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RE: The Great War: Legacy, Remembrance, & Associated Fiction
What I find fascinating about WWI are the aviation battles that took place and how adept the pilots of that time were in manuevering and employing their craft to great success and cause significant damage to the opposing side
Airflight itself wasn't accomplished until only 10 years before the start of the war.
Eddie Rickenbacher (America's leading Ace) shot down 26 Axis planes despite America only being in the war for about 1 year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wo..._victories
Canada's leading flying ace Billy Bishop reportedly downed 72 enemy aircraft.
GIven that these planes had open air cockpits and no parachutes available till near the end of the war, it must have taken nerves of steel to fly these machines with virtually no safety equipment
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