They Flew to Glory
The Story of the Lafayette Flying Corps
by Robert Sidney Bowen
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The story of the American volunteers who flew as fighter pilots for France in World War I prior to official U.S. entry into the conflict in late 1917. Marketed as somewhat of a book for youth, Is thoroughly researched and written in a captivating style. The author was himself a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the war. In it we find out such things as: Who was America's first flying ace? (it wasn't the well-deserving and well-known Eddie Rickenbacker!); What was the difference in the Lafayette Flying Corps and the Lafayette Escadrille, and how did they begin?; and, Which plane earned the nickname the "Flying Brick"? Fun reading about the exciting days of a by-gone era.
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They Flew to Glory: The Story of the Lafayette Flying Corps
1965, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
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