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Book Synopsis Flying for France by : James Rogers McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France written by James Rogers McConnell and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1917 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ FLYING FOR FRANCE JAMES R. MCCONNELL
Book Synopsis Flying for France by : James Rogers McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France written by James Rogers McConnell and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flying for France with the American Escadrille at Verdun by : James R. McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France with the American Escadrille at Verdun written by James R. McConnell and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sergeant-Pilot in the French Flying Corps.
Book Synopsis Flying for France: with the American Escadrille at Verdun by : James R. James R. McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France: with the American Escadrille at Verdun written by James R. James R. McConnell and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun by James R. McConnell
Book Synopsis Flying for France by : James R. McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France written by James R. McConnell and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-02 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flying for France by : James McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France written by James McConnell and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Rogers McConnell (14 March 1887 - 19 March 1917) flew as an aviator during World War I in the Lafayette Escadrille and authored Flying for France. He was the first of sixty-four sons of the University of Virginia to die in battle during that War.In January 1915, McConnell sailed from New York to enlist with the American Ambulance Corps in France. In a letter to a friend in 1915, he wrote: "Tomorrow I am going to the front with our squad and twelve ambulances. . . . I am having a glorious experience." His rescue of a wounded French soldier while under fire was one of many similar acts. France awarded him the Croix de Guerre for "conspicuous bravery in saving wounded under fire."Of his decision to join the fighting ranks, McConnell wrote: "All along I had been convinced that the United States ought to aid in the struggle against Germany. With that conviction, it was plainly up to me to do more than drive an ambulance. The more I saw the splendor of the fight the French were fighting, the more I felt like an embusque - what the British call a "shirker." So I made up my mind to go into aviation."[2] On May 13, 1916, McConnell participated in the unit's first patrol. Thirty-eight pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille flew Nieuport biplanes that traveled at 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) Operating from Luxeuil Field in eastern France, McConnell's group typically set off each day at dawn, clad in fur-lined outfits for two hour patrols. Only after the battle of Verdun were the planes equipped with machine guns; prior to this, pilots simply fired machine guns single-handedly while steering. The 47-round Lewis machine guns were replaced with 500-round Vickers models which synchronized with the rotating propellers. While convalescing from a back injury, suffered during a landing mishap, McConnell found time to compose Flying for France.In aerial combat with two German planes, McConnell died on March 19, 1917 above the Somme battlefields. He was buried in a meadow between the villages of Flavy-le-Martel and Jussy in Aisne, France. A monument erected to McConnell in Carthage bears an inscription reading in part, "He fought for Humanity, Liberty and Democracy, lighted the way for his countrymen and showed all men how to dare nobly and to die gloriously."
Book Synopsis Flying for France with the American Escadrille at Verdun by : James Rogers Mcconnell
Download or read book Flying for France with the American Escadrille at Verdun written by James Rogers Mcconnell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath the canvas of a huge hangar mechanicians are at work on the motor of an airplane. Outside, on the borders of an aviation field, others loiter awaiting their aerial charge's return from the sky. Near the hangar stands a hut-shaped tent. In front of it several short-winged biplanes are lined up; inside it three or four young men are lolling in wicker chairs. They wear the uniform of French army aviators. These uniforms, and the grim-looking machine guns mounted on the upper planes of the little aircraft, are the only warlike note in a pleasantly peaceful scene. The war seems very remote. It is hard to believe that the greatest of all battles-Verdun-rages only twenty-five miles to the north, and that the field and hangars and mechanicians and aviators and airplanes are all playing a part therein. Suddenly there is the distant hum of a motor. One of the pilots emerges from the tent and gazes fixedly up into the blue sky. He points, and one glimpses a black speck against the blue, high overhead. The sound of the motor ceases, and the speck grows larger. It moves earthward in steep dives and circles, and as it swoops closer, takes on the shape of an airplane. Now one can make out the red, white, and blue circles under the wings which mark a French war-plane, and the distinctive insignia of the pilot on its sides. "Ton patron arrive!" one mechanician cries to another. "Your boss is coming!" The machine dips sharply over the top of a hangar, straightens out again near the earth at a dizzy speed a few feet above it and, losing momentum in a surprisingly short time, hits the ground with tail and wheels. It bumps along a score of yards and then, its motor whirring again, turns, rolls toward the hangar, and stops. A human form, enveloped in a species of garment for all the world like a diver's suit, and further adorned with goggles and a leather hood, rises unsteadily in the cockpit, clambers awkwardly overboard and slides down to terra firma. A group of soldiers, enjoying a brief holiday from the trenches in a cantonment near the field, straggle forward and gather timidly about the airplane, listening open-mouthed for what its rider is about to say. "Hell!" mumbles that gentleman, as he starts divesting himself of his flying garb. "What's wrong now?" inquires one of the tenants of the tent. "Everything, or else I've gone nutty," is the indignant reply, delivered while disengaging a leg from its Teddy Bear trousering. "Why, I emptied my whole roller on a Boche this morning, point blank at not fifteen metres off. His machine gun quit firing and his propeller wasn't turning and yet the darn fool just hung up there as if he were tied to a cloud. Say, I was so sure I had him it made me sore-felt like running into him and yelling, 'Now, you fall, you bum!'" The eyes of the poilus register surprise. Not a word of this dialogue, delivered in purest American, is intelligible to them. Why is an aviator in a French uniform speaking a foreign tongue, they mutually ask themselves....
