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En L'Air! (in the Air) - The Experiences of an American Foreign Legionnaire as a Pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille on the Western Front and I (Hardcover)
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En L'Air! (in the Air) - The Experiences of an American Foreign Legionnaire as a Pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille on the Western Front and I (Hardcover)
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Legionnaire and Fighter Pilot
American soldier of fortune Bert Hall enlisted in the French
Foreign Legion-Deuxieme Regiment Etranger-which was on its way to
the front from Morocco, signing on for the duration of hostilities
just two days after the Great War broke out in 1914. He served in
the legion infantry, one of several welcome replacements from the
United States of America who filled the gaps in the Legion's ranks
created by the 1,800 German legionnaires who remained in North
Africa so they would not oppose their fellow countrymen. The
regiment was 4,000 strong and most of its number were killed during
the first 18 months of the conflict. Hall fought in the trenches
until the end of the first year of the war and the transferred to
the air service where he was trained as pilot. After a period of
reconnaissance flying, his first taste of action came in 1915
during the allied offensive around Champagne. Hall was well known
as one of the renowned cadre of American pilots who formed the core
in the legendary Lafayette Escadrille-the fighter squadron with the
Indian head insignia. He experienced the air war of the Western
Front in full measure before a transfer in late 1916 to the Eastern
theatre to assist the Russians and Rumanians with their own war in
the air. There he took part in the bombing of Sophia and found
himself caught up in the Russian revolution. Hall tells his story
compellingly and it is full of first hand account reportage. This
book, written in 1918 before the end of hostilities, was not his
only foray into authorship but it is particularly immediate since
wartime events were still unfolding at the time of its original
publication and he expected to return to action.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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