Gervais Raoul Lufbery (1885-1918),French World War I pilot. Lufbery,a French and US citizen,was initially a mechanic to the French aviation pioneer Marc Pourpe (1887-1914). When Pourpe was killed in the early months of the war,Lufbery trained as a pilot himself. He served in the French Air Service (Aeronautique Militaire) flying Nieuport fighters. By 1916 he had joined a US volunteer effort called the Lafayette Escadrille. By 1918,he was commander of the US 94th Aero Squadron. The three medals he is wearing here are (left to right): Legion of Honour,Medaille Militaire,Croix de Guerre. Photographed between 1916 and Lufbery's death in combat in 1918 | |
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