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The Lafayette Escadrille was comprised of American volunteer pilots fighting in the French Air Force during World War I (WWI) while the United States was still neutral. Dr. Edmund L. Gros, medical director of the American Field Service (AFC), and Norman Prince, an American expatriate already flying for France, led the effort to persuade the French government to authorize a volunteer American air unit fighting for France. The successes of the Lafayette Escadrille brought fame, and an increasing number of American volunteers sought service with them. Ten months after the United States' formal entry into the war the Escadrille passed into American hands.
NASM.XXXX.0625
bulk 1917-1918
Unknown, Gift, Unknown
0.1 Cubic feet ((2 folders))
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 140-150 3.5 by 5 inch photographs of the Lafayette Escadrille during WWI. There are photographs of individual officers, groups of soldiers, planes, and funerals/ memorials for members of the regiment.
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Hand-Colored Lafayette Escadrille Photographs, Accession XXXX-0625, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations
Aeronautics, Military
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Archival materials
Photographs