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Who was the Knight of Death?
Did you know?
Charles Nungesser survived the war but later disappeared while trying to fly all the way from New York to Paris.
Your Mission
Can you name two more French aces?

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Remember how we talked about aircraft insignia? Well, here’s a really cool one. Can you spot it?

This plane is painted just like the one flown by a famous French pilot named Charles Nungesser. He was France’s third-highest scoring ace!

Charles loved danger and fast cars. He didn’t like following rules, but he was very popular in France. His nickname was The Knight of Death, and his insignia was a black-and-white skull and crossbones!

Everyone knew his design on both sides of the war. But one day, an English pilot who was new to flying mistook it for a German symbol — and attacked him by accident! After that, Charles added red, white, and blue stripes to his wings so people would know he was French.