Gervais Raoul Victor Lufbery (March 14, 1885 – May 19, 1918) was a French and American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in...
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Lufbery, often misspelt Lufberry, Luffbery or Luffberry, may refer to: Lufbery automobile, built in France, 1898-1902 Raoul Lufbery, French-American air...
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first used during World War I. While its name derives from the name of Raoul Lufbery, the leading fighter ace of the Lafayette Escadrille, he did not invent...
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humorist Jean Shepherd on November 17, 1969, wherein he credits Gervais Raoul Lufbery as the inventor. The mixture, as related by Shepherd, is champagne and...
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also on the roster, serving at various times in command positions. Raoul Lufbery, a French-born American citizen, became the squadron's first, and ultimately...
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Martin Henderson as Reed Cassidy: A character based upon the real Raoul Lufbery, evident in the references to the squadron mascot, Whiskey the lion...
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Declaration of Independence signatory Dorothy Kosinski, art scholar Raoul Lufbery, World War I flying ace John A. McGuire, member of the United States...
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Oxford. In 1912, while barnstorming in Calcutta in a Blériot, Pourpe met Raoul Lufbery, whom he later hired as his mechanic. The two then began traveling together...
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modern pentathlete Raoul Loé (born 1989), Cameroonian-French footballer Raoul Lufbery (1885–1918), French flying ace in World War I Raoul I of Lusignan (1160s–1219)...
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official aerial victory with Alan Winslow. Another squadron member, Raoul Lufbery, attained 17 victories before leaping to his death from a fiery Nieuport...
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