With their auspicious beginning unapproved by the powers that be, would be artisans quickly became all the rage as the cartoon characters, lucky symbols, and pin-up dream girls sprang up on the noses of war machines to give courage and morale to the troops, as well as, identify friend from foe in the war torn skies.
Stunning images and an evocative day-by-day history of the aviation (and related) events of the period combine to describe the beauty, the romance and the tragedy of military aviation's early days.
