tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post4136450991956305151..comments2024-03-29T02:37:52.926-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Remembering a Veteran: Godwin Brumowski, Ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empiresnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-64404705613035239692015-11-10T03:03:01.226-08:002015-11-10T03:03:01.226-08:00I had a relative, Secondino Carlo Temperino who be...I had a relative, Secondino Carlo Temperino who became a flying instructor and aviation officer with Italian AF and flew the S.I.A. 7B biplane. He took part in numerous actions before being gravely wounded while flying over San Dona del Piave in WW I. Maybe they met in the air over the Piave. Interestingly, he was born in Terry South Dakota but returned to Italy to fly.David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-33770734400314258902015-10-26T20:07:20.714-07:002015-10-26T20:07:20.714-07:00While Brumowski's 35 kills hardly begin to com...While Brumowski's 35 kills hardly begin to compare with von Richtofen's 80, they beat Goering's 17 probable kills. I think that Brumowski's story is less well known because of being on the losing side and the emphasis on the Western Front of most Scholarship. But that may change: Ivan Berryman has written and illustrated a biography of Hauptmann Godwin von Brumowski, available Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-15056226552465110872015-10-25T13:49:08.948-07:002015-10-25T13:49:08.948-07:00Thank you also for your sharing your story as wel...Thank you also for your sharing your story as well; I can well imagine the ceremony of him receiving it and maybe even using through the years, as well as your intrigue when first seeing and handling it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-63482900962485653662015-10-25T07:12:19.550-07:002015-10-25T07:12:19.550-07:00My grandfather, Alios Erlach,Lt. flew as an obser...My grandfather, Alios Erlach,Lt. flew as an observer/photographer with Flieger 12 at the Isonzo front during that time and I am privileged to have an engraved, silver cigarette case from Weihnach 1916. the silver is engraved on the back with the signatures of the members of the squadron, and the front has the squadron insignia and air service emblem. the inside cover simply states Isonzo front. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-81760598270628088102015-10-24T16:00:49.319-07:002015-10-24T16:00:49.319-07:00I'll start with that one. Thanks.I'll start with that one. Thanks.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-26905986461897776242015-10-24T15:35:28.009-07:002015-10-24T15:35:28.009-07:00No, although I think that's the best of the fo...No, although I think that's the best of the four. Chronologically the last is the first, Tomorrow the World. All are available as e-books, or at least used to be, as I have them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-15755761459744445782015-10-24T11:57:51.141-07:002015-10-24T11:57:51.141-07:00Where should one start with Biggins, A Sailor of A...Where should one start with Biggins, A Sailor of Austria?Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-57049464285792379332015-10-24T11:49:58.690-07:002015-10-24T11:49:58.690-07:00Agreed. Although fiction, my first real exposure t...Agreed. Although fiction, my first real exposure to the kuk history was from the novels of John Biggins. Wish he'd write some more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-19557950806882098952015-10-24T11:12:54.363-07:002015-10-24T11:12:54.363-07:00Indeed. I had no idea of this man's spectacul...Indeed. I had no idea of this man's spectacular career.<br /><br />I wonder just how much AH history we miss when reading western accounts of the war, which emphasize the war in France above all.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-54000636063815136962015-10-24T09:39:39.623-07:002015-10-24T09:39:39.623-07:00What a great story. What a great story. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.com