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Loading... On a Wing and a Prayer: The Untold Story of the Pioneering Aviation Heroes of WW1, in Their Own Wordsby Joshua Levine
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Few are aware of the risks that the pioneering airmen of the First World War took. On a Wing and a Prayer is a narrative history that 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. In 1914 aircraft were a questionable technology, used for only basic reconnaissance. But by 1918, hastened by the terrible war, aircraft were understood to be the future of modern warfare. The war changed flying forever. The stories are presented to the reader in a frank and open way, revealing the feelings of the men who defended the trenches from above and witnessed the war from a completely different perspective. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.449410922History and Geography Europe Europe Military History Of World War I Air warfareLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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