehouse, Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York: Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, p. 48, states that Z VI, which he identifies as L 6, had attacked the French "garrison town" of "Lutetia outside Paris" when she suffered her fatal damage.
  38. Haulman, Daniel L., One Hundred Years of Flight: USAF Chronology of Significant Air and Space Events 1903-2002, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 2003, p. 12.
  39. Crosby 2006, p. 262.
  40. Peattie 2001, p. 5.
  41. Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN   0-87021-907-3, p. 240.
  42. Layman 1989, p. 87.
  43. Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Lehman, Ernst A., Captain, and Howard Mingos, The Zeppelins: The Development of the Airship, with the Story of the Zeppelins Air Raids in the World War, Kingsport, Tennessee: Kingsport Press, 1927, Chapter I (online).
  44. Whitehouse, Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York: Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, p. 48.
  45. Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN   978-0-7607-0592-6, p. 76.
  46. Crosby 2006, p. 17.
  47. Guttman, p. 9.
  48. Hardesty, Von, Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1982, ISBN   0-87474-510-1, p. 27.
  49. Thetford, Owen, British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, Sixth Edition, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN   1-55750-076-2, p. 31.
  50. Whitehouse, Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York: Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, pp. 67-68.
  51. 1 2 Peattie 2001, p. 7.
  52. 1 2 3 4 Layman 1989, p. 85.
  53. Peattie 2001, p. 8.
  54. Crosby 2006, p. 264.
  55. Routledge 1994, p. 5
  56. "Amsterdam Evening Recorder". 30 September 1914. p. 3.
  57. Peattie 2001, p. 8-9.
  58. Layman 1989, p. 22.
  59. Mahncke, J. O. E. O. (December 2001). "Aircraft Operations in the German Colonies 1911-1916". Military History Journal. 12 (2). South African Military History Society. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  60. Murray, Williamson, Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe 1933-1945, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Air University Press, 1983, no ISBN, p. 4.
  61. Whitehouse, Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York:Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, p. 49.
  62. 1 2 Thetford, Owen, British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, Sixth Edition, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1991, ISBN   1-55750-076-2, p. 32.
  63. Layman 1989, p. 86-7.
  64. Layman 1989, p. 24.
  65. 1 2 Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN   0-7607-0592-5, p. 73.
  66. Bruce Flight 26 September 1958, p. 526.
  67. Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN   0-7607-0592-5, p. 75.

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