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War Ace Dies Stunting at Legion Race
War Ace Dies Stunting at Legion Race
Syracuse Herald - Monday, September 8, 1930

War Ace Dies Stunting at Legion Race — Capt. John O. Donaldson Spins and Crashes at Philadelphia —    Philadelphia, Sept. 8 (UP).—Capt. John O. Donaldson, 32, World War ace army instructor and commercial aviation executive, crashed to his death yesterday while... Read more
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World War Ace Back in Navy Service
World War Ace Back in Navy Service
San Antonio Express - Friday, April 16, 1943

WORLD WAR ACE BACK IN NAVY SERVICE — By Associated Press    CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., April 15.—Lt. Kenneth Russell Unger, 44, a World War I ace with nine German planes to his credit, is learning to fly and fight the World War II way.    More than 10,000 hours of... Read more
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Plans Coastline Flight to N.Y.
Plans Coastline Flight to N.Y.
The Morning Herald - Monday, September 19, 1927

PLANS COASTLINE FLIGHT TO N.Y. — By Associated Press NEW YORK, Sept. 18.    Plans for a coastline flight from Spokane, Wash. to New York City were announced tonight by Lieut. Kenneth Unger, former British ace, whose plane, the Black Crow, is entered in the Spokane air derby.... Read more
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First Arrest of Violator of Air Traffic Rules
First Arrest of Violator of Air Traffic Rules
The Lowell Sun - Saturday, November 03, 1923

FIRST ARREST OF VIOLATOR OF AIR TRAFFIC RULES    AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 3.—After chasing Pilot Howard Calvert and his passenger, Frank O'Neill, prominent Akron clubman, through the skies in an airplane, Harold Kullberg, volunteer aerial policeman and former World war ace, made what is... Read more
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421 18 July 2007 04:57 PM by Scott Go to last post
 
Record by French
Record by French "Ace of Aces" Never Equalled
The Lowell Sun - Friday, June 21, 1918

RECORD BY FRENCH "ACE OF ACES" NEVER EQUALLED By Associated Press    PARIS. (By Mail). Lieut. Rene Fonck, the young French "ace of aces" fought three distinct battles in the air when, on May 8, he brought down six German airplanes in one day. His record never... Read more
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Air Casualties Last Month Are Heaviest of War
Air Casualties Last Month Are Heaviest of War
The Syracuse Herald - Sunday, October 14, 1917

AIR CASUALTIES LAST MONTH ARE HEAVIEST OF WAR — Germany Suffers Most, Losing Four of Star Pilots. — France Loses Guynemer—Nungesser Almost Artificial Man. — Special to The Herald    Paris, Oct 18—September 30—by mail to New York, Oct. 18.—This has been the blackest... Read more
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Premier Airman Dies
Premier Airman Dies
Lime Springs Sun-Herald - Thursday, September 26, 1918

PREMIER AIRMAN DIES — Putnam, American Ace of Aces, Is Killed. — Is Shot Through Heart In Aerial Battle With Enemy Machines. —    With the American Army on the Lorraine Front, Sept. 20.—While on patrol along the American lines, First Lieutenant David E. Putnam, of Newton,... Read more
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453 18 July 2007 02:47 PM by Scott Go to last post
 
Influenza Scourge
Influenza Scourge
The News of the World - Sunday, November 03, 1918

INFLUENZA SCOURAGE. — NEARLY 5,000 DEATHS IN A WEEK. — MORE DOCTORS TO FIGHT THE EPIDEMIC.     Owing to the prevalence of influenza throughout the country generally, efforts are being made by the Ministry of National Service to release doctors for civilian practice,... Read more
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Can the War be Won in the Air?
Can the War be Won in the Air?
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, May 20, 1917

CAN THE WAR BE WON IN THE AIR? — Aviator Urges the Building of 5,000 Aeroplanes.     Can the war be won by overwhelming supremacy in the air? An American aviator who has served in France believes that it might be. Air supremacy means all-round supremacy, he says, and... Read more
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224 17 July 2007 04:19 PM by Scott Go to last post
 
How Science Helps on the War
How Science Helps on the War
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, March 18, 1917

HOW SCIENCE HELPS ON THE WAR. — Inventions that Protect the Soldier.     Replying to the statement of Mr. Thomas Edison that he had been surprised by the few inventions developed by the war, M. Paul Painlevé, until recently the French Minister of Public... Read more
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