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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, also known as C'est la Guerre, Hell Bent for Glory (UK) and With You in My Arms, 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.
He joined Escadrille 6. [1] He then became a corporal in Escadrille 42 in 1915, flying a Caudron. He flew a Nieuport in Escadrille 65, before transferring into a French unit composed of American volunteers, known as the Escadrille Americaine, Escadrille 124 under its new designation became nicknamed the Lafayette Escadrille. [2]
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.
Escadrille AR.214 Escadrille BR.40 Escadrille BR.210 91st Aero Squadron: 5 victories (all shared) Flew as observer/gunner Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, December, 1917 [1] Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) [2] Silver Star Citation (×2) [3] Paul Frank Baer: Lieutenant Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille ...
In 1916, a group of American volunteers formed the Escadrille Américaine (shortly to be renamed N-124 Escadrille Lafayette) to aid France's war effort against the Germans. The squadron was renamed at the request of the American Secretary of War after heavy protest from Germany that an American squadron was a violation of the United States ...
Norman Prince (August 31, 1887 – October 15, 1916) was an American aviator and leading founder of France's Lafayette Escadrille. Biography He was ...
Elliott Christopher Cowdin (March 3, 1886 - January 6, 1933) was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille who downed three German planes. [1] He was born in Queens, New York City to John Elliot Cowdin and Gertrude Cheever. He died on January 6, 1933, in Palm Beach, Florida. [1]