Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
"I pay my part for Lafayette & Rochambeau"; North Carolina's Lafayette Escadrille Pilots
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.