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My grandmother was a child during WWI and lived in Serbia, she use to tell me stories about during the war
One thing she said was before she had actually seen a plane she was told about the dangerous "luftfisch" and as a child thought they were some type of flying fish not a mechanical machine I miss her
Thanks for sharing the video
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Re: WW1 Aerial Combat Footage (In Colour)
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#6468392 02/21/1903:52 AM02/21/1903:52 AM
You are correct. Awesome. I still find myself looking for info on the Barons flying Circus. In 1917-1918-the Prussian pilots were a force to be reckoned with. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Re: WW1 Aerial Combat Footage (In Colour)
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#6469616 02/22/1908:28 AM02/22/1908:28 AM
A couple of years ago our family walked through a museum with the planes of WWI. Seeing the canvas and wood plains in person really helps get the feel of this video footage. Thank you Fin.
Re: WW1 Aerial Combat Footage (In Colour)
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#6469801 02/22/1911:22 AM02/22/1911:22 AM
Pretty cool to have videos of that vintage. I was impressed with the way they dropped a bomb by hand. Things have sure changed in the air in the last 100 years.
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I just finished a great book called "Forty Seven Days" that details Pershing's life and role in finishing WWI. They talk a lot about the aerial support for the ground troops but there was so little communication between the front lines and the rear that it was tough to get things right.
That is incredible footage. I think about 5-6 seconds from the start the pilot is Hermann Goering who went on to be the commander of the Red Baron's Flying Circus after the Baron was killed. He also was the #2 man under Hitler and commanded the Luftwaffe in WW2.
Re: WW1 Aerial Combat Footage (In Colour)
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#6470600 02/23/1904:14 AM02/23/1904:14 AM
That is incredible footage. I think about 5-6 seconds from the start the pilot is Hermann Goering who went on to be the commander of the Red Baron's Flying Circus after the Baron was killed. He also was the #2 man under Hitler and commanded the Luftwaffe in WW2.
I thought the same thing. It does look like Goering. I'll bet it is. He was a famous ace at that time and there is quite a bit of footage of him.
What amazes me about the airplanes of that era is what they could do in the air, meanwhile you couldn't buy a car that you would bet your life on because it might not even start.
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Re: WW1 Aerial Combat Footage (In Colour)
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#6471688 02/24/1903:33 AM02/24/1903:33 AM
Still hard to believe that this thread has not taken off (no pun intended). This is really good footage and for the many history buffs on this site, I thought it would garner more attention. Not that I'm whining, I'm just say'in.
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Re: WW1 Aerial Combat Footage (In Colour)
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#6471693 02/24/1904:24 AM02/24/1904:24 AM
Yes, portions of that film depict Hermann Goering. The film is incredible. Aerial battle footage, aerial bombing footage, dogfights, raids, they captured and show everything. That may be most or all of the surviving German Luftwaffe film from WWI. Can you imagine the odds of any film being taken, getting developed, surviving through battle, and ending up on the webernet more than 100 years later! In those conditions, how did those guys keep the batteries charged in their iPhones?