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Kiffin Yates Rockwell and the Birth of the United States Air Force

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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 as a soldier in the trenches, he soon became a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron made up mostly of American volunteer pilots who served under the French flag before the U.S. entered the war. On May 19, 1916, he earned the distinction of being the first American pilot of the war to shoot down a German plane. He was killed during aerial combat on September 23, 1916, at age 24. This book covers Rockwell's early life and military service with the Lafayette Escadrille, the first ever American air combat unit and the precursor to the U.S. Air Force.

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T.B. Murphy is a pilot in the U.S. Air Force with over a decade of fighter aircraft experience. He lives in Germany.
Release date Australia
August 30th, 2016
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  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
17 photographs, 3 maps
Pages
200
Dimensions
178x254x15
ISBN-13
9781476664019
Product ID
24563746

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