Shopping Cart (0)
Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Burying the Red Knight of the Air with Chivalry
2018-04-28 00:32
"The wreaths were heaped in mountains, and between them lay small bouquets and single flowers; for even those who could only spend a few pennies took it upon themselves to show their thankfulness and ...
Overview of WWI Aviation on the 99th Anniversary of Armistice Day
2017-11-10 14:39
Raoul Lufbery was famous by this point and thus was avoiding the public more than ever. His hobbies were picking wild mushrooms and playing with the squadron mascot lions Whiskey and Soda.
100th Anniversary of US Entry into World War 1
2017-04-05 10:36
Eddie Rickenbacker, having toured the US as a race car celebrity explaining why we should be in the war, around this time almost died from a nicked artery during a tonsillectomy, and then tried to exp...
Irish Ace of World War 1: Mick Mannock
2017-03-18 21:34
Mannock wasn't impressed with those who were in the military for some other reason than fighting. As a sapper he wanted to blow up Germans, as a pilot he wanted to shoot them down.
