Kiffin Rockwell, the Lafayette Escadrille and the birth of the United States Air Force / T.B. Murphy.

"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 s...

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Main Author: Murphy, T. B., 1979- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
Subjects:
Rockwell, Kiffin Yates, > 1892-1916.
France. > Armée. > Escadrille Lafayette > Biography.
France. > Armée. > Escadrille Lafayette.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, French.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Fighter pilots > France > Biography.
Fighter pilots.
Military operations, Aerial > French.
France.
United States.
1914-1918
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:x, 187 pages : illustrations, Maps ; 26 cm
Format: Book

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