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Dr. Edmund Gros Kiffin Rockwell, Capt. Georges Thenault, Norman Prince, Lt. Alfred de Laage de Meux, Elliot Cowdin, Bert Hall, James McConnell and Victor Chapman (left to right) The mascots of the Lafayette Escadrille were the two lion cubs Whiskey and Soda Edmond Charles Clinton Genet was the first American to die after America entered the war against Germany.
The Lafayette Flying Corps is a name given to the American volunteer pilots who flew in the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) during World War I. It includes the pilots who flew with the bona fide Lafayette Escadrille squadron.
Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) Escadrille SPA.3: 8 victories (2 shared) Awarded: Médaille militaire Croix de guerre Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Croix de guerre (Belgium) [18] David McKelvey Peterson: Major Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) 103d Aero Squadron 94th Aero Squadron 95th Aero Squadron: 6 victories (1 shared) [1]
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.
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 ...
After months of lobbying, Prince was able to convince the French military to create the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of flyers that mostly consisted of Americans, with some French officers. [2]: 44 Genet joined a year after its formation. Much to his happiness – as he had trouble with speaking French – he found several fellow Americans ...
In his turn, Kiffin requested transfer from the trenches to France's air arm and was among the first Americans to be added to the infant fighter/pursuit squadron which would come to be known as the Lafayette Escadrille. [7] The Escadrille Américaine (Escadrille N.124) was authorized by the French Air Department on March 21, 1916.
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 ...