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1.Georges Guynemer (1894-1917, pictured in the car) was a French fighter pilot and air ace credited with over 50 victories over the course of his service.
2.He started out as a mechanic before becoming a pilot in April 1915. He died on the Western Front in September 1917.
3.Although not his country’s top flying ace, he became France’s most popular and revered ace of the First World War.

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1. Only one African-American served as a pilot during World War I.

2. He was the first black man to get a pilot’s license and the first black American fighter pilot.

3.The French government awarded him a Croix de Guerre (War Cross) medal, which it gave to individuals who displayed heroism
during fighting with enemy forces

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1.He had 17 combat victories
during the war. A native of France, he came to
the United States as a child and became an
American citizen

2. Lufbery used to give two pieces of advice to new combat pilots. First, he said,
don’t lunge headfirst into combat.

3. Lufbery followed Pourpe into the military by
way of the French Foreign Legion.

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By: Ke'Ziya Nelson

Only one African-American served as a pilot during World War I. His name was
Eugene Bullard. Bullard was also one of the few enlisted men to fly an airplane.
Bullard carved his own path throughout his life. When he was only eight years old,
he ran away from his home in Georgia. His goal was to get to France. He’d heard
France was a wonderful place for people of all races. It took him 11 years, but
he finally got there.
Like other Americans wishing to join the fight in World War I, Bullard signed up
with the French Foreign Legion in October 1914. He was wounded four times
while with an infantry unit whose members called themselves the “swallows
of death.” After his fourth wound, he transferred to the French Air Service
and became a pilot. He was the first black man to get a pilot’s license and the
first black American fighter pilot. He tried to join the US Air Service, but the
Army turned him down. He shot down two German aircraft while in the French
Air Service. Finally, he got into a tussle with a French officer—rather than
court-martial him, the French military transferred him back
to the infantry, where he served the rest of the war.
Bullard eventually returned to the United
States, where he lived in Harlem, New York.
The French government awarded him a
Croix de Guerre (War Cross) medal, which
it gave to individuals who displayed heroism
during fighting with enemy forces. Bullard
also received several other medals for his
contributions to the war effort, both in the
air and in the infantry. In 1954, France asked
him to visit to help light the Eternal Flame
of the Tomb of the Unknown French Soldier
in Paris at the Arc de Triomphe. This was
a great honor.

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1.He had 17 combat victories
during the war.
2.A native of France, he came to
the United States as a child and became an
American citizen.
3.Sadly, Lufbery was not able to follow his own advice. When a German aircraft
shot Lufbery’s plane on 19 May 1918, his aircraft became engulfed in flames.
Lufbery jumped to his death

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1.Eugene Jacques Bullard was born October 9, 1894 in Columbus, GA as the seventh out of ten total children born to William Octave Bullard and Jospehine “Yokalee” Thomas.
2.Eugene Bullard is widely recognized as the first Black military pilot.

3.During the second World War Eugene Bullard agreed to serve France again as a spy.

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1.Eugene Jacques Bullard, born Eugene James Bullard, was the first black pilot
2.African-American military pilot. His life has been surrounded by many legends
3.Born on October 9, 1894, in Columbus Georgia, the seventh of ten children born to William (Octave) Bullard.
4.A a teenager, he stowed away on the German freighter Marta Russ,hoping to escape racial discrimination. (He later said that he witnessed his father's narrow escape from lynching).

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1. was an American combat pilot
during World War I.
2.  He was the only surviving pilot of that
war to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor during
his lifetime.
3. Rickenbacker earned his medal for an act of bravery on
25 September 1918.

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1. When he was only eight years old, he ran away from his home in Georgia. His goal was to get to France.

2. Eugene Bullard was the only
African-American combat pilot
during World War I.

3. He was wounded four times
while with an infantry unit whose members called themselves the “swallows
of death.” After his fourth wound, he transferred to the French Air Service and became a pilot.

4.  He was the first black man to get a pilot’s license and the
first black American fighter pilot.

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Frank Luke

he was a wild card He didn’t have the discipline of a Rickenbacker
or a Lufbery. But he did have their guts.

In March 1918 he went to France as a second lieutenant. After more training,
he began to go out on patrols.

One month later Luke asked permission to go after a German balloon that another
squadron had tried
unsuccessfully to shoot down. Balloons were always heavily
guarded because they were so vulnerable

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Manfred Von Richthofen (aka. The Red Baron)

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Manfred Von Richthofen (aka. The Red Baron)

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1. Germany’s ace of aces for killing 80 people.

2. He was a lieutenant in a Prussian Army cavalry
regiment.

3. He was killed by allied fire in 1918.

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1. He was the most famous pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille.

2. Raoul Lufbery had 17 combat victories during the war

3. A German aircraft shot Lufbery from the air on May 19, 1918, the aircraft became engulfed in flames and he jumped to his death

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1.  Was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient.
2.  He was also considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the war.[
3.  He was also a race car driver and automotive designer a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation, particularly as the long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.

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Raoul lufbery
1. Raoul Lufbery was the most famous pilot of the
Lafayette Escadrille.

2.  He had 17 combat victories during the war. A native of France, he came
to the United States as a child and became an
American citizen.

3.  he served in both the French Air Force, and later the United States Army Air Service in World War I, he is sometimes listed alternately