Like a thunderbolt : the Lafayette Escadrille and the advent of American pursuit in World War I / Roger G. Miller.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Miller, Roger G. (Roger Gene)

Contributor:

Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 103rd.

United States.

France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette.

France.

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, French.

World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--France.

World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--United States.

Military operations, Aerial--American.

Military operations, Aerial--French.

Regimental histories.

Genre:

Government publications

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 68 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Air Force sixtieth anniversary commemorative ed.

Other Title:

Lafayette Escadrille and the advent of American pursuit in World War I

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction

The air war

Origin of the Lafayette Escadrille

N 124 goes to war

Lafayette pilots transfer to the U.S. Air Service

The 1st Pursuit Group

Conclusion

Epilogue

Appendixes: I. American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille ; II. Aces of the Lafayette Escadrille ; III. Air fields of the Lafayette Escadrille and 103rd Aero Squadron ; IV. Lafayette Escadrille Memorial ; V. Lafayette Flying Corps personnel interred in the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial ; VI. The French Lafayette Escadrilles.

Notes:

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 60).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Miller, Roger G. (Roger Gene). Like a thunderbolt

OCLC:

746342442

Access Restriction:

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