First to fly : the story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American heroes who flew for France in World War I / Charles Bracelen Flood.
If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence a brief but bloody era that completely changed the way planes were designed, fabricated, and flown. The war forged an industry that would redefine transportation and war...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atlantic Monthly Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 266 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, facsimile, photographs ; 21 cm |
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Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American heroes who flew for France in World War I.
1st to fly. |
| Format: | Book |
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