What was the Lafayette Escadrille?
The Lafayette Escadrille was a fighter squadron fighting for France in WWI. It was created in March of 1916. It consisted of 38 American pilots with French officers and ground crews. Raoul Lufbery was the squadrons ace pilot with 16 confirmed kills. The squadron saw its first action on May 13th of 1916 during the Battle of Verdun. It scored its first kill 5 days later and its first casualty in June of that year. In total 265 American volunteers served with the squadron.
The squadron was disbanded in February of 1918 and 12 of its pilots were absorbed into the 103 Aero Squadron of the American Air Corps.
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John W Shreve
Nicholas Miernicki, Both of my grandfathers were too old for WW I. I, however, am very, very young.
Vernon Ross
Very tricky with picture used!🤔👎😜
Larry Jones
Nicholas Miernicki, Both my grandfathers served in France during WWI, so you are not the only old one here.
Terry L. Carby
There is a very good movie Lafayette Escadril with some very young actors named Clint Eastwood, David Jansen and I think Tab Hunter.
Nicholas Miernicki
Easy one, as a kid, an uncle got me interested in building models of WW I aircraft and the history of the air war. My grandfather served in the US Army during WW I (I'm old, as you can imagine).
jatayja
yea thank tiu
Bill0325
Thank you - good to know