On a Wing and a Prayer: The Untold Story of the Pioneering Aviation Heroes of Wwi, in Their Own Words
Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of World War I took. This oral history conveys the perils of those early days, the thrills...
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Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of World War I took. This oral history conveys the perils of those early days, the thrills of learning to fly, and the horrors of war in the air at a time when pilots carried little defensive armament and no parachutes. The men who joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1914 were the original heroes of flying, treading into unknown territory and paving the way for later aerial combat. They became icons for the soldiers in the trenches, and a stark contrast to the hundreds on the ground fighting faceless hundreds as men fought aircraft to aircraft and man to mantale of men who rewrote the rules of military engagement and changed the course of modern history as a result.
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- ISBN13:9780007271054
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