William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

male, deceased (1975)
Western film director, french foreign legion, World War I, Western movie director, movie director, declaration of independence…LafayetteEscadrille
William Augustus Wellman was an American movie director. Wellman's father was a New England Brahmin of English-Welsh-Scottish and Irish descent....
Raoul Lufbery

Raoul Lufbery

male, deceased (1918)
American military personnel killed in action I, Aviator killed in shootdown, World War I, World War I flying ace, American World War I killed in action, LafayetteEscadrille…Lafayette Memorial
Gervais Raoul Lufbery (March 14, 1885 - May 19, 1918) was a French-American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in both...
Eugene Bullard

Eugene Bullard

male, deceased (1961)
buried at Flushing Cemetery, American military personnel of World War II, American military, World War I flying ace, From columbus, georgia, World War I veteran…LafayetteEscadrille, Lafayette Flying Corps
Eugene Bullard (9 October, 1894 - 12 October, 1961) was the first African-American military pilot. He was born Eugene Jacques Bullard in Columbus,...
Charles Nungesser

Charles Nungesser

male, deceased (1927)
flying ace, French, charles a. lindbergh, World War I flying ace, Death in absentia, killed in aircraft crash…LafayetteEscadrille
Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser (March 15, 1892 - presumably on or after May 8, 1927) was a French ace pilot and adventurer, best remembered...
James Norman Hall

James Norman Hall

male, deceased (1951)
islomaniac, American military, World War I, American, mutiny on the bounty, Non-fiction writer…LafayetteEscadrille
James Norman Hall was an American author best known for the novel "Mutiny on the Bounty".

Bert Hall

male, deceased (1948)
film director, World War I, aviator, military aviation, American, First World War…LafayetteEscadrille
Bert Hall (1885-1948) was a film director, actor, writer and military aviator. Hall was one of America's first combat aviators, who flew with the...
Jody McCrea

Jody McCrea

male, 75 years old
LafayetteEscadrille, The Broken Land, Cry, Blood Apache, The Glory Stompers, Law of the Lawless, The Greatest Show on Earth
Jody McCrea (born September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) born Joel Dee McCrea, is the son of Frances Dee and Joel McCrea, both famous...
Didier Masson

Didier Masson

male, deceased (1950)
General Guerrero, sonora, Guaymas, First World War, Mexican Revolution, pusher…LafayetteEscadrille
Didier Masson was a French pilot. In 1913, Masson, alongside Gustavo Salinas Caamiña, attacked a Federalist gunboat at the behest of Pancho V...
Hobey Baker

Hobey Baker

male, deceased (1918)
Princeton University alumni, Princeton Tigers football player, Princeton University, from Pennsylvania, College Football Hall of Fame, World War I…LafayetteEscadrille
Hobart Amory Hare Baker (January 15, 1892 - December 21, 1918), known as Hobey Baker, was a noted sportsman and fighter pilot of the early 20th...

Edmond Genet

male, deceased (1917)
World War I, aviator, French Revolution, American, french foreign legion, LafayetteEscadrille
Edmond Genet born Ossining, New York, was the first American flier to die after the United States declared war against Germany, shot down by...