There was a German ace who went on to become the commander of the world’s first naval air wing in WWI and an anti-Nazi after the war. Born on December 6, 1891, in Dessau, Germany, Gotthard Sachsenberg ...
Flying aces, flaming wreckage and deadly dogfights in the skies defined the First World War’s brutal air war. From fragile reconnaissance planes to lethal fighter aircraft, aerial warfare evolved at ...