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The War
in the Air
Aircraft technology was
little over a decade old when Archduke
Franz Ferdinand's assassination
in late June 1914 ultimately resulted in the outbreak of 'The Great War' a month
later.
Initially deemed of little
use to the armed services other than in a reconnaissance role, aircraft
development exploded during wartime (all too often literally). For example,
France had fewer than 140 aircraft when her war against Germany began; four
years later that number had ballooned to approximately 4,500.
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