When remembering the history of World War I and World War II, that person's first thoughts probably revolve around all the bloodshed and death that they derived from it. It is most likely very rare to find a person whose first thoughts are directed at how those who fought in war behaved in a merciful or, better said, chivalrous manner. This is in fact the number of fighter pilots who acted during this period. There are many stories of mercy shown by sky fighter pilots, like a knight, these pilots acted according to a code of honor, and many people are unaware of this happening. The public perception of air combat is different from its reality. Through many first-hand accounts of those who experienced dogfighting and reported it afterward, it can be seen that the fighter pilot strives to live by a code of honor just as knights did on the battlefield many years Before. According to Lordsandladies.org, there was not actually an authentic code of chivalry, but a moral system that went beyond the rules of combat and introduced the concept of chivalric conduct, qualities idealized by knighthood, such as courage, courtesy, honor and gallantry. Among other things, protecting the weak and defenseless and never turning your back on the enemy were included in the Code of Chivalry. The knight's legacy is important for understanding many aspects of Western military and social practices. The knight himself has virtually disappeared, but that doesn't mean his chivalric legacy doesn't live on in modern warriors. According to many, fighter pilots developed to have a role in air combat similar to that of the cavalryman on the battlefield. Joe Granducci and Dr. Carl Edwin Lindgren believe there are many parallels between a knife......half of paper. .....sometimes funerals are organized for pilots even if they were on the opposite side. For many pilots during the First and Second World Wars, the final destination was the grave. But French and British pilots were trained to extend their respect even to the reality of death. One of the first Americans killed while flying with the French was Victor Chapman. Chapman was killed at a time when thousands upon thousands of French soldiers were being killed in the trenches and Chapman's funeral showed how exceptionally the pilots were treated compared to the ground troops. Edmond Genet described the funeral in a letter he wrote home saying that nearly all of the remaining American colony in Paris, as well as many Frenchmen, were present at the funeral. This funeral was an important event for the French as they felt the need to honor an American who had fallen in service to their country.