Record #:

6809

Author(s):

Edmundson, Melissa

Abstract:

The Lafayette Escadrille was founded by a group of American pilots who volunteered to fly for the French Air Service at the beginning of the First World War. Two of the nine founding members were from North Carolina: James Rogers McConnell, from Carthage, and Kiffin Yates Rockwell, from Asheville. Both were killed during the conflict.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 12, 2003, p57-64, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American; Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, 1892-1916; McConnell, James Rogers, 1887-1917; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American