[47] A Handley Page which landed near Laon early in 1917.
Text uses both giant plane and giant-plane. This was retained. Frequently, the commas in the original text were moved up half-way to land at the middle of the line instead of the bottom of the line. These were all moved down.
Page v, "SHAFER" changed to "SCHÄFER". Word "the" also added to match actual title of chapter. (SCHÄFER LANDS BETWEEN THE LINES)
Page vii, "SHAFER" changed to "SCHÄFER" (LIEUT. SCHÄFER SPEAKING WITH)
Page 5, "Feldfliegartruppen" changed to "Feldfliegertruppen" (the German Feldfliegertruppen)
Page 8, extra single quotation mark removed from the front of ("Wong-wong,")
Page 12, "Richtofen" changed to "Richthofen" (fighting, von Richthofen should)
Page 19, comma added (first Richthofen, his cousin)
Page 20, "Shickfuss" changed to "Schickfuss" (great-grandfather Schickfuss fell)
Page 28, period changed to a comma (the breakage, I rode)
Page 37, "communique" changed to "communiqué" (first official communiqué.)
Page 38, "prisoner. He told" changed to "prisoner, he told".
Page 42, the text for the sub-chapter has 1915 in the date. As two chapters away he is in June 1915, this "21-22nd August, 1915" has been changed to "21-22nd August, 1914".
Page 58, repeated word "a" removed from text. Original read (like a a little toy)
Page 63, "particulary" changed to "particularity" (talent and particularity)
Page 68, repeated line "gradually to a stop and suddenly I was" was deleted. The original read:
THE German enterprise in Russia came gradually to a stop and suddenly I was gradually to a stop and suddenly I was transferred to a large battle-plane at Ostend
Page 68, footnote, "Grossfleugzeug" changed to "Grossflugzeug" (The Grossflugzeug, or "G" class)
Page 69, "siezed" changed to "seized" (seized a hotel on the)
Page 70-71, a line from page 45 "imagine the confusion which followed. The" was placed at the bottom of page 70. It was removed. The original read:
only a single motor working.[A] When we imagine the confusion which followed. The were fairly far out I saw beneath us, not
Page 72, "we" changed to "they" (waited until they found it)
Page 73, footnote, "analagous" changed to "analogous" (German slang, analogous more)