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The Making of an Airman - Part II
The Daily News - Friday, September 27, 1918
THE MAKING OF AN AIRMAN.
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Public School Spirit of the R.A.F.
COMMON-SENSE SYSTEM.
By ERNEST SMITH.
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The aspirant has been passed into the Royal Air Force through this one channel, which ensures a standard of fitness. He goes on to the Cadet Brigade,... 
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19-Year-Old Airman's Exploits
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, September 30, 1917
19-YEAR-OLD AIRMAN'S EXPLOITS.
Respite After Bringing Down 47 Hun Machines.
V.C.'s RETURN TO CANADA.
Major W. A. Bishop, V.C., D.S.O. (and bar), M.C., Canada's famous 19-year-old airman, has returned to his native land. On his arrival he was asked to narrate...
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Airmen's Intensive Training
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, August 26, 1917
AIRMEN'S INTENSIVE TRAINING
One Accident to Three Flights Round the Earth.
The public, who have not always the information upon which to weigh the facts, have lately become somewhat alarmed at what at first sight appears to be a startling increase in the number of...
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Airmen Who Make £500 a Week
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, September 16, 1917
AIRMEN WHO MAKE £500 A WEEK
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Thrills and Perils of Testing New Machines.
Big fortunes have been made by the airmen who test new aeroplanes. There have been instances where a single aviator has drawn a cheque for £500 for a week's work. ...
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13 July 2007 03:12 PM
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Captain Ball, V.C. - His Own Story
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, November 4, 1917
CAPTAIN BALL, V.C. — HIS OWN STORY.
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The Self-Analysis of Britain's Greatest Airman Who Brought Down 47 Hun Aeroplanes and Was Then Killed in a Battle in Mid-air.
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By H. RUSSELL STANNARD
Now that Air Power is rapidly becoming the supreme factor of the war, it...
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13 July 2007 02:47 PM
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Wonder Boy of the Flying Corps
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, May 20, 1917
WONDER BOY OF THE FLYING CORPS.
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Missing Airman Who Had 42 Victims.
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FIGHT IN PYJAMAS.
Flight Commander Captain Albert Ball, D.S.O., M.C., whose parents at Nottingham have been officially informed that he is missing, was one of the youngest and most successful...
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13 July 2007 01:37 PM
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Too Old At Twenty-Five
The Weekly Dispatch - September 2, 1917
'TOO OLD AT TWENTY-FIVE.'
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What Boy Airmen are Doing at the Front.
By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
"It's boys of nineteen and twenty who are winning the war in the air for us on the western front," said a flying officer who returned from France a few days ago....
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13 July 2007 10:31 AM
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How London Will Be Warned
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, July 22, 1917
HOW LONDON WILL BE WARNED.
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Sound Bombs By Sky Rockets.
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15-SECONDS INTERVAL.
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London is to be given warning of approaching air raids by means of three sound bombs bursting in the air at 15 seconds' intervals.
The following is the official...
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