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29 July 2007 07:13 AM
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American to Head Aviation Sections
Janesville Daily Gazette - Friday, November 02, 1917
AMERICAN TO HEAD AVIATION SECTIONS
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Lieutenant William Thaw to Command Lafayette Escadrille According to Rumor
(By H. G. Wales)
(I. N. S. Staff Correspondent.)
   Paris, Oct. 16.—Lieutenant William Thaw of Pittsburgh, may succeed Captain... 
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29 July 2007 05:28 AM
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France to Outfit U.S. Flyers in France
The Fort Wayne News - Saturday, May 12, 1917
FRANCE TO OUTFIT U. S. FLYERS IN FRANCE
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT FURNISHES NEW WAR PLANES TO LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE
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HAVE GRUDGE FIGHT
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Ten German Aviators Single Out U. S. Birdmen as Their Particular Enemies
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   WITH THE LAFAYETTE AIR SQUADRON SOMEWHERE IN...
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28 July 2007 08:56 AM
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Leading American Ace Missing
The Lowell Sun - Friday, June 21, 1918
Leading American Ace Missing
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Four Hun Airmen Attack Lieut. Baylies and His Machine Fell in Flames Within Their Lines
   PARIS, June 21.—The leading American ace in the French Flying Corps, First Lieut. Frank L. Baylies of New Bedford, Mass., is missing after an...
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26 July 2007 07:33 AM
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Lieutenant Paul Baer . . . Will Help Poland Win Liberty
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette - Sunday, November 23, 1919
LIEUTENANT PAUL BAER, FORT WAYNE BOY, FIRST AMERICAN ACE, WILL HELP POLAND WIN LIBERTY
   Lieut. Paul Baer, Fort Wayne boy, son of Mrs. Emma Dyer, first of American flyers to be designated as an "ace" in the late world war, has decided to...
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25 July 2007 02:36 PM
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Want Recognition From Many Airmen
Indiana Evening Gazette - Monday, November 03, 1930
Want Recognition From Many Airmen
   NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—INS—The awarding of the congressional medal to Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, American war ace, twelve years after the close of the great war, has encouraged members of the American Society for the Promotion of...
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24 July 2007 03:59 PM
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World War Ace Leaves Service
San Antonio Express - Saturday, November 07, 1936
World War Ace Leaves Service
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Will Travel While Before Deciding Upon His Permanent Home
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   After flying more than 4,500 hours during his more than 19 years service in the Air Corps, Maj. James Andrew Healy, commander of the 40th Attack Squadron, Kelly Field,...
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24 July 2007 02:07 PM
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S. F. Society Man to Join Belgian Corps
Oakland Tribune - Sunday, October 31, 1915
S. F. Society Man to Join Belgian Corps
   SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 30.—Determined to seek excitement in the war zone, Leonard Coombes Hammond, prominent in local society and club circles, has decided to become a driver for the Belgian ambulance corps. Hammond will sail...
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24 July 2007 01:24 PM
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World War Ace Who Died Fighting Is Campus Hero
Syracuse Herald-American - Sunday, September 22, 1940
World War Ace Who Died Fighting Is Campus Hero
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Battle of Britain Brings Hamilton's Spirit Out of Retirement
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   In the light of today's world events Syracuse University students, for the first time in many years, are paying new-found respect to the glorious...
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24 July 2007 12:52 PM
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France Loses Hope for Atlantic Airmen
The Chronicle-Telegram - Wednesday, May 11, 1927
FRANCE LOSES HOPE FOR ATLANTIC AIRMEN
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SEARCH CONTINUES ON LAND AND SEA TO FIND AVIATORS
   Eighty hours after they left Le Bourget, near Paris, early Sunday morning and headed out over the Atlantic on an attempt to fly without a stop to New York, nothing had...
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24 July 2007 08:14 AM
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