The Origins of Gremlins

First airplane brought down in combat was an austrian plane that was literally rammed by a russian pilot. Both pilots died after the wreckage plummeted to the ground below. It wasn't the most efficient method of air combat, but it was a start. Fortunately, there have been more reasons for combat disasters than machine gun bullets and suicidal pilots. And one of the most unique and mysterious of those causes first appeared in a british newspaper. The newly constituted royal air force in 19 18 appears to have detected the existence of a horde of mysterious and malicious sprites whose whole purpose in life was to bring about as many inexplicable mishaps which, in those days as now trouble an airman's life