| Author | Parsons, Edwin C.
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| Title | I flew with the Lafayette Escadrille / by Edwin C. Parsons.
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| Published | Indianapolis, Ind. : E.C. Seale, c1963.
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| Description | xiv, 335 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Bottle of death -- Hell on wings -- Jimmy Bach, unsung hero -- Guts vs. erudition -- Breveted on Blériots -- Château breakdowns -- Raoul Lufbery, the inscrutable -- Bill Thaw, iron man -- Victor Chapman -- Clyde Balsley -- The eyes of the army -- "Skipper" Paul Pavelka -- Whiskey and Soda -- Kiffin Rockwell -- Norman Prince -- Didier Masson -- Death of Paul Pavelka -- Edmond Genet -- Arm bending and superstitions -- Death of Jim McConnell -- Deaths of Genet, Hoskier and de Laage -- Archies over the Chemin-des-Dames -- Jimmy Hall's miraculous escape -- Interlude at Dunkirk -- Verdun--the tragic death of Doug MacMonagle -- The luck of Jimmy Hall -- Luf's last take-off.
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| Subjects | France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette.
Parsons, Edwin C.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- France.
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| LC Card Number | 63-19991 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: D 603 P267 1963
CA-1903166: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69513] |
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