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Oswald Boelcke - The Aerodrome In 1915, Boelcke was the pilot chosen to test Anthony Fokker's new machine gun synchronizing device It was a great success and Boelcke used the new invention to become the first German ace He and Max Immelmann were awarded the Orden Pour le Mérite on 12 January 1916 They were the first two pilots to receive Prussia's highest award for bravery By the summer of the same year, Immelmann had
Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser - The Aerodrome Despite terrible injuries, including a twice broken jaw and dislocated knee, Charles Nungesser achieved ten victories in the battle of Verdun Nungesser's death remains a mystery On 8 May 1927, he and François Coli left LeBourget Field near Paris on an historic nonstop flight to New York in a biplane called l'Oiseau Blanc (the White Bird) They were never seen again Following an exhaustive
World War I Aces - The Aerodrome An ace is a military aviator or airman credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft The term ace originated in World War I when French newspapers described Adolphe Pègoud as l'as (French for ace) after he shot down five German aircraft
William Thaw - The Aerodrome Abandoning his studies at Yale in 1913, William Thaw, the son of Benjamin Thaw, obtained a pilot's certificate from the Curtiss school and became a flight instructor When war broke out in Europe, he volunteered for the French Air Service but was rejected Instead, on 4 September 1914, he joined the French Foreign Legion and served in the trenches Despite poor vision, defective hearing and a