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<p> <b>In 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were 'the cavalry of the clouds ... the knighthood of this war ...' </b> <b>This romantic image was fostered post-war by writers of adventure stories and the stunts of Hollywood filmmakers, and yet it was far from the harsh reality of life of an airman.</b> From their baptism of fire in 1914 carrying out reconnaissance and experiencing the first dogfights, to the breakthrough in 1918 which claimed heavy casualties, the aerial defenders of B
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- Author
- Sweetman, John;
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780752455037
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, World War I, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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