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The Making of an Airman - Part II
The Making of an Airman - Part II
The Daily News - Friday, September 27, 1918

THE MAKING OF AN AIRMAN. — Public School Spirit of the R.A.F. COMMON-SENSE SYSTEM. By ERNEST SMITH. II     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,... Read more
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19-Year-Old Airman's Exploits
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... Read more
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Airmen's Intensive Training
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... Read more
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Airmen Who Make £500 a Week
Airmen Who Make £500 a Week
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, September 16, 1917

AIRMEN WHO MAKE £500 A WEEK — 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. ... Read more
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Captain Ball, V.C. - His Own Story
Captain Ball, V.C. - His Own Story
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, November 4, 1917

CAPTAIN BALL, V.C. — HIS OWN STORY. — The Self-Analysis of Britain's Greatest Airman Who Brought Down 47 Hun Aeroplanes and Was Then Killed in a Battle in Mid-air. — By H. RUSSELL STANNARD     Now that Air Power is rapidly becoming the supreme factor of the war, it... Read more
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Wonder Boy of the Flying Corps
Wonder Boy of the Flying Corps
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, May 20, 1917

WONDER BOY OF THE FLYING CORPS. - Missing Airman Who Had 42 Victims. - 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... Read more
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Too Old At Twenty-Five
Too Old At Twenty-Five
The Weekly Dispatch - September 2, 1917

'TOO OLD AT TWENTY-FIVE.' - 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.... Read more
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How London Will Be Warned
How London Will Be Warned
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, July 22, 1917

HOW LONDON WILL BE WARNED. - Sound Bombs By Sky Rockets. - 15-SECONDS INTERVAL. -    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... Read more
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