Tribute to Lt. James Meissner by Ivan Berryman. (P) REG495 He is shown here in

He is shown here in his Spad S

On the 28th of November 1942 USS Indiana joined Rear Admiral Lee's aircraft carrier screening force

30 about to board their aircraft

SMS Seydlitz 1916 by Randall Wilson

Tribute to Lt. James Meissner by Ivan Berryman. (P) REG495 He is shown here inDHM6697P. Tribute to Lt. James Meissner by Ivan Berryman. Joining the 94th Pursuit Squadron in France in March 1918, James Meissner scored a total of 8 victories between May and October of that year. Shown here in his Nieuport 28, he scored 4 of his victories flying this aircraft before taking over command of 147th Pursuit Squadron flying a Spad S. XIII in July and scoring his final 4 victories. He died of pneumonia in 1936 but had top American flying