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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Hero of World War 1 Aviation - Wilbert White
2017-02-23 21:11
Wilbert White wanted to go to war. At least, he thought he ought to. His wife, unsurprisingly, didn't want him to, and presumably neither did his little boy and girl.
Popping Balloons in World War 1
2017-02-08 20:54
The way to shoot down a balloon was with incendiary bullets, if the gas would ignite, which wasn't certain.
9 Spectacular Ways to Die in World War 1 Aviation
2017-02-01 20:49
The Allies felt that parachutes could cause a pilot to abandon a plane while it could still be saved, and planes were in shorter supply than pilots.
A German Spy Abroad
2017-01-04 15:55
A Los Angeles reporter made up a story about how he was actually Baron Edward von Rickenbacher trying to prove himself in America to his strict Prussian father. (Fake news isn't new either....)
James Norman Hall, the SPAD, and the Bounty
2017-01-02 15:38
James Norman Hall bicycled from London to Scotland to meet his favorite author but was afraid to knock on the door when he got there.
Did Anyone Ever Know Raoul Lufbery? Notes from Dawn Patrol Rendezvous
2016-12-05 15:00
In those days, a man with an aircraft, and his mechanic, were treated like royalty, and Mark became Raoul's very best friend - the only man who might have been able to claim to know him.
