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1. www.thisdayinaviation.com › tag › spad-vii-c-1SPAD S.VII C.1 | This Day in Aviation

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   Mar 11, 2024 · The airplane is a Société Pour L’Aviation et ses Dérivés SPAD S.VII C.1 of Escadrille SPA 124, “La Fayette.” (Captain Robert Soubiran/Library of Congress LC-USZ62-101970) 19 May 1918: Major Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery, 94th Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary Force, a leading Allied fighter pilot of World War I, was killed in ...

2. ipms-mckinstry.org › uploads › 2015Lufbery’s SPAD - ipms-mckinstry.org

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   It was in a SPAD VII that Lieutenant G. Raoul Lufbery scored the last of his 16 victories before being killed in action near Nancy. To model the aircraft that Lieutenant Lufbery flew on the missions he scored his last three victories, you’ll need the 1/48. th. scale SPAD VII kit produced by Special Hobby, #48010, and AeroMaster’s “U.S ...

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   Who was Raoul Lufbery?

   • In letters home, he wrote lyrical descriptions of the French countryside, but in the air he was so aggressive that his rash attacks on German aircraft sometimes endangered his squadron mates. There was Raoul Lufbery, an adventurer and world traveler who, born in France of an American father, joined the French foreign legion in 1914.

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   Why did Raoul Lufbery die?

   • Pourpe joined the French air force, and when he died in a crash, Lufbery immediately signed on to train in French bombers. After flying Voisins with the Escadrille VB-106, he joined the American squadron to fly Nieuport fighters. “Raoul Lufbery flew, fought and died for revenge,” a fellow pilot once said.

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   Why did Raoul Lufbery join the French Foreign Legion?

   • Raoul Lufbery on the other hand first joined the French Foreign Legion because, as an American, he was not allowed to join the regular French services. Lufbery spent several weeks in an aircraft depot repairing aircraft until Pourpe pulled some strings and had Lufbery reassigned as his mechanic at the front.

   Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery - National Purple Heart Honor Mission

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   Will James Norman Hall fly a SPAD?

   • His grandmother, Nancy Hall Rutgers, James Norman Hall’s daughter, recently funded the construction of a replica SPAD, which is now in the collection of the Vintage Aero Flying Museum. It will almost certainly be flying on April 16, 2016. Perhaps Rutgers will be in the cockpit. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

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4. www.purpleheartmission.org › stories-of-valor › usU.S. Army Air Force Major Raoul Lufbery — National Purple ...

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   Jun 22, 2020 · They continued flying through the snowy winter whenLufbery's earned his seventh victory in January 1917. The first Spad VII's reached the Escadrille Lafayette, N.124 in October of 1916. Most of Lufbery's victories were made from the SPAD VII. By June of 1917 the escadrille had been redesignated as SPA.124.

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   On May 24, 1916, quiet Raoul Lufbery, 31, became the first new member to join the Lafayette Escadrille. Short, stocky and prosaic in looks, Lufbery would soon emerge as the top ace and most famous of the members of the Lafayette Escadrille. Lufbery was born in central France, near Clermont-Ferrand on March 21, 1885 of a French mother and an ...

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7. www.aahs-online.org › pubs › journalslufbery, idol of 2 countries

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   LUFBERY: AN IDOL OF TWO COUNTRIES And VICTIM OF THE GREAT WAR by James P. Harrison Bemedaled Lufbery stands before his SPAD VII after the SPAD replaced the Nieuport 17 in the Escadrille Lafayette during autumn 1917. At this time, the Ace had 12 official victories to his credit. Raoul wears his Sous-Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant) uniform.

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   There was Raoul Lufbery, an adventurer and world traveler who, born in France of an American father, joined the French foreign legion in 1914. During his travels, Lufbery had worked as a...

9. www.usaww1.com › Spad_VIISpad VII - usaww1.com

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   The Spad VII was a great aircraft and was used by the Lafayette Escadrille along with various marks of Nieuports. When the unit moved to Ham in April, 1917, it transitioned from Nieuport 17s to Spad VIIs; the name changed correspondingly from N.124 to Spa.124. When Spa.124 become the USAS 103rd Aero Squadron, it kept its Spad VIIs for a time ...