WWI: Flying Aces — Featuring The Flying Historian
American Civil War & UK History
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1h 18m
Daz is joined by historian Kelsey Ellington, better known as **The Flying Historian**, to explore the lives and careers of three of the most famous flying aces of the First World War: **Cecil Lewis, Edward “Mick” Mannock, and Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary “Red Baron.”**
We discuss their experiences in the skies over the Western Front, their aerial victories, the realities of aerial combat during the First World War, and the very different legacies these pioneering aviators left behind.
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