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Bloody April - Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917 (Paperback, New ed)
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Bloody April - Slaughter in the Skies over Arras, 1917 (Paperback, New ed)
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The story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in
1917 As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of Arras, they
desperately needed accurate aerial reconnaissance photographs. But
by this point the Royal Flying Club were flying obsolete planes.
The new German Albatros scouts massively outclassed them in every
respect: speed, armament, ability to withstand punishment and
manoeuverability. Many of the RFC's pilots were straight out of
flying school - as they took to the air they were sitting targets
for the experienced German aces. Over the course of 'Bloody April'
the RFC suffered casualties of over a third. The average life
expectancy of a new subaltern on the front line dropped to just
eleven days. And yet they carried on flying, day after day, in the
knowledge that, in the eyes of their commanders at least, their own
lives meant nothing compared to the photographs they brought back,
which could save tens of thousands of soldiers on the ground. In
this book Peter Hart tells the story of the air war over Arras,
using the voices of the men who were actually there.
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