Here are the instructions for formatting today's assignment:
  1. Open up NOTEPAD or WORDPAD, browse to 'MY DOCUMENTS/ASSIGNMENT.HTML' and make these changes to the this page.
  2. Make each H1 a named anchor (A NAME="nnnn"). Call them "toc", "intro", "engl", and "conc". These names are arbitrary.
  3. In the "Table of Contents", delete the PRE and /PRE tags. Make each item under Table of Contents an unordered list item. Be sure to close the list.
  4. Make each list item tag in the table of contents (from the prior step) the link to named anchors created in step #1. Don't forget the pound sign in the (A HREF).
  5. Insert a IMG tag to reference fonck.jpg prior to the second paragraph of text, the link is identical to the link to richtofen.jpg, except for the name.
  6. Create a relative link to countries.html using the word "countries" in the Introduction below. The file countries.html is in the same file as ASSIGNMENT.HTML
  7. In "ENGLAND", delete the PRE and /PRE tags and make the items an ordered list.
  8. Make an absolute link to http://www.wpafb.af.mil/cgi-bin/quiz.pl/history/ww1/ejb.htm from the name Eugene Jacques Bullard in the last paragraph of the "Conclusion" below.
  9. Make the text "Go Back to the Top of the Page" at the end of the document the link to "toc".
  10. Delete this ordered list.
  11. SAVE AS assignment.html, make sure text document is the type
  12. Open up a browser and search for MY DOCUMENTS assignment.html . Display the file
Air Aces of WWI

Table of Contents

Introduction
England
Conclusion

Introduction

The Pilots:

Sixteen countries that fought in WWI boasted air aces. The major combatants had the highest scorers. Success depended on the state of technology in each of the warring nations at the time the pilot flew, along with his skill, his luck and his basic longevity, which was function of the last two elements.

Germany had the "Ace of Aces", Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known as the "Red Baron". Von Richtofen downed 80 enemy planes but did not survive the war.

The next highest scoring aces were a Frenchman, Rene Fonck with 75 victories and a Canadian, Billy Bishop with 72. Both survived the war. Neither of England's highest scorers lived until the end of the war. Mick Mannock, who was of Irish descent shot down 61 planes and James McCudden chipped in with 57. As for the Americans, Eddy Rickenbacker was the highest scorer. Many noted American pilots had flown with the air forces of other countries, due to the United States late entry into the war.

England 

Mannock - 61
McCudden - 57
Ball  - 44
Fullard - 40
Gass - 39

Conclusion

Many of the most charismatic figures who fought in the skies during WWI were not the top scorers for their countries. Germany's von Richtofen is an exception to this rule, as is England's Mannock. However, the lore of WWI aviation is dominated by stories of such notables as England's Albert Ball and Lanoe Hawker, France's Georges Guynemer and Charles Nungesser, and Raoul Lufberry and Frank Luke of the USA. America's first African-American aviator, Eugene Jacques Bullard, was not allowed in the American Air Force so he flew for France.


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