1918

Postscript

The aeroplane may have entered ‘The Great War’ with a tentative whimper, but it left with a substantial bang; evolving into an effective weapon in just a few blood-soaked years, its rapid development spurred on by the insatiable demands of war. Aeroplanes may not have provided a key element in the eventual victory but they had played an important part and the exploits of those pioneering pilots from all nations border on the legendary. Even after a century has passed, their spirits live on…