Lafayette Escadrille

The Lafayette Escadrille in July 1917 outside their barracks at Chaudun, France
Standing, left to right:
Soubiron, Doolittle, Campbell, Persons, Bridgman, Dugan, MacMonagle, Lowell, Willis, Jones, Peterson, and de
Maison-Rouge (French Deputy Commander)
Seated, left to right
Hill, Masson with "Soda", Thaw, Thenault (the French Commander), Lufbery with "Whiskey", Johnson, Bigelow, and
Rockwell.
Whiskey and Soda were mascots - two Lion cubs

LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE ROSTER

LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE ROSTER
PILOTS DATES OF SERVICE
* VICTOR CHAPMAN APRIL 20 - JUNE 23, 1916
* JAMES MCCONNELL APRIL 20, 1916 -MARCH 19, 1917
* NORMAN PRINCE APRIL 20, 1914 - OCTOBER 14, 1916
* KIFFIN ROCKWELL APRIL 20, 1916 - SEPTEMBER 23, 1916
** CAPT. GEORGES THENAULT APRIL 20, 1916 - JANUARY 16, 1918
** LT ALFRED DELAAGE DE MEUX APRIL 20, 1916 - MAY 23, 1917
* WILLIAM THAW APRIL 21, 1916 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
* ELLIOT COWDIN APRIL 28, 1916 - JUNE 25, 1916
* BERT HALL IAPRIL 28, 1916 - NOVEMBER 1, 1916
RAOUL LUFBERY MAY 24, 1916 - JANUARY 5, 1918
H. CLYDE BALSLEY MAY 29, 1916 - JUNE 18, 1916
C. CHOUTEAU JOHNSON MAY 29, 1916 - OCTOBER 23, 1917
LAURENCE RUMSEY JUNE 4 - NOVEMBER 25, 1916
DUDLEY HILL JUNE 9, 1916 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
DIDIER MASSON JUNE 19, 1916 - FEBRUARY 15, 1917 & JUNE 15 - OCTOBER 8, 1917
** LT CHARLES NUNGESSER JULY 14 - AUGUST 15, 1916
PAUL PAVELKA AUGUST 11, 1916 - JANUARY 24, 1917
ROBERT ROCKWELL SEPTEMBER 17, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
WILLIS HAVILAND OCTOBER 22, 1916 - SEPTEMBER 18, 1917
FREDERICK PRINCE OCTOBER 22, 1916 - FEBRUARY 15, 1917
ROBERT SOUBIRAN OCTOBER 22, 1916 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
ORNALD HOSKIER DECEMBER 11, 1916 - APRIL 23, 1917
EDMOND GENET JANUARY 19 - APRIL 16, 1917
EDWIN PARSONS JANUARY 21, 1917 - FEBRUARY 26, 1918
STEPHEN BIGELOW FEBRUARY 8 - SEPTEMBER 11, 1917
WALTER LOVELL FEBRUARY 26 - OCTOBER 24, 1917
EDWARD HINKLE MARCH 1 - JUNE 12, 1917
HAROLD WILLIS MARCH 1 - AUGUST 18, 1917
KENNETH MARR MARCH 29, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
WILLIAM DUGAN MARCH 30, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
THOMAS HEWITT MARCH 30 - SEPTEMBER 17, 1917
A. COURTNEY CAMPBELL APRIL 15 - OCTOBER 1, 1917
RAY BRIDGMAN MAY 1, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
CHARLES DOLAN MAY 12, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18 1918
JOHN DREXEL MAY 12 - JUNE 15, 1917
HENRY JONES MAY 12, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
** LT ANTOINE ARNOUX DE MAISON-ROUGE MAY 28 - OCTOBER 6, 1917
JAMES HALL JUNE 16 - JUNE 26, 1917 & OCTOBER 3, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
DOUGLAS MACMONAGLE JUNE 16 - SEPTEMBER 24, 1917
DAVID PETERSON JUNE 16, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1917
JAMES DOOLOTTLE JULY 2 - JULY 17, 1917
** LT LOUIS VERDIER-FAUVETY OCTOBER 6, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918
CHRISTOPHER FORD NOVEMBER 8, 1917 - FEBRUARY 18, 1918

* DENOTES FOUNDING MEMBER

** DENOTES FRENCH OFFICER

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