Lufbery, Raoul

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | 632 words | Copyright

Lufbery, Raoul ˈləfberē (1885–1918) World War I aviator in the Lafayette Escadrille, born Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery in Clermont, France. Lufbery was the first American ace with five confirmed aerial victories (1916). When the United States joined the war (1917), Lufbery, an American citizen, was transferred to the U.S. Air Service where he trained fighter pilots and led the first combat patrol (1918). He was killed in action when his aircraft was struck by enemy fire. Lufbery won the Légion d'Honneur, the Medaille Militaire, the Croix de Guerre with ten palms, and the British Military Medal.

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