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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
More of the March 1918 Air War
2018-03-31 23:57
"And thus one of the world's most famous military insignia, the Hat-in-the-Ring, which became a part of my entire life from then on, was born."
More on Stephen Thompson's First Air Victory
2018-02-26 17:00
If he got enthralled with the scenery and forgot to keep breathing he started to feel the effects of oxygen deprivation.
Stephen Thompson Scores One for the US
2018-02-03 16:45
The first all-American victory by the first all-American pilot! Well...no; he was in a French plane, which he was invited up in while visiting a French squadron, and he wasn't flying it; he was the ob...
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...
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."
Anne: The Next Generation - L. M. Montgomery Describes World War 1
2017-06-10 13:11
"It has always been one of humanity's favourite dreams - the dream of flying. Dream after dream comes true - or rather is made true by persevering effort. I should like to have a flight in an aeroplan...
