[WWI] Eugene Bullard
Dave Calhoun
davecww1 at cox.net
Mon Sep 11 21:04:34 EDT 2006
Sorry for not responding for almost a week, and not sure if this has already been answered or not...
But Eugene Bullard WAS DEFINATELY NOT a member of the Lafayette Escadrille (identified as N.124/S.124)
He was a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps, which consisted of any US pilot that served in a French squadron. There seems to be much confusion about the Lafayette Escadrille vs. Lafayette Flying Corps. There are a couple of great books by Dennis Gordon that list all members of each group, and all members of the Lafayette Escadrille were also part of the Flying Corps, but not the other way around.
No disrespect for Mr. Bullard, as I would also like to build a model of his aircraft, but his name does not appear on the roster of the Lafayette Escadrille.
Thanks,
Dave
Dave C says:
>Although there is some accuracy issues, such as the black pilot in the
>lafayette Escadrille
So which Escadrille was Gene Bullard in then?
Shane
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