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ACES
WITHOUT
FACES
WHILE GERMAN AND FRENCH ACES BECAME CELEBRITIES
IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES DURING WORLD WAR I,
BRITAIN’S TOP PILOTS REMAINED LARGELY ANONYMOUS
BY GAVIN MORTIMERace versus ace Arthur
Rhys-Davids’ 25 victories
included German ace
Werner Voss.part of the team James
McCudden got 57 “Huns”
and the VC, only to die in
an accident.