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Escadrille Lafayette -- Aviateurs et mécaniciens de la France Libre en formation aux États-Unis. Le 18 mai 1916, l'escadrille recense sa première victoire lorsque Kiffin Rockwell abat un biplan [3]. En juin elle s'installe à Bar-le-Duc pour prendre part à la bataille de Verdun, où elle remporte 13 victoires homologuées en 146 combats [4].
The Lafayette Escadrille was formed in April 1916, made up of American pilots who volunteered to fight for France. So many pilots offered their services that an additional unit, the Lafayette Flying Corps, had to be established. When America entered the war in 1918, the squadron was transferred to the U.S. Army Air Service. The Escadrille had a ...
Jean GISCLON, Chasseurs au groupe La Fayette, 1916-1945, Paris, Nel, 1997. Jean GISCLON, Les As de l’Escadrille La Fayette, Paris, Hachette, 1976. Jean GISCLON, L’Escadrille La Fayette, de l’Escadrille La Fayette au La Fayette Squadron, 1916-1945, Paris, France Empire, 1975. Dennis GORDON, The Lafayette Flying Corps.The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War I, Atglen ...
The Lafayette Escadrille was formed in April 20, 1916 – a year before the US joined the war and two years before the first American-raised squadrons of the United States Air Service saw combat. Their equipment, their gear, their commander, their ground crew and organizational structure were all French. So was more or less everything else ...
Les exploits des quarante-trois pilotes de l’escadrille entretiennent la légende de cette unité. L’Escadrille Lafayette, composée de jeunes pilotes américains, combattants volontaires du côté français avant l’entrée en guerre des Etats-Unis (6 avril 1917), est créée le 20 avril 1916 à Luxeuil-les-Bains.
Lafayette Escadrille American Volunteer Pilots in WWI. By Stephen Sherman, Aug. 2001.Updated April 15, 2012. B efore the United States entered the war in 1917, American sympathy for the Allies took many forms. One of the most famous was the Lafayette Escadrille, which started in April, 1916 as the Escadrille Américaine.As this name prompted German diplomatic complaints, it was renamed the ...
Other articles where Lafayette Escadrille is discussed: William Wellman: Films of the 1950s: …during World War II, and Lafayette Escadrille (both 1958), the latter his most autobiographical film, dealing with his own flying unit during World War I. Over his prolific career Wellman put his name on scores of films, many of which were unmemorable; however, when he was at his best, his…
