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  Re: Would a general/pilot in WW1.........
 
(...) Well, I'm going to answer here, because others might like to know the answer too! The short answer is yes and no. Yeah, not helpful, but it's true. The shoulder-thingies (called epaulettes or "shoulderboards") were never used by flight crews. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
 
  Re: Would a general/pilot in WW1.........
 
(...) Nope. The average pilots service life was _less_ than the average grunt. 2nd Lt (ground) had lowest life expectancy, I believe around 17 DAYS. But, pilots often died in the first 5 MIN of combat. The good pilots lasted much longer...but, they (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
 
  Re: Would a general/pilot in WW1.........
 
(...) I was actually including the non-combat service life with it, so in fact you may be agreeing with me here. ;) It also does shift from year to year, month to month, as aerial combat is refined and made more lethal and exhaustion sets in on the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
 
  Re: Would a general/pilot in WW1.........
 
(...) Well, that's what you get when you send someone into the air with a machine that is of dubious quality at best, and with less than 10 hrs of flying time! (boy, lives were cheap then!) James (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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