I did not get the Fokker as yet. I was to get it at R., Thursday. Too bad. To fly for the artillery, which is our main work just now, the Fokker is very excellent, because of its speed, stability and ease of control. A new machine has been ordered for me at the factory, but I cannot say if I am going to get it, and when. P., DECEMBER 9, 1914 Bad weather. No important work. Now, we ought to be in the East, where there is something doing. Yesterday I was in R. and got my Fokker, which had arrived in the meantime. It is a small monoplane, with a French rotary engine in front; it is about half as large as a Taube. This is the last modern machine which I have learned to fly; now I can fly all the types we make in Germany. The Fokker was my big Christmas present. I now have two machines: the large biplane for long flights and the small Fokker for range finding. This 'plane flies wonderfully and is very easy to handle. Now my two children are resting together in a tent, the little one in a hollow, with its tail under the plane of the big one. P., JANUARY 21, 1915 Since Christmas we have made the following flights: December 24th, an hour and a half; December 25th, one hour; December 30th, one hour; January 6th, one hour; January 12th, four hours; January 18th, two hours. It was poor weather, so we could not do more than this. There isn't much use in flying now, anyhow, as long as we do not want to advance. We are facing each other here for months, and each side knows the other's position exactly. Changes of position, flanking movements, and bringing up of strong reserves, as in open warfare, is a thing of the past when we stick to the trenches, so there is nothing to report. There would be some sense in flying to find the range, but as we do not want to advance at present our artillery does very little firing. It is sufficient at this stage that an airplane takes a peep over the line once in a while, to see if everything is still as they left it. P., JANUARY 27, 1915 This morning our Captain gave K. and me the Iron Cross of the First Class. P., APRIL 25, 1915 To-morrow I leave here; I have been transferred to the ---- Flying Squadron, which is just being established. To-morrow I go to Berlin to report at the inspection of aviators. P., MAY 16, 1915 Safely back in P. The trip was made in comparatively quick time. P., MAY 17, 1915 We had to leave here this afternoon, after we had hardly arrived. I am very glad. New scenery and something doing. D., MAY 22, 1915 I had hoped to have plenty to do here, but the weather cancelled our plans. We had plenty of time to establish ourselves, assemble our machines and tune them up with a few flights.