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| Kaoschallenged | 29 Oct 2013 9:51 p.m. PST |
WWI Airmen Deaths Showed Humanity, Chivalry Amidst WWI Monstrosity
on October 24, 2013 at 18:45 "There might have been more humanity expressed in the First World War than what we have been told or led to believe after all. In the middle of the horror that was so like WWI, there are stories that offer glimmer of human spirit between two opposing camps such as this one. Two British airmen have failed to return and their fates unknown after taking patrol responsibilities over the enemy's grounds. A month later, however, a German WWI aircraft took time and the danger to send note to the British line informing the latter about the airmen's deaths. But that was not all. 24-year-old Sydney Sutcliffe, the gunner/observer and Justin McKenna, 21, the pilot of the said British warplane were given a decent funeral that went on with full military honors in the German lines."
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| skippy0001 | 30 Oct 2013 8:44 a.m. PST |
For perspective-aerial warfare in WWI would be like strapping a laser on a Gemini and Soyuz capsule and having them fight. It was not considered a safe endeavor. |
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