Cavalry of the Air: An Illustrated Introduction to the Aircraft and Aces of the First World War

Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive. These are their stories.

In the clinging mud and trench warfare of WWI, it was soon clear that the cavalry — the elite of the elite — would be of little use.



The dashing men and officers of the cavalry searched for a way to be front and center in the conflict, and found it in the new air forces being established on both sides of the Western Front. Soon lances and sabres were replaced by silk s...