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:[https://archive.org/details/bombingbruges00bewsgoog/page/n14 ''The Bombing of Bruges''] by Paul Bewsher, Captain, RAF 1918 Archive.org. A collection of short poems reprinted in part from the ''Graphic'' and the ''Weekly Dispatch''.
*[https://archive.org/details/nightbombingwith00reec/page/n7 ''Night Bombing with the Bedouins''] by Robert H Reece Lieut RAF 1919. Archive.org. The Bedouin Squadron, so called because as a unit it was constantly moved from place to place, was formed in September 1917 as part of the Royal Flying Corps.
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005891834 ''Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps''], by James Thomas Byford McCudden [1919]. HathiTrust Digital Library, available in areas such as North America. [https://books.google.com.au/books?vid=Wisc:89100003748 Google Books], same viewing conditions. There was a 1930 reprint under the title ''Flying Fury'' and still later reprints as ''Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps''.
*[https://archive.org/details/fightingflyingc00rickgoog ''Fighting the Flying Circus''] by Eddie Rickenbacker U S Air Service 1919 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/fighting_flying_circus_1104_librivox LibriVox audio recording] Archive.org
*''New England Aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records'' edited by Caroline Ticknor. [https://archive.org/details/NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick/page/n7 Volume I] 1919, [https://archive.org/details/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick/page/iii Volume II] 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/explorerinairser00binguoft/page/n9 ''An Explorer in the Air Service''] by Hiram Bingham, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel, Air Service, USA 1920 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030744688 ''Aerial Observation; the Airplane Observer, the Balloon Observer, and the Army Corps Pilot''] by Harold E Porter ("Holworthy Hall") formerly Captain Air Service, United States Army. 1921 Archive.org
:Personal accountsMore about Balloonists: ''The Balloonatics'' by Alan Morris 1970; ''Memoirs of an Old old Balloonatic'' by Goderic Hodges 1972; ''Looking back sixty years. Memoirs ... Three years' service in Ieper, Ypres, Salient in balloons of the Royal Flying Corps'' by Bernard Oliver 1975 (Details<ref>[https://suitcaseofmemoriessite. Both wordpress.com/part-one-the-oliver-and-hawkes-families-of-kent-england/uncle-bernard/ "Uncle Bernard and WW1 kite balloons"] ''Suitcase of memories''.</ref>). All available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002554345 , UIN: BLL01001700022 and UIN: BLL01001700022 BLL01002704754.
*[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.
