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Lafayette Escadrille pilots with Fram and a Nieuport 16, March 1916. ... Eugene Jacques Bullard, the world's first black military pilot (93 Spad Squadron) Richard ...
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.
The Lafayette Flying Corps: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War I. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military/Aviation History Pub, 2000. ISBN 9780764311086; Harris, Henry Scott. All Blood Runs Red: Life and Legends of Eugene Jacques Bullard: First Black American Military Aviator. NOOK Book (eBook): eBookIt, 2012.
Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks [a], maintains the legacy and history of the LaFayette Escadrille pilots. The collection of each of these pilots' original uniforms and memorabilia is on display in custom cabinets in a secured hangar of World War I aircraft.
The 103rd Aero Squadron was an aviation pursuit squadron of the U.S. Air Service that served in combat in France during World War I.Its original complement included pilots from the disbanded Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps.
Thad Walker, a spoiled, rich kid from Boston who had gotten in serious trouble with the law, fled to France to join the French Foreign Legion in World War I.In Paris, with companions, "Duke" Sinclair, Dave Putnam, Tom Hitchcock and Bill Wellman, the boys stop at a bar and learn of the recent formation of the Lafayette Escadrille made up of American volunteer pilots who fly for France.
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 ...
In 1916, he became a pilot in the Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service) and, beginning in January 1917, he flew with the famed Lafayette Escadrille. He was credited with one victory [4] and flew many times as Raoul Lufbery's wingman. [citation needed]