Book Synopsis Flying for France by : James R. McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France written by James R. McConnell and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flying For France by : James R McConnell
Download or read book Flying For France written by James R McConnell and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This riveting memoir tells the story of James McConnell, an American who became a pilot in the French air force during World War I. McConnell shares his experiences flying dangerous missions and battling the Germans in the skies. With vivid descriptions and a compelling narrative voice, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in aviation history or wartime memoirs. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Flying for France by : James Rogers McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France written by James Rogers McConnell and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Book Synopsis FLYING FOR FRANCE W/THE AMER E by : James Rogers 1887-1917 McConnell
Download or read book FLYING FOR FRANCE W/THE AMER E written by James Rogers 1887-1917 McConnell and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Flying for France: with the American Escadrille at Verdun by : James R. (James Rogers) McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France: with the American Escadrille at Verdun written by James R. (James Rogers) McConnell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun by James R. (James Rogers) McConnell is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley's mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.
Book Synopsis Air Service Boys Flying for France by : Charles Amory Beach
Download or read book Air Service Boys Flying for France written by Charles Amory Beach and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This adventure action novel was written for young readers. It tells the story of two friends who, having learned to fly, go to France and offer their services to the Lafayette Espadrille. This is where their adventures really begin as they get involved in aerial combat, chase Germans and generally have an exciting time.
Book Synopsis Air Service Boys Flying for France, Or, The Young Heroes of the Lafayette Escadrille by : Charles Amory Beach
Download or read book Air Service Boys Flying for France, Or, The Young Heroes of the Lafayette Escadrille written by Charles Amory Beach and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun by : James R. McConnell
Download or read book Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun written by James R. McConnell and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a first-hand account of an American in the French Flying Corps during WWI. It tells about American volunteer pilots flying for France in the Lafayette Escadrille before the USA actually entered World War I. The story gives a lot of interesting personalized details about their crashes, close calls, and everyday routine.
Book Synopsis A Flying Fighter: An American Above The Lines In France by : E. M. Roberts
Download or read book A Flying Fighter: An American Above The Lines In France written by E. M. Roberts and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An American eagle with British wings Readers interested in the personal experiences of the resolute and brave young men who ventured into the air to fight the first aerial combats will discover much to reward them in this book. The author joined the R. F. C in 1914 to fight Germany following its invasion of Belgium and advance into France at the beginning of the First World War. However, he was, in fact an American much taken with the idea of adventure as well as the righting of wrongs. Roberts’ first experience of air fighting for the British flying corps was as an observer manning a machine gun and his descriptions of battling enemy aircraft and his accounts of his various ‘kills’ make gripping reading. Eventually he graduated to the pilot’s cockpit where he became an accomplished exponent of the dogfight; this did not come without some cost, Roberts lost many comrades and was seriously wounded himself. This account is highly recommended since it brings to life through many anecdotes the first hand experiences of one who was there. This book is one of a very small number by early military aviators and will be a valuable addition to the library of anyone with an interest in the subject.”-Leonaur Print Edition
Download or read book A Flying Fighter written by E. M. Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
