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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Stephen Thompson Scores One for the US
2018-02-03 16:45
The first all-American victory by the first all-American pilot! Well...no; he was in a French plane, which he was invited up in while visiting a French squadron, and he wasn't flying it; he was the ob...
December 1917 Air War - Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
2017-12-16 16:18
As the winter deepens, air traffic slows down. There is much rain and snow. Even on dry days the heavy clouds drift so low that no takeoffs are ordered. We sit around in our rooms.
The Colorado Cowboy Ace and His Great Friend "Rick" von Richthofen
2017-07-28 15:05
"[Richthofen] and I are close personal friends, that every other Wednesday I land near a woods by Arras, where we have lunch with three of his pet ladies, then he escorts me back across my lines towar...
Colorado Cowboy and WW1 Ace Frederick Libby Visits Ireland
2017-06-30 14:27
"I'm beginning to like the place. The country is beautiful. The rolling hills surrounding the village, with the sheep grazing about, is like a lovely picture."
Rain and Frederick Libby's First Victory
2017-01-27 20:42
Libby was trained for 30 minutes on how to use a machine gun, then he was shown how to use the gun in the airplane, then sent up in the airplane to try it. The instructor forgot to tell him how to cha...
Hope for Problem Children - Bullard, Libby, and More
2017-01-11 15:59
Suddenly the door opened to admit a vision of military splendor such as one does not see twice in a lifetime. It was Eugene Bullard.
