Douglas Bader, the Tin-Legged Ace Who Flew the Battle of Britain on Two Artificial Legs
How RAF ace Douglas Bader lost both legs in a 1931 crash and still flew the Battle of Britain on two artificial legs.
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The Lafayette Escadrille forms on this day in nineteen sixteen
On April 20, 1916, the Lafayette Escadrille formed as American volunteer pilots joined France's air war a full year before the U.S. entered WWI.
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