An odd thing happened last night, I was surfing thru Amazon Prime movies and just happened to come across a two series show called "Air Aces".
The series was about WWl pilots.
They had a short description of Roland Garros bullet deflecting device. It was much more than simple cladding. It appeared to be in the shape of an equilateral triangle the base was the width of the prop and appeared to be about 1 1/2-2" thick, the point was mounted facing the pilot. It must have been exciting when firing at the enemy!
There also was a short section on Anthony Fokker as well as most of the Aces. The aerial shots and ground scenes were CGI but looked pretty good.
I did not know how young the Red Baron was (25) when he died.
If you have Amazon prime check it out. When the show ends there are several other suggestions related to what you just watched including " The Blue Max" filmed in 1966 No CGI there!

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