This thread is going a little off line, but if you want to talk about going into action with little experience look at the 1st WW not the 2nd.
Not only were most of the pilots going into action with VERY little experience (yes, often single figures0, butthey were flying ROTAry engine aircraft which meant a LOT of torque and so very hard to handle, this also meant they were liberely plastered in castor oil (due to the dead loss oil system) which gives you the runs, to combat this problem they would drink brandy (I believe the RFC were actually allowed to indent for brandy for this reason), and they would also be flying at heights of 15,000' or more to try and get the height advantage.
To sum up, these inexperienced pilots would be flying a difficult aircraft, s*****ing themselves (literally), pissed and anoxic - And all this without a parachute!