Life on the Battlefield
     


War and Faith

     
 
 
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Life on the Battlefield

Statue of Pilot, Artist Unknown, Bronze, ca. 1915

Artist Unknown
Statue of Pilot
Bronze, ca. 1915

 

 

Almost half of the 5500 pilots serving in World War I died in accidents caused by faulty material or unreliable air security. For this reason, pilots were often imbued with a special aura of heroic bravery.