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Apr 6, 2020 · Lufbery, who died at age 33, led an eventful life. The various accounts of his childhood and young adulthood differ in some particulars but agree that he was born in France on March 14, 1885. His mother, a French woman, died during Raoul’s infancy.
Apr 14, 2020 · French-American pilot Lt. Raoul Lufbery, shown in France circa World War I, served first with the legendary volunteer Lafayette Escadrille in the Great War. The giant enemy plane, a German reconnaissance craft, appeared early in the morning on May 19, 1918, in the skies above France.
EARLY YEARS -- Raoul Gervais Lufbery, the third highest scoring American ace for World War I, was the first American to reach ace status. He was member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille before transferring to the U.S. Air Service following the nation's entry into the war.
May 27, 2020 · News. How a former CT resident and pilot helped France thwart the Germans in WWI. By Erik Ofgang, Connecticut Magazine Updated May 27, 2020 9:15 a.m. French-American pilot Lt. Raoul Lufbery,...
Apr 20, 2016 · One of the more well-known members of this Escadrille was Raoul Lufbery, a French-born American citizen and World War I flying ace. Portrait of Raoul Lufbery, June 1917 (from MS-502 Raoul Lufbery Collection)
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Oct 26, 2018 · Portrait of Raoul Lufbery, June 1917 (from MS-502 Raoul Lufbery Collection) Gervais Raoul Lufbery was born on March 14, 1885 in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France, to an American father and French mother. He served in the United States Army from 1907 to 1909.
in Wallingford, Connecticut. Lufbery. The maternal grandmother raised the three boys, and after basic schooling and a few odd jobs, at the age of 19, Raoul was struck by wanderlust. He traveled across North Africa to Istanbul, then from the Balkans to Germany.
