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The War In The Air

The War In The Air. By: Nathan Green-Stacey. Dogfights. Meeting between warning aircrafts often became deadly Being shot could lead to instant death Pilots couldn’t carry parachutes [might have to bail out] Officers wanted to save planes Planes were called flying coffins

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The War In The Air

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  1. The War In The Air By: Nathan Green-Stacey

  2. Dogfights • Meeting between warning aircrafts often became deadly • Being shot could lead to instant death • Pilots couldn’t carry parachutes [might have to bail out] • Officers wanted to save planes • Planes were called flying coffins • Leading ace Royal Flying Corps Canadian was Billy Bishop

  3. The Red Baron’s last fight • Wilfrid [Wop] in trail to die • Brown ended up killing a German pilot • Recently Australia called claim • Maintain Red Baron close ground chasing Brown’s plane • Germans in to mourning death of soldier

  4. Billy Bishop [considered hero] • Member of British empire in Red Baron 1894-1956 • Canada’s greatest flying hero WWI • Earned Victoria cross which is the highest award of bravery under fire • Entered the cavalry officer • Brave and gifted fighter and pilot • Record 72 kills • First month front downed 17 enemy aircrafts • 5 down one attack alone

  5. [young Lester .B. Pearson lived future Prime Minister] Aircraft design not advanced greatly until WWI Travel only 150 km/hr Single seat cockpits Soldiers brought other weaponry for better attack Then machinegun mounted on plane Problem bullets hit moving propellers British designed mounted gun behind pilot French top of planes wing Germans through propellers with out hitting them The Technical Edge

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