New German aircraft meant that the RFC suffered very heavy casualties in the early months of 1917 – particularly during what became known as ‘Bloody April’. Fresh pilots were sent to the front without adequate training, resulting in significant loss of life. This was something that flight commander Gwilym Lewis did his best to counter. Barrie, Ontario. These RFC Canada schools and bases produced a steady flow of pilots for the front. Over the

Canadian Air Aces and HeroesFeatures extensive biographies of Billy Bishop and other Canadian military heroes. Great illustrations and details of vintage aircraft. even working closely with the artillery to more effectively destroy enemy guns that were dug in and camouflaged behind enemy lines.By 1917, the blueprint for aerial operations on the Western Front was firmly established. After the end of the Battle of the Somme in October 1916 there was little activity during the severe winter that followed. The German retreat to the defensive Hindenburg Line during February-March made continued aerial reconnaissance by the Allies vital. Some of the “Canadians” who enlisted in the British air services were…American. According to historian S.F. Wise, who compiled a database of more than 13,000 Canadian pilots in the First World War, Much of the Allied and German publicity and propaganda surrounding the air war stressed the appeal of flying and the supposed chivalry of these new “knights of the sky,” but the stress on pilots was relentless. The physical strain of flying the unwieldy than a dozen German fighters. During the desperate battle, Barker shot down three enemy planes, but barely survived three terrible wounds. For his bravery he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Bombing was an obvious offensive tactic for use in air warfare, but different countries approached the concept in different ways. Russia was the first to develop an airplane specifically for this purpose: the Murometz, a large four-engine airplane that Igor Sikorsky had developed in 1913 as a passenger plane, was adapted for use as a bomber in 1914 and was used successfully throughout the war.

There is some debate about the number of Canadians who served in British air services during the First World War. The “official” number by Canadian politicians who remained focused on Canada’s expeditionary force of over 450,000 soldiers. It was a missed opportunity that would have further allowed for Canada to distinguish itself within the Allied war effort. It would not be until 1The chapters introduce Bert's brother Tom, a stolid greengrocer, who views technological progress with apprehension. Also introduced is their aged father, who recalls, with longing, the time when Bun Hill was a quiet village and he had been able to drive the local squire's carriage. The story soon shifts focus to Bert; an unimpressive, unsuccessful, not particularly gifted young man with few ideas about larger things. Bert is far from unintelligent, however and we come to know that Bert has a strong attachment to a young woman named Edna. Da notare l'inquietante preveggenza di questa romanzo pubblicato nel 1908 sia per il ruolo determinante della Germania sia per il concetto di guerra mondiale. Raymond CollishawView a brief profile and artifacts related to Air Vice Marshal Raymond Collishaw. From the Canadian War Museum. However, it is rather disappointing that these comments and insights are rarely tied into the warp and woof of the narrative, but are added on as little observational essays in the voice of the abstracted narrator. It would have been much more effective if he'd found a way to demonstrate these ideas in his story--otherwise, what's the point of writing a bit of fiction in the first place when he could easily have made it into a tract? Canada and, like all veterans, sought to reconnect with loved ones and find jobs. Many of the Great War flyers mapped the North or delivered mail to remote communities as bush