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The Lafayette Flying Corps |
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The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in
World War I
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by Dennis Gordon
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Book Details |
| ISBN: |
0764311085 |
| Size: |
8 1/2" x 11" |
| Illustrations: |
over 320 b/w photos |
| Pages: |
504 |
| Availability: |
Now Available |
| Binding: |
Hard Cover, 2000 |
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| Reg. Price: $59.95 |
| Our Price: $48.52 |
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Description |
| Includes detailed biographies of the 269
volunteer American airmen and gunners of France's Service Aeronautique who
flew in sixty-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons
over the Western Front-also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the
Escadrille Lafayette. It is an accurate and absorbing account of the lives
and combat experiences of the men who later formed the nucleus of the
American Expeditionary Force squadrons. Contains comprehensive research,
including details of war casualties and survivors, and many unpublished
photographs. |