Pilots dropping bombs by hand in WW1.

World War I was the first major conflict to see widespread use of powered aircraft -- invented barely more than a decade before the fighting began. Airplanes, along with kites, tethered balloons, and zeppelins gave all major armies a new tactical platform to observe and attack enemy forces from above.

412 (Canadian) Sqn.Spitfire Mk IIa at RAF Digby, Lincolnshire, 1941. From Cine film, Britain at War by Rosie Newman, IWM.

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Auto-graded practice and assessment of "WW starter WB p 11" for in-class and distance learning.

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We at Bored Panda love to see history come alive, which is why we think you'll also like this series of colorized photos by Russian Flickr user klimbims. Historical life in Russia reads like a novel--which may be why it has been the subject of so many novels--and these vintage photos bring that forgotten way of life into the modern age.

unknown pilot in 11./JG 27

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America's First Black Military Aviator In August of 1917 Eugene Jacques Bullard, an American volunteer in the French army, became the first African American military pilot and one of only a few blacks pilot in World War I. Born in Columbus, Ga., on Oct. 9,,

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