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	Raoul Lufbery Information
		Raoul Lufbery was born in Chamalieres, France to an American father and a French mother.
		Lufbery spoke English with a thick French accent and had little in common with his comrades, most of whom were from wealthy families and were Ivy League educated.
		In the spring of 1918, Lufbery was chosen to become an officer in the yet unformed 94th Aero Squadron with the rank of major.
	www.bookrags.com /Raoul_Lufbery (948 words)

	Raoul Lufbery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lufbery spoke English with a thick French accent and had little in common with his comrades, most of whom were from wealthy families and were Ivy League educated.
		In the spring of 1918, Lufbery was chosen to become an officer in the yet-unformed 94th Aero Squadron with the rank of major.
		Lufbery’s principal job was to instruct the new pilots such as Eddie Rickenbacker in combat techniques.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raoul_Lufbery (1010 words)

	Raoul Lufbery - WikiLeasing.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raoul Lufbery was born in Chamalieres, France to an American father and a French mother.
		Lufbery spoke English with a thick French accent and had little in common with his comrades, most f whom were from wealthy families and were Ivy League educated.
		In the spring of 1918, Lufbery was chosen to become an officer in the yet unformed94th AAero Squadron with the rank of major.
	www.wikileasing.com /20/Raoul_Lufbery.html (916 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Raoul Lufbery
		Lufbery was born on 14 March 1885 in Clermont-Ferrand in France.
		Lufbery planned to apply for a transfer to the French Air Service in order that he could continue as Pourpe's mechanic; in the event Pourpe was killed while landing in fog at night on 2 December 1914.
		Lufbery was seen to fall upside down from the aircraft 200 feet from the ground, possibly from jumping.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/lufbery.htm (514 words)

	Raoul Lufbery
		And, while Lufbery called Wallingford, Connecticut his home, he spoke French better than English, he was born in France, and he shot down all but one of his seventeen official scores in French service.
		Gervais Raoul Lufbery was born on March 14, 1885 in France.
		Lufbery fit the bill: he was an American citizen and he was an experienced combat pilot.
	www.acepilots.com /wwi/us_lufbery.html (1000 words)

	WW1 1918 historical timeline for 1st Fighter Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Major Raoul Lufbery of the 94th Squadron, a combat pilot of distinction, Captain James E. Miller, Commanding the 95th Squadron, Major John Huffer, commanding the 94th Squadron, were the principal flight instructors and were constantly in the air leading formations and endeavoring to discipline new pilots.
		In all Lufbery's official and numerous victories he had never brought down an enemy machine in our lines and it is thought that this desire coupled with his exasperation at the sight of the enemy aircraft escaping, caused him to forget his usual tactics and caution and so led to his death.
		Lufbery was assigned in the Philippine Islands, Colonel William Mitchell of the United States Air Service, together with hundreds of officers, French and American, from all branches of the Army Service on the Sector, attended.
	www.1stfighter.org /history/1918.html (6636 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: Gervais Raoul Lufbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After many failures, Lufbery became a fighter pilot during World War I with the Lafayette Escadrille.
		He was the first of the flyers in the Escadrille to become an ace, and had 17 victories to his credit at the time of his death.
		Lufbery to Rickenbacker, in a discussion on tactics.
	www.worldwar1.com /biocluf.htm (299 words)

	Raoul Gervais Victor Lufbery
		Lufbery was born on 14 March 1885, emigrating with his parents to the US at the start of the 1890s.
		Raoul (the nephew) worked with my mother in Wallace's Silverware Co. in Wallingford (He was her boss although he was the same age as her).
		Raoul (the nephew) married an Italian American woman from North Haven CT and his brother Marcel (the other nephew) married Marie Germain (who, come to find out--this is news to me) is my Grandfather's (Francis Germain) brother's (Phillip Germain) daughter--hence, my mother's first cousin.
	www.earlyaviators.com /elufbery.htm (1930 words)

	Raoul Lufbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raoul Lufbery had been born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to Edward Lufbery, a New York chemist, and a French mother.
		His mother had died before Raoul had reached his first year, and his father had placed him in the hands of her family before returning to the United States to work.
		As a young man, Raoul worked in a chocolate factory in Clermont-Ferrand until 1904 when he pursued a series of odd jobs in North Africa, Turkey, the Balkans, and Germany.
	www.valiant38.com /lufbery.htm (227 words)

	Newsvine - lufbery
		Today is June 12, 1944 and Lufbery News received word that John Kennedy, son of the SEC Chairman Joe Kennedy received the very prestigious Medal of Honor.
		After explaining to Major Lufbery that Lufbery News adopted his name due to his extraordinary career as an American fighter pilot, we began the interview.
		Lufbery was on location and will describe the events to you as he saw them.
	www.newsvine.com /lufbery?category=odd-news (1114 words)

