French World War I Flying Aces - Roland Garros, Georges Guynemer, Charles Nungesser, Rene Fonck, Raoul Lufbery, Alfred Heurtaux, Armand Pinsard, George (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Roland Garros, Georges Guynemer, Charles Nungesser, Rene Fonck, Raoul Lufbery, Alfred Heurtaux, Armand Pinsard, Georges Madon, Michel Coiffard, Jean Navarre, William Thaw II, Marcel Marc Dhome, Maurice Boyau, Jean Casale, Georges Lachmann, Leon Bourjade, Jacques Ortoli, Gilbert Sardier, Hector Garaud, Bernard Artigau, Jean Andre Pezon, Adrien L. J. Leps, Bernard Barny de Romanet, Henri Albert Peronneau, Auguste Lahoulle, Charles Nuville, Marcel Nogues, Arthur Coadou, Rene Dousinelle, Theophile Henri Condemine, Dieudonne Costes, Louis Prosper Gros, Adolphe Pegoud, Jean Chaput, Lucien Gasser, Jean Bozon-Verduraz, Jean G. Bouyer, Gustave Douchy, William Herisson, Jean Matton, Ernest Maunoury, Marcel Haegelen, Maurice Bizot, Alexandre Bretillon, Laurent B. Ruamps, Jean Derode, Francois de Rochechouart, Fernand Bonneton, Alfred Auger, Andre Dubonnet, Armond J. Berthelot, Charles Quette, Andre Robert Levy, Francis Guerrier, Francois Battesti, Francois Delzenne, Joseph-Henri Guiguet, Francois Portron, Yves F. Barbaza, Eugene Weismann, Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie, Paul Gastin, Paul Santelli, Marie Vitalis, Jules Covin, Robert Delannoy, Jean-Paul Favre De Thierrens, Antoine Paillard, Constant Plessis, Marcel Henriot, Albert Achard. Excerpt: Charles Eugene Jules Marie Nungesser, MC (15 March 1892 - presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French ace pilot and adventurer, best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, rating third highest in the country for air combat victories during World War I. After the war, Nungesser mysteriously disappeared on an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, flying with wartime comrade Francois Coli in The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc). Their aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927, was sighted...