British Experience of Warfare

4 important questions on British Experience of Warfare

Who was the commander of the Royal Flying Corps?

Hugh Trenchard. He was the father of the RAF.

Did the RFC attract the aristocratic elite?

Yes, many had public school backgrounds, owed their RFC officer position to nepotism(getting the position through having power/money/good connections). They saw a wartime career with the RFC as a jolly jape. An extension of the gentleman's club and the cricket pitch. Flying aircraft was seen as sport.

Who advanced quicker the British or Germans?

The German's, they advanced quicker than the British and were able to take down more British, and they also developed the technology to fire a machine gun through the propeller of the plane, stopping the bullet before the propeller went round.
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What is the interrupter gear?

It gave the German's the edge in combat, in which it could stop the bullet while the propeller went round and then it would fire. It pushed the British to advance their technology.

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