	La Fayette Squadron
		Raoul lived seriously but with difficulties because of his personality, his mind a bit baffling and refusing to yield obligingly to the magnates of business or manufacture whom he calls "puppets", for Lufbery did not generally make a point to place himself next to those who succeed.
		Lufbery ended the first part of his odyssey by enlisting in the Marines in New York for station in the Philippines.
		Fighting without mercy, Lufbery jumped and fell to the ground near Saint Mihiel, in a small village of Lorraine, and was killed.
	www.tao-yin.com /baron-rouge/lafayette-squadron.html (1475 words)

	Raoul Lufbery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the most widely known and most popular of the American World War I flyers was Raoul Lufbery, a native Frenchman who had become an American citizen.
		Lufbery's machine was hit by enemy bullets and began to burn.
		The following day, in an impressive funeral that was witnessed by hundreds and recorded on film, Lufbery was buried in the cemetery at the Sebastopol Hospital.
	usfighter.tripod.com /raoul_lufbery.htm (206 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Lafayette Escadrille
		Raoul Lufbery, the top ranking ace, was an American with French parents.
		The outbreak of WWI, in 1914, motivated Lufbery to join the Foreign Legion and later the Air Corps as a mechanic.
		Lufbery was shot down in 1918 and jumped to his death from his burning plane.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,650194576,00.html (539 words)

	Death of an Air Ace, 1918
		Lufbery was assigned to the 94th Aero Squadron as a teacher and advisor.
		Lufbery had preferred a leap to certain death rather than endure the slow torture of burning to a crisp.
		A small stream ran nearby and it was thought later that poor Lufbery seeing this small chance for life had jumped with the intention of striking this water.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /luf.htm (1037 words)

	STAN STOKES AVIATION ART - Stuck in the Mud (Nieuport 17)
		Born in France, Lufbery was a soldier of fortune, having joined the U.S. Army and barnstormed in the Orient.
		Lufbery joined the aviation service initially as a mechanic but was attached to the Lafayette Escadrille because of his prior service with the U.S. Army.
		Lufbery achieved 17 confirmed victories, and prior to his being killed in action in 1918, he gave instruction to some of America's top aces of the war, including Eddie Rickenbacker.
	www.stanstokesart.com /ststavartsti.html (576 words)

	American Aces of WW1 - Raoul Lufbery
		Lufbery's remains were later moved to Lafayette Memorial du Parc de Garches in Paris.
		Raoul Lufbery was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1998.
		Raoul Lufbery IV is currently an active duty officer in the USAF.
	www.wwiaviation.com /aces/ace_Lufbery.shtml (333 words)

	Gervais Raoul Lufbery - The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I
		Born in France, Raoul Lufbery emigrated to the United States with his family when he was six years old.
		Lufbery spent almost four years in the French Air Service and the Lafayette Escadrille before joining the United States Air Service as an instructor.
		Hit by enemy fire, his Nieuport 28 suddenly flipped over and Lufbery was seen to fall from the aircraft.
	www.theaerodrome.com /aces/usa/lufbery.php (393 words)

	Raoul Lufbery, Part 1
		Raoul Lufbery was born March 21, 1885, in Clermont-Ferrand, France, his father American and his mother French.
		Pourpe trained Lufbery to be his mechanic and the two traveled through China and Egypt, performing aerial displays and completing an epic flight from Cairo to Khartoum and back.
		Lufbery stood over it described as, “wide-eyed with the horror of it, unweeping, unable to say a word, standing motionless among the crowd.” This purposeless accident was to Lufbery the fault of the enemy and he swore revenge for the death of his friend.
	www.neam.org /lafescweb/lufbery.html (778 words)

	raoul lufbery
		Lufbery would soon become America's first ace and one of the most remembered, famous, and outstanding figures of aviation during World War I. Raoul Lufbery was a man who kept to himself while serving in the Escadrille.
		The two were inseperable and Lufbery viewed Pourpe as a father figure, sending all of his emotion to this man, the father he never had.
		Lufbery had 17 official victories during World War I but it is agreed that the damage he caused far exceeded this number.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/st/~owen/raoullufbery.html (508 words)

