Voices Of The First World War

9.30AM, RADIO 4

In April 1917, Britain’s Royal Flying Corps became heavily involved in the war effort. Aerial observations were stepped up, and the war in the air – particularly during the Battle of Arras – became intense. It was a deadly time for members of the Corps: they were undertrained, compared with German aircrews, with technically inferior aircraft and overambitious tactics. In this documentary, Dan Snow hears from some of the British pilots and aircrew about the month they called Bloody April.