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GEORGES GUYNEMER
Georges Guynemer was born on December 24, 1894 in Paris (16th District) and killed in action on September 11, 1917 near Poelkapelle (Belgium). Hewas the most famous French fighter pilots of the First World War, even not being the highest scorer (that was René Fonck with 75 victories, s ...
HISTORY OF AVIATOR AND PILOT WATCH. PART ONE: THE UNEXPECTED SANTOS BY CARTIER
Who was the first man flying an airplane? It depends on what we name an airplane: if an airplane is a device which flies and it’s heavier than the air, then American Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur were the first ones who in Kitty Hawk (NC) back in 1903 achieved the feat.
EDDIE RICKENBACKER
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (Columbus, Ohio 1890 - Zurich, 1973) was an American WW1 fighter pilot decorated with the Medal of Honor, an automobile designer, comic scriptwriter, state adviser in military affairs and pioneer of air transport, being a longtime director of Eastern Airlines.
FRANCESCO BARACCA
Born on May 9, 1888 to a rich family (his father Henry was a businessman and landowner, and his mother was Countess Paolina de Biancoli) Francesco Baracca studied in his hometown of Lugo, province of Ravenna, to continue in Florence and finally at the Military Academy of Modena in 1907, from which ...
MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (Kleinburg, near Breslau, May 2, 1892-Vaux-sur-Somme, near Amiens, April 21, 1918), known as the Red Baron (Der Rote Baron) was the ace of aces of the First World War with 80 victories officially recognized.
Member of a family of the Prussian ...
WILLIAM “BILLY” BISHOP, VC
William Avery "Billy" Bishop (Owen Sound, Canada, February 8th, 1894 - Palm Beach, Florida, USA, September 11th, 1956).
In 1911 he entered the Royal Military College of Canada. At the outbreak of World War I, he left the academy and enlisted in the cavalry weapon, joining the Mississauga ...