Global InformationAlfred de Laage de Meux information
Alfred de Laage de Meux | |
|---|---|
 de Meux, ca. 1915–1917 | |
| Born | 24 September 1891 Clessé, Deux-Sèvres, France |
| Died | 23 May 1917 (aged 25) Ham, Somme, France |
| Buried | Ham, Somme, France |
| Allegiance | United States/France |
| Service/ | Aviation |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | Lafayette Escadrille |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Alfred de Laage de Meux (24 September 1891 – 23 May 1917)[1][2] was a French lieutenant. He was one of the founders and second-in-command of the Lafayette Escadrille, serving under commander Georges Thenault.[1][3] First serving as a cavalryman and second lieutenant for a separate regiment in World War I, he then entered the Service Aéronautique, serving as a machine gunner and observer, before receiving his flying certificate. He then met Georges Thenault before accepting Thenault's request to join the Lafayette Escadrille in 1916. De Meux was killed on 23 May 1917 when his plane crashed due to engine failure.
- ^ a b Ruffin 2016, Chapter II: The Escadrille Américane is born.
- ^ Nordhoff 1920, pp. 83–84.
- ^ Treadwell 2020, Chapter Four.