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Jean Klein, Patrice Buffotot et Nicole Vilboux (Dir.) Actes du Colloque organisé les 15-16 juin 2001 par le Centre de Relations Internationales et de Stratégie (Université de Paris 1) avec le concours de l’Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale … Continuer la lecture →

  On June 17, 2001, the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial was teeming with hundreds of people.  On this bright, beautiful day, the vividly festive scene was a busy one full of chatter, activity, and fanfare.  The usually empty grounds of the … Continuer la lecture →

Despite the fact that the Lafayette Escadrille and the Lafayette Flying Corps’ men were America’s first combat aviators, the USAF’s and American history have negligently ignored them.  As Charles Dolan put it, “The Lafayette Flying Corps, including the Lafayette Escadrille … Continuer la lecture →

The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial dedication ceremony on July 4, 1928, drew 10,000 spectators; an additional 10,000 visitors came the following month. 1 By July 1929, the Memorial was averaging over 3,600 a month. 2 As a matter of record, the … Continuer la lecture →

Every unit has its personalities, quirks, competition, politics, and issues; the Lafayette Escadrille would be no different.  The original band of thirty-eight volunteers came from all walks of life: they were college students, the scions of famous American families, jacks … Continuer la lecture →