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The La Fayette Escadrille (French: Escadrille de La Fayette) was the name of the French Air Force unit escadrille N 124 during the First World War (1914–1918). This escadrille of the Aéronautique Militaire was composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying fighters .
Harold Buckley Willis shown with the original insignia of the Lafayette Escadrille (N 124) in France during World War I about March 1917. Second insignia created by Harold Willis for the Lafayette Escadrille. Sgt. Willis, was captured after an aerial battle, probably against Lt. Wilhelm Schulz of Jasta 16b, 18 August 1917.
When World War II broke out in September 1939, the "Groupe de Chasse II/5" was assigned to Toul-Croix De Metz; the Group's first "escadrille" aircraft sported a "Sioux Head", but it was not before 1942 that the escadron received the lineage of the Lafayette Escadrille, thus becoming "Groupe de Chasse II/5 Lafayette".
GCII/5 was the first unit organized, at first consisting of a single squadron of P-40 Tomahawk fighters acquired from the United States Army Air Forces, because of its ties to the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. Operating from a forward base at Thelepte, Tunisia, the two squadrons of GCII/5 fought alongside American units in clearing North ...
Lieutenant Colonel [a] Georges Thenault (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ təno]) (15 December 1887 – 19 December 1948) was the commander of the Lafayette Escadrille – the famed branch of the French air force in World War I composed of American volunteer pilots. The Lafayette Escadrille was created before the United States gave up its ...
Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) Escadrille SPA.3; Battles / wars World War I World War II Mexican Revolution: Awards: Legion d'Honneur (France) Médaille militaire (France) Croix de Guerre (France) Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Other work: FBI agent, author, and naval officer
Paul Pavelka (October 26, 1890 – November 12, 1917) [2] [5] was an American aviator and a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. He joined the United States Navy as a sailor and served on the USS Maryland (ACR-8). In World War I, his regiment fought in the Second Battle of Champagne. Pavelka then transferred to French aviation, later joining the ...
Commander Willis Bradley Haviland, (10 March 1890 – 28 November 1944) was a pioneer military pilot in World War I and a naval air station commanding officer in World War II. As the sixteenth American volunteer in the Lafayette Escadrille , he was among the first air combat pilots to fight the Germans in World War I, before the United States ...