Air flight had just been invented, and suddenly this was a viable form of combat. It's like, strap a lawnmower engine and a chair to a box-kite, and bring along a gun in case you find another box kite. It was still a ballancing act to keep a heavier-than-air machine aloft, let alone ward off attackers. The slower speeds, tighter turning radius and closer range of attack of the WWI air battles fascinates me more than any others thereafter. They seem to be more Mano a Mano.
RK
"We were off to fight the Hun,
And it looked like lots of fun
Somehow it didn't seem like war at all."
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Billy Bishop Goes To War