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WW1 Podcast with Paul Reed
Questions & Answers: RFC/RAF Special
In this special and extended QnA Episode we look at Parachutes in the Air Services in WW1, the Ground Crew who kept the planes in the air, what are the best RFC/RAF memoirs of WW1, how the filming of the Red Baron’s funeral was received, and how men applied for transfers to the Air Services and what was the selection process for Pilots and Observers.
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Thanks for an excellent Q and A, the question on ground crew was especially interesting, giving them long overdue credit.
Regarding the burial of von Richthofen and the notions of chivalry associated with aerial combat; not all were imbued with this chivalric code. As you may recall, Mick Mannock, on hearing of the death of von Richthofen said that ‘he hoped that he roasted all the way down’!
Good plug for the Blue Max, one of my favourite Great War films and no doubt the catalyst for many a youngster becoming a member of the Airfix Generation.
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