Two Great Knights of Adventure was written by Jacques Mortane in
1936. Mortane was on friendly terms with both Marc Pourpe and Raoul
Lufbery and wrote the book as a tribute to the two pilots, both of
whom were killed in the First World War. Due to the access that
Mortane had to these early aviators, this was the best work on
their lives, but it was never translated into English and is long
out of print. American author and Lafayette Escadrille expert
Dennis Gordon recently had the book translated into English and
worked with Raoul Lufbery III to add significant new content via
the Lufbery family archive (which accounts for roughly half of this
new volume). Marc Pourpe began working with aircraft in 1909, just
after completing his schooling at Harrow. By 1911 he had attempted
to construct his own aircraft from scratch and learned to fly,
before receiving an official license. After receiving his license
he began flying in races and exhibitions, first in France and then
throughout the empire. He met Raoul Lufbery in Calcutta in 1912 and
brought on the young American as a mechanic. Both Pourpe and
Lufbery flew in WWI. Pourpe was killed in a crash in 1914, while
Lufbery went on to be one of the top aces in the Lafayette
Escadrille. Lufbery was killed in 1918.
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