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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
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...
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.
The Russian Revolution in Aviation History
2017-10-28 14:30
"That is the one danger in Russia, for they have no fliers of their own, or as good as none at all. If a Russian flier appeared, he was sure to have bad luck and be shot down by his own men."
Exotic Animals and WWI Aviation
2017-10-27 14:19
Anyone who would go two miles up in a crate with wings would probably not be overly intimidated by playing with a lion. It might seem like pretty much the same activity.
Rickenbacker's Revenge
2017-10-14 14:11
"Instead they found a mudhole and a tough Swiss-German engineer with a grammar-school education and the grubbiest of chores for them to perform. They made sarcastic comments both behind my back and to...
Eugene Bullard vs. the Flying Circus
2017-10-06 14:04
This hurt me deeply. Then, as now, my love for my own country was strong. I got some comfort out of knowing that I was able to go on fighting on the same front and in the same cause as other citizens ...
