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*[https://archive.org/details/inteethofwindsto00squa ''In the Teeth of the Wind : the story of a naval pilot on the Western Front, 1916-1918''] by Squadron Leader CPO Bartlett, edited by his son Nick Bartlett 1994. Archive.org Lending Library. Additional front cover title ''Memoir of the Royal Naval Air Service''. Catalogue entry states "Revised edition of: ''Bomber pilot, 1916-1918''. London : Ian Allan Ltd., 1974", the latter edited by Chaz Bowyer.
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*[https://archive.org/details/warbirdsdiaryofu00unse/page/n9 ''War Birds : Diary of an Unknown Aviator''] Illustrated by Clayton Knight. 1926 Archive.org. The author was Elliott White Springs who edited a short diary by "Unknown Aviator" John MacGavock Grider, and wrote the rest of the content.<ref>Dan_San_Abbott. [http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=948 War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator] ''The Aerodrome Forum'' 20 July 2002. Retrieved 27 May 2019.</ref> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_White_Springs Elliott White Springs] Wikipedia. They were both part of a group of Americans who trained in Britain, and joined the Royal Flying Corps.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527721/page/n195 Page 174] ''A Soldier’s Diary Of The Great War'' with an Introduction by Henry Williamson 1929. Published anonymously, but by Douglas H. Bell. The author transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Also see [[Western Front#Infantry and others|Infantry and others]], above.
*[https://hdlarchive.handle.netorg/details/fightsandflights/page/n9/2027mode/uc1.b3488289?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 2up ''Fights and Flights''] "Part I Armoured Cars (August –November 1914)" and "Part II The "Iron Coast" (November 1914-February 1915)" by Air-Commodore Charles Rumney Samson 1930. Royal Naval Air Service. HathiTrust Digital Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/inteethofwindsto00squa ''In the Teeth of the Wind : the story of a naval pilot on the Western Front, 1916-1918''] by Squadron Leader CPO Bartlett, edited by his son Nick Bartlett 1994. Archive.org Lending Library. Possibly not available in USA etcAdditional front cover title ''Memoir of the Royal Naval Air Service''. Catalogue entry states "Revised edition of: ''Bomber pilot, 1916-1918''. London : Ian Allan Ltd., 1974", the latter edited by Chaz Bowyer. * ''Winged Victory'' by V M Yates published 1934 was in fictional form, but based very largely on the author’s experiences as a fighter pilot. He joined 46 Squadron in February 1918, then 80 Sqn. See [[Western Front#Fiction|Fiction]] below. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Maslin_Yeates Victor Maslin Yeates] Wikipedia. A biography ''Winged Victor'' by Gordon Atkin 2004 (available at The British Library UIN: BLL01012980540) established that ''Winger Winged Victory'' was largely autobiographical.
*[https://archive.org/details/sagittariusrisin0000lewi/mode/2up ''Sagittarius Rising''] by Cecil Lewis 2003, originally published 1936. He arrived in France as a pilot with the RFC in March 1916, age 17. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. On a list of "highly personal top 20 War Memoirs".<ref name=GWDJ/>
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278559 ''Air Power And Armies''] by Wing Commander J C Slessor 1936 Archive.org, mirror from the Digital Library of India. Based on a series of lectures delivered at the Staff College Camberley between 1931 and 1934. Includes WW1 content.
*[https://archive.org/details/airaces0000shor/mode/2up ''Air Aces''] by Christopher Shores 1983. [https://archive.org/details/airaces0000shor_d5v1/mode/2up 2nd file]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes "Chapter 1 World War 1: The Flying Circus".
*[https://archive.org/details/Coningham/mode/2up ''Coningham: A Biography Of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC''] by Vincent Orange 1992, first published 1990. WW1 period commences [https://archive.org/details/Coningham/page/n23/mode/2up page 13]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/usairserviceingr0000cook/page/n5/mode/2up ''The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1919''] by James J Cooke 1996. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781559705264 ''Horses Don't Fly''] by Frederick Libby 2000 Archive.org Lending Library. An American who enlisted in the Canadian Army, and subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, initially as an observer, which included a machine gunner role. He subsequently was commissioned and became a pilot, awarded the Military Cross. [https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/americans-in-the-royal-air-force/americans-in-the-british-flying-services-1914-1945/captain-frederick-libby.aspx Captain Frederick Libby] rafmuseum.org.uk. [http://www.historynet.com/flying-cowboy-frederick-libby.htm HistoryNet article: "The Flying Cowboy"] by Derek O’Connor.