	Military History Online - Motivations of the Lafayette Escadrille Pilots
		Lufbery became Pourpe's mechanic and traveled with him to shows in China and Egypt, when the two found themselves in France at the start of the war.
		Lufbery had been flying with Kiffin Rockwell before Rockwell was shot down, and was forced to land due to trouble with his Vickers gun and attempted to readjust its synchronization gear.
		"Raoul Lufbery had extracted an overwhelming payment for the death of his beloved friend and comrade, and the scales weighed heavily in his favor as he went to join Pourpe in the Great Unknown.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwi/articles/lafayetteescadrille.aspx (3796 words)

	Wings of Valor - Introduction: Lafayette Escadrille
		Raoul Lufbery was over age 30 when he joined the Lafayette Escadrille on May 24, 1916 just one month after the unit was organized.
		When the Escadrille was absorbed by the United States Army in 1918, Raoul Lufbery was the Ace of Aces for two nations, the country of his birth and the country in which he held citizenship.
		The idol of two countries, Raoul Lufbery was absorbed by the U.S. Army and granted the rank of Major, who then assumed command of the 95th Aero Squadron on January 28.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wings/part1/1_introduction.html (6113 words)

	Wings of Valor - Eddie Rickenbacker, America's Ace of Aces
		Lufbery had come to the 1st Pursuit Group as one of the few experienced combat veterans, having flown with the Lafayette Escadrille.
		Lufbery made one round of the two machines as the ground crews watched from the distant American aerodrome.
		The death of Major Lufbery was a severe blow to the psyche of the men of all three active American pursuit squadrons.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wings/part1/4_aceofaces.html (16371 words)

	Lafayette Escadrille
		On September 23, Kiffin Rockwell and Raoul Lufbery took their Nieuports (now equipped with the latest British interrupter gear) to the the front.
		By January, 1917, Raoul Lufbery had shot down seven German planes to become the leading American ace.
		Raoul Lufbery (KIA), 16 --- N.124, none with U.S. 94th Aero Sqn.
	www.acepilots.com /wwi/lafayette.html (1218 words)

	Kiffin Yates Rockwell Intro
		Kiffin and Raoul Lufbery were chosen to fly the first two Nieuport 17s made ready for combat two days later.
		Kiffin became pensive and told his friend that if he were to fall, he wanted to be buried on the spot and that his fellow pilots should drink up what money he left behind.
		The next morning Kiffin and Lufbery split the squadron's 1,000 rounds of ammunition for the new Vickers.303 sychronized cannon and took off.
	www.eaa1016.org /kiffin_yates_rockwell_intro.htm (1425 words)

	Eduard 1/48 Nieuport 17
		Born Gervais Raoul Lufbery in Chamalieres France on 14 March 1885, Lufbery emigrated with his family to the United States at 6 years of age.
		Lufbery was killed in action on19 May 1918 while attacking a German Rumpler reconnaissance aircraft that managed to hit his gas tank and ignite his Nieuport 28 in flames.
		Lufbery was a highly respected and admired aviator and was buried in an elaborate funeral ceremony with full French military honors the following day.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/w1/laskodin17.htm (2224 words)

	Louisville.com \| Printer-Friendly Article
		The four principal characters are John J. Pershing, Roscoe Temple, Raoul Lufbery and Baron Manfred von Richthofen.
		Temple is a U.S. Marine, Lufbery and von Richthofen fliers on opposite sides.
		Raoul Lufbery was an American born in France, a mechanic turned pilot who joined the fledgling French air force and became one of its top pilots.
	www2.louisville.com /printerfriendly54770599.aspx (497 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Raoul Lufbery enlisted in the U.S. army to become a citizen.
		Raoul Lufbery taught many Americans how to fly after the United States' entry into the war, including Douglas Campbell, Reed Chambers and Eddie Rickenbacker.
		He died while jumping from his burning plane and from landing on a picket fence.
	library.advanced.org /12367/bios/rlufbery.htm (170 words)

	Fighting the Flying Circus
		Major Raoul Lufbery, the most famous of our American flyers, and the Commanding Officer of our group, announced that a flight would take off after breakfast for a look at the war across the German lines.
		The lines of the enemy were approaching and Lufbery, my only salvation, as it appeared to me, was at least a mile ahead of me.
		It would be wonderfully amusing to Lufbery and the rest of the boys in the Squadron when I got back to the field—if I ever did—to advise me to take along a bottle of medicine next time I tried to fly.
	www.richthofen.com /rickenbacker/rick01.htm (2783 words)

	Lafayette Escadrille - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raoul Lufbery, a French-born American citizen, became the squadron's first flying ace.
		Lufbery himself had gotten into trouble for hitting an officer who was unwise to lay hands on him during on argument.
		A statue by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum titled The Aviator (1919) was erected on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia in the memory of James R. McConnell, a member of the squadron who was killed during the War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lafayette_Escadrille (766 words)

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