Series editor John Farren writes: Edward Mannock VC and James McCudden VC rose from modest backgrounds to become two of Britain's greatest fighter aces in World War One. As their number of ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed a new technology that takes inspiration from WWI fighter aircraft machine gun and propeller synchronization to manipulate cell ...

The Royal Flying Corps, which became the Royal Air Force in 1918, played an increasingly critical role in the fighting and a new type of hero was born, the flying ace. In the summer of 1918 ...