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Originally Posted by Platapus
My utmost respect goes out to any and all of the WWI pilots.
1. No parachutes
2. No armour
3. Little standardized training
How they managed to act like "knights of the sky" instead of "lambs to the slaughter" is a testament to their courage and their ability to simply go up again.  |
They had parachutes, but they didn't use them because you would "abandon the plane needlessly
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And I'll add to your list poor manufacturing techniques and quality control. (planes falling apart). I also read someplace that most air to air kills were achived on the first pass and were a total surprise (hit the pilot).