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15/04/2013 GMT

The First War in the Air

BBC World Service - Witness History, The First War in the Air

The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air

The story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air.

April 1917 was one of the deadliest months for British pilots operating on the Western Front in World War One. We hear the story of a young British pilot who survived the world's first war in the air.

Photo: Dogfight over the Western Front. Hulton Collection/Getty Images.

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