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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
SPAD XIII T-Shirt and Mutiny on the Bounty
2016-11-29 14:51
They were more impressive by far than any other airplane, any other automobile, any other piece of equipment I had ever seen. This new Spad would mean the difference between life and death.
9 Reasons to Study World War 1
2016-10-04 13:48
Calculate the miles of trenches across Europe. Did you include both sides? Did you include the front trenches and the back trenches with rooms in them?
Red Barons First Victory - September 17, 1916
2016-09-17 13:26
The engine was shot to pieces, and both crewmen were severely wounded. The observer had died instantly, and the pilot died while being transported to the nearest field hospital. Later I erected a grav...
7 Outstanding Qualities of World War 1 Pilots
2016-08-25 12:49
Loved flying - well, obviously. But it's not actually so obvious. These men came of age along with flying. At the time people were asking them as small boys what they wanted to grow up to be, piloting...
7 Worthy Opponent Qualities: Why the Red Baron Fascinates
2016-08-03 16:10
My opponent waved to me quite cheerfully as we were at a thousand meters altitude as if to say: ‘Well, well, how do you do?’"
The Red Baron Flunked His Test Flight and 9 Other Facts
2016-07-25 16:01
An uncle of the Red Baron was an early developer in Denver and built Richthofen Castle there.
