totoroman- The Lafayette Escadrille's 38 pilots were the forefront of a huge effort to get the Americans into the war and their exploits were widely publicized in the USA.
Raoul Lufbery is the only pure ace they produced, although other L.E. pilots did go on to become aces flying with the Americans. Bert Hall would likely have become an ace if the blue bloods had not chased him from the outfit.
A lot of the scoring in WW-I depended on where you were stationed and who opposed you, so even one escadrille of the mighty Storks only scored 30 or so victories during the whole war (Spa 73). if you were assigned to a quiet sector or your commander was not very aggressive, victories were difficult to obtain.
There was a lot of confusion between the 38 pilots of the L.E. and the 250+ pilots of the Lafayette Flying Corps, which included Americans who flew with any French unit in WW-I. Hard to say if this was misclaiming or misquoting, most likely the latter. I still get requests for information on L.E. pilots who never flew in Escadrille 124.
Taz
Terry Phillips