 | | Re: Would a general/pilot in WW1............ —Lindsay Frederick Braun
| | | | (...) 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............ —James Powell
| | | | | (...) 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............ —Lindsay Frederick Braun
| | | | | (...) 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............ —James Powell
| | | | | (...) 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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