Название: The Lafayette Flying Corps. Volume 1
Автор: Gordon
Издательство: Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company
Страниц: 560
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 Мб
Качество: Хорошее
Год: 1920
Язык: английский
The Lafayette Flying Corps is a name given to the American volunteer pilots who flew for the French during World War I. It includes the pilots who flew with the bona fide Lafayette Escadrille squadron. The estimations of number of pilots range from 180 to over 300. The generally accepted number of pilots who successfully completed French flight training is 209. Of these, 180 served in combat.
Sixty-three Corps members died during the war, 51 of them in action against the enemy. The Corps is credited with 159 enemy kills. It amassed 31 Croix de guerre, and its pilots were awarded seven Médailles militaires and four Légions d'honneur. Eleven of its members were deemed flying aces, claiming five air kills or more. The core squadron suffered nine losses and was credited with 41 victories.
