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Knights Without Parachutes — eddie rickenbacker

Hall and Rickenbacker Share a Victory

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Hall and Rickenbacker Share a Victory

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.

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April 1918 - Rise of the Americans, Fall of the Red Baron

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April 1918 - Rise of the Americans, Fall of the Red Baron

100 years ago, the bullet that will kill the Red Baron has probably been cast, but...whose gun will it be loaded into?

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Great Aces Grounded for Ear Pain - Udet and Rickenbacker

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Great Aces Grounded for Ear Pain - Udet and Rickenbacker

It is the last time Udet will see his hero Manfred von Richthofen. On his return home, Udet's family doctor tells him he is finished with flying. "Your eardrum is gone and the inner ear infected."

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More of the March 1918 Air War

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More of the March 1918 Air War

There is so much going on in aviation history of 1918 that there isn't time to blog about each of the events; we'll have to wrap up March with a summary of things that happened this month that we haven't yet covered.

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Why Lufbery's Gradual Introduction to Combat Worked

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Why Lufbery's Gradual Introduction to Combat Worked

Lufbery shepherded innocent lambs such as Campbell and Rickenbacker, and both showed themselves worth the trouble, as Campbell would soon become the first all-American ace and Rickenbacker would go on to succeed Lufbery as American Ace of Aces, piling up victories faster than anyone else in the final months of the war.

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