Flying ace after he became the first pilot to down five German aircraft. The British initially used the term "star-turns" (a show business term), while the Germans described their elite fighter pilots as "Überkanonen" (which roughly translates to "top guns"). The successes of such German ace pilots as Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke were much publicised for the benefit of civilian morale, and the "Pour le Mérite", Prussia’s highest award for gallantry, became part of the uniform of a leading German ace. In the "Luftstreitkräfte" the "Pour le Mérite" was nicknamed "Der blaue Max"/The Blue Max, after Max Immelmann, who was the
The Flying Ace They were a powerful sentiment to the many discriminated blacks at the time and gave the common people, including whites, another take on colored people asides from the stereotypical ""black face"" portrayed in many Hollywood films at the time. With the early introduction of race movies in America, we now have many black films today. Films such as "The Flying Ace" provided African Americans the opportunity to depict their full potential to a dominant white crowd, and provided younger audiences with positive black role models to aspire to. Although based on a fighter pilot, "The Flying Ace" does not contain