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Lafayette Escadrille (1958), a Wellman film starring Tab Hunter, and; Flyboys (2006), directed by Tony Bill and starring James Franco. The Lafayette Escadrille also appears in "Attack of the Hawkmen", an episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in which Indy is temporarily assigned to the group as an aerial reconnaissance photographer.
Lafayette Escadrille (originally titled C'est la Guerre) is a 1958 American war film produced by Warner Bros. It stars Tab Hunter and Etchika Choureau and features David Janssen and Will Hutchins, as well as Clint Eastwood, in an early supporting role. It was the final film in the career of director William A. Wellman and is based on his ...
More than 50 Flying Corps personnel (including members of the Lafayette Escadrille) initially served in the Ambulance Corps of the American Field Service. [2] AFS Surgeon-General Col. Edmund L. Gros, M.D. is credited with initiating the corps.
Like many other American aviators, Bullard hoped to join the famous squadron Escadrille Americaine N.124, the Lafayette Escadrille, but after enrolling 38 American pilots in the spring and summer of 1916, the squadron stopped accepting applicants.
Rites for French Air Hero Held at Lafayette Escadrille Park. Special to The New York Times. PARIS, Dec. 30 – In the presence of many French and American aviation enthusiasts including fliers of both World Wars, Col. Georges Thenault, French pilot who commanded the Lafayette Escadrille in the first World War, was buried with military rites today.
Hall in the Lafayette Escadrille, 1917. Hall was born in Colfax, Iowa, where he attended the local schools. His early home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hall graduated from Grinnell College in 1910. [2] He wrote the song "Sons of Old Grinnell", which is part of the college songbook. [3]
The Escadrille Américaine (Escadrille N.124) was authorized by the French Air Department on March 21, 1916. Paul Rockwell became a publicist for the fledgling Lafayette Escadrille. On May 18, 1916, Rockwell, flying a Nieuport , attacked and shot down a German aircraft, a two-man observation plane, over the Alsace battlefield despite having ...
Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) 103d Aero Squadron 94th Aero Squadron 95th Aero Squadron: 6 victories (1 shared) [1] Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, February, 1918 [1] Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2) Croix de guerre [19] [20] William Thomas Ponder: Lieutenant Escadrille SPA.67 Escadrille SPA.163 103d ...