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plus we all know what swallowing castor oil will do to a person.
Sort of amazing that they would build over 48,000 engines and power over half of the Allied figters with them if they were "unreliable"
Sort of amazing that they would build over 48,000 engines and power over half of the Allied figters with them if they were "unreliable"
Volunteering to fly was just a good way to get out of the cold and mud, everybody at the time realized that flying was just as likely, or maybe more likely, to kill them as the trenches, flying was just a more plesant way to die.