Flying for France with the American Escadrille at Verdun

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MCCONNELL, JAMES R.

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Kessinger Publishing

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Flying For France

History

Military

Sagwan Press

James Rogers McConnell (1887-1917) was an aviator during World War I in the Lafayette Escadrille. He spent two years at the University of Virginia, and one in the law school. In 1910 he left law school and joined his family in Carthage. There he served as the land and industrial agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway and secretary of the Carthage Board of Trade. In January 1915, Mc- Connell sailed from New York to enlist with the American Ambulance Corps in France. On May 13, 1916 Mc- Connell participated in the unit's first patrol. Thirty-eight pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille flew Nieuport biplanes. Operating from Luxeuil Field in eastern France, Mc- Connell's group typically set off each day at dawn, clad in fur-lined outfits for two hour patrols. While convalescing from a back injury, suffered during a landing mishap, McConnell found time to compose Flying for France (1917). In aerial combat with two German planes, Mc- Connell 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.

Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

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Flying for France With the American Escadrille at Verdun

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Flying for France

Indypublish.Com

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.

Memoirs

IndyPublish

An illustrate re-publication of an eye witness account of air combat against the Germans during World War I. James R. McConnell flew these missions as a sergeant-pilot in the American Escadrille. He received the Croix de Guerre with Palm for conspicuous bravery. McConnell's book inspired the 2006 movie Flyboys.

Flying For France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun

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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format.  From Shakespeare’s finesse to Oscar Wilde’s wit, this  unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim’s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.

Literature & Fiction

Classics

One day in January, 1915, I saw Jim McConnell in front of the Court House at Carthage, North Carolina. "Well," he said, "I'm all fixed up and am leaving on Wednesday." "Where for?" I asked. "I've got a job to drive an ambulance in France," was his answer. And then he went on to tell me, first, that as he saw it the greatest event in history was going on right at hand and that he would be missing the opportunity of a lifetime if he did not see it. "These Sand Hills," he said "will be here forever, but the war won't; and so I'm going." Then, as an afterthought, he added: "And I'll be of some use, too, not just a sight-seer looking on; that wouldn't be fair." So he went. He joined the American ambulance service in the Vosges, was mentioned more than once in the orders of the day for conspicuous bravery in saving wounded under fire, and received the much-coveted Croix de Guerre. Meanwhile, he wrote interesting letters home. And his point of view changed, even as does the point of view of all Americans who visit Europe. From the attitude of an adventurous spirit anxious to see the excitement, his letters showed a new belief that any one who goes to France and is not able and willing to do more than his share--to give everything in him toward helping the wounded and suffering--has no business there. And as time went on, still a new note crept into his letters; the first admiration for France was strengthened and almost replaced by a new feeling: a profound conviction that France and the French people were fighting the fight of liberty against enormous odds. The new spirit of France: the spirit of the "Marseillaise," strengthened by a grim determination and absolute certainty of being right--pervades every line he writes. So he gave up the ambulance service and enlisted in the French flying corps along with an ever-increasing number of other Americans. The spirit which pervades them is something above the spirit of adventure that draws many to war; it is the spirit of a man who has found an inspiring duty toward the advancement of liberty and humanity and is glad and proud to contribute what he can. His last letters bring out a new point: the assurance of victory of a just cause. "Of late," he writes, "things are much brighter and one can feel a certain elation in the air. Victory, before, was a sort of academic certainty; now, it is felt." F. C. P. November 10, 1916.

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Flying for France with the American Escadrille at Verdun

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