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          Gervais Raoul Lufbery.

        1. Gervais Raoul Lufbery.
        2. Marc Pourpe and Raoul Lufbery were true aviation pioneers, flying long before the First World War. Both gave their lives for the Allied cause, Lufbery being.
        3. Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery (March 14, – May 19, ) was a French and American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in.
        4. Born Gervais Raoul Lufbery on March 14, , in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France, Lufbery immigrated to the United States about He became.
        5. Gervais Raoul Lufbery March 14, – May 19, was a French-American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in both French.

          6. Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery (March 14, – May 19, ) was a French and American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in..

          Death of an Air Ace,


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          A little more than a decade after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kittyhawk, the demands of war transformed the airplane into a weapon of death.

          Made of wood, canvas and wire, these early fighters took to the air filled with gasoline, ammunition and the likelihood that too steep a dive would rip the wings to shreds. It is no wonder that the pilots of these flimsy fliers measured their life expectancy in weeks.

          These early pioneers of the air did not have the luxury of a parachute. Just strapping oneself into the cockpit and taking to the air was an act of bravery.

          The life of Maj Gervais Raoul Luf bery, the French-Yankee air hero, was as unusual as his death.

          Careening into a mid-air duel-to-the-death with an enemy opponent required a special courage.

          Raoul Lufbery had this special courage. His flying career began in when he became the mechanic for French pilot Marc Pourpe.

          The pair barnstormed

          Lufbery with other pilots of the
          Lafayette Escradille
          their way through China, Japan, India, and Egypt final