lafayetteescadrille

18 photos tagged lafayetteescadrille, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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Art Siegel said:
"Weston Birch "Bert" Hall (November 7, 1885–1948) was a military aviator and writer. Hall was one of America's first combat aviators, flying with the famed Lafayette Escadrille in France before the U.S. entered World War I."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Hall
www.earlyaviators.com/ehallsgt.htm
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Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks artolog, we'll update our records. I looked up some background information on Mr. Hall. He seems like quite the character.

pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Elliott Cowdin, Norman Prince, William Thaw were among the American aviators who were part of the Lafayette Escadrille, an all-American squadron for the French air service: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille Thaw: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thaw_%28aviator%29 Prince (died 1916): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Prince
B-59 said:
Elliott C. Cowdin: ralph.smith.angelfire.com/Flying_Corps/Pilots/ElliottCowd... They returned on December 23, 1915 on the Holland-America liner Rotterdam for an eight days' leave (according to New-York tribune., December 24, 1915, Page 2, with similar photo).
Art Siegel said:
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Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks to all of you for your great research. We'll straighten out the names in the caption and add some of the information to the record the next time we update.