• CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Well, actually…

    On September 7 [1914], Russian Pyotr Nesterov was the first pilot to destroy an enemy airplane, but he did it by ramming his Morane into an Austrian Albatros. Both air crews died as a result.

    • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      So the first kill was a type of Kamikaze? Surprisingly unchivalrous for what I’ve read about early military aviation.