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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
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.
Now Entering the Final Year of the First Air War
2017-11-18 15:00
By the fall of 1918, the fortunes of German ground forces would be declining, but the German air force would have some of its best months of the war. September 1918 would show more downed Allied aircr...
Return of the Red Baron
2017-09-08 13:34
Failing to recognize this new and lasting symbol of the Red Baron could be deadly. Richthofen's sixtieth victory on 2 September had included an observer who, thinking he was seeing an approaching Sopw...
Nazgul, Defence of London, Aerobatics, and Air Forces, Part II
2017-08-09 15:22
"In the vast dog-fights that often developed, air fighting became an affair of fleeting brushes between flights of three or four planes held in tight tactical cohesion, with neither chance nor mood fo...
Nazgul, Defence of London, Aerobatics and Air Forces
2017-08-05 15:13
The unprepared government reacted to bombers over the undefended capital city with the common politician’s response of decreeing something and assuming reality will adjust itself to the decree.
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."
