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Lafayette Escadrille | 13 May 1916

Lafayette Escadrille The Lafayette Escadrille takes its first official combat flight today, over the Vosges front. James McConnell has published a combined memoir and collection of letters; his memoir suggests he was up with the first flight, while his letters imply otherwise. Anyway, whenever he did eventually go up: Never having flown over this region before, I was afraid of losing myself.…