Barrel roll A wing over acrobatic manoeuvre.

Black roses Puffs of black smoke appearing suddenly
as shell explodes high in the air.

Blighty English slang for a wound. Generally
applied to a wound serious enough to
cause removal to England.

Blipped his motor Raced; rapid advancement of throttle.

Blotto To become unconscious.

Brass hat A General Officer, commonly used by
British soldiers.

Bucked Encouraged, made confident.

Caisson An ammunition wagon for mobile artillery.

Caudron Early type of French plane. Slow and
poor climber. Later used for instruction
ship because of high factors of safety.

Ceiling Sometimes designates highest point to
which a certain ship will climb; again,
the altitude of cloud banks or fog
stratas obscuring ground vision.

Circus Name applied to certain large air groups
of the German army.

C.O. Commanding Officer. Applied to any who
command a unit.

Contour chasing To fly low, following the contour of the
ground and zooming over natural and
artificial obstacles.

Crate Derisively applied to any old, or badly
worn plane, or to ship types not liked
by the pilots.

Dawn patrols Patrols going out for combat at dawn.

Dog-fighting Wherein a number of planes engage in a
free-for-all fight. Generally develops
into an every-man-for-himself fight.

'Drome Applied loosely to both hangars and
landing fields. An air base.

E.A. Enemy Aircraft.

Elephants Semi-circular huts of steel, capable of
being moved. So called, probably,
because of color, and size.

Ferry pilot A pilot used to fly ships from aviation
pool or supply base up to active
squadrons.

_Finis la guerre_ End of the war.

Flying pig A large projectile from a type of mortar
used by the Germans. Could be seen in
flight an