Cavalry of the Clouds: Air War Over Europe 1914-1918 - John Sweetman - Google Books

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In 1917, David Lloyd George declared that airmen were 'the cavalry of the clouds - the knighthood of this war.' This romantic image was fostered post-war by writers of adventure stories and the stunts of Hollywood filmmakers, and yet it was far from the…