This article is about the American flyers of the WWI French Air Force. For the organized American volunteer squadron of the WWI French Air Force, see Lafayette Escadrille. For the 1958 film, see Lafayette Escadrille (film).
"Lafayette Corps" redirects here. Not to be confused with Lafayette Squadron or Brigade La Fayette.
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The Lafayette Flying Corps is a name given to the American volunteer pilots who flew in the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) during World War I. It includes the pilots who flew with the bona fide Lafayette Escadrille squadron.
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The LafayetteFlyingCorps is a name given to the American volunteer pilots who flew in the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) during World War I. It includes...
all American pilots were in the Lafayette Escadrille; over 200 fought for France as part of the La Fayette FlyingCorps. On 3 April 1918, eleven American...
Afghanistan Lafayette Escadrille, a World War I squadron of the French Air Service composed largely of American pilots LafayetteFlyingCorps, a name given...
Hamilton. The LafayetteFlyingCorps. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920, Volume II, p. 324. Gordon, Dennis. The LafayetteFlyingCorps: The American...
served as a driver in the Ambulance Corps as well as an aviator in both the French Air Force's LafayetteFlyingCorps and the United States Army Air Service...
original complement included pilots from the disbanded Lafayette Escadrille and LafayetteFlyingCorps. One of those pilots, Paul F. Baer, became the first...
103d Aero Squadron, formed from former members of the Lafayette Escadrille and LafayetteFlyingCorps in January 1918. Baker helped to bring down an enemy...
aviation pioneer Eugene Jacques Bullard and his comrades from the LafayetteFlyingCorps; Salis portrayed Eugene Skinner, a character based on Bullard. On...
(1920). The LafayetteFlyingCorps: Volume 1. Houghton Mifflin. Retrieved 14 January 2024. Flammer, Philip M. (1981). The Vivid Air, the Lafayette Escadrille...
Daily News. Retrieved July 15, 2019. Gordon, Dennis (2000). The LafayetteFlyingCorps: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War...
Aviation Hall of Fame. Sinclaire was a member of the LafayetteFlyingCorps (of Americans flying for the French) during World War I and earned three Croix...
the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. He served in the LafayetteFlyingCorps, a group of 180 American pilots who flew for France. Guy was born...
Front. Hanna, William F. (June 1987). "New England Pilots in the LafayetteFlyingCorps". Bridgewater State University. Bridgewater, Massachusetts. p. 11...
was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his heroism. Served with the LafayetteFlyingCorps as the first African-American combat aviator. Georges Carpentier...
the first American fighter pilot to join N.87 escadrille in the LafayetteFlyingCorps, Wellman went on to score three recorded "kills", along with five...
LafayetteFlyingCorps, Volume 1. Edgar G. Hamilton. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920. Digitized 27 November 2008. No ISBN available. SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille:...
Eugene Bullard was credited with one or two victories while flying with the LafayetteFlyingCorps, but these were not verified. Bailey & Cony [page needed]...
selected by Walter Camp. During World War I, Moseley served with the LafayetteFlyingCorps, a group of American volunteer pilots who flew for the French. His...
Air Corps (Armée de l'Air). On July 16, 1917, Crehore enlisted in France’s Service Aéronautique Militaire (Armée de l'Air), or LafayetteFlyingCorps. He...
it traveled over land. LafayetteFlyingCorps Walt Brown, Jr., An American for Lafayette: The Diaries of E.C.C. Genet, Lafayette Escadrille. (Charlottesville:...
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