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Yet because of its tricky handling characteristics, more men lost their lives while learning to fly it than died using it in combat. Training-to-fly was a constant. Front-line squadrons trained as well as fought. It was individualistic, high-risk, and in an innovative era in the history of flight and warfare.

These military men had to invent a definition for it and for themselves as airmen. The U. In his novel, Guard of Honor, James Gould Cozzens, describes the high-wire act that was integral to this culture: those who flew were joined in the bond of their undefined, informal co-operative effort to shut their minds to the plain fact that if the war continued they were all going to die perhaps by enemy action, perhaps by accident; perhaps this week, certainly next month.

On May 5, , the 1st Pursuit Group was formed and immediately sent into action. The poem on the postcard refers to a May 19, German night raid of 15 bombers who aimed at the Bridge at Etaples and missed as the th night flyers pursued them. The German bombs destroyed surrounding camps and a hospital.

On being informed of their hits, one captured German was indignant that hospitals should be placed near targets of strategic importance.

Sorry Pal, no treatment for your wounds. On September 1st, the 1st Pursuit Group of eighteen of the American squadrons participated in support of the Allied drive on St. Mihiel located to the east of Rembercourt. An air armada of 1, combat planes from the U. Within 30 hours, the Allies had grabbed 13, prisoners and enemy artillery in exchange for 8, casualties.

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Along the way I was able to work with a host of wonderful and talented authors and meet many of our readers who share a passion for early aeroplanes. It is their interest and enthusiasm that made this journal what it was. I can only imagine how much interest was generated, how much new information was uncovered and how many aircraft were constructed or restored as a result of those who were kind enough to share their knowledge, research and projects in these pages.

I am also grateful to Leo Opdycke, the founder and long-time editor of WW1 Aero , for his tireless efforts over the years to build the organization and establish the journal, and also for his warm welcome and support when I joined the organization in The future of the WW1 Aeroplanes, Inc. As I release my final issue of WW1 Aero , I would like to express my gratitude to, and appreciation for, all those who read and contributed to the journal over the years.