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Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the birth of the United States Air Force
- Title
- Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the birth of the United States Air Force / T.B. Murphy.
- Author
- Murphy, T. B., 1979-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- x, 187 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- "With the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, Kiffin Yates Rockwell of Asheville, North Carolina, volunteered to fight for France. Initially serving with the French Foreign Legion, he soon became a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille. This book covers Rockwell's early life and military service with the Lafayette Escadrille"--
- Subjects
- France
- Fighter pilots
- World War (1914-1918)
- United States
- 1914-1918
- France > Armée > Escadrille Lafayette > Biography
- Fighter pilots > France > Biography
- World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, French
- Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, 1892-1916
- Fighter pilots > United States > Biography
- Military operations, Aerial > French
- Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The early years -- Leaving home -- World War I begins -- Training in the French Foreign Legion -- At the front -- The Battle of Artois -- Kiffin's recovery and new hope -- Pilot training -- The creation of the Lafayette Escadrille -- Verdun -- The Lafayette Escadrille comes of age -- Passing the torch -- The climax of the Lafayette Escadrille -- The transition to the U.S. Air Service -- The dawn of American air power -- The legacy of the Lafayette Escadrille -- Final thoughts.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-1694
- ISBN
- 9781476664019
- 1476664013
- LCCN
- 2016032466
- OCLC
- 934885295
- Author
- Murphy, T. B., 1979- author.
- Title
- Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the birth of the United States Air Force / T.B. Murphy.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1914-1918
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Murphy, T. B., 1979- Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the birth of the United States Air Force. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016 9781476624310 (OCoLC)956953571
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-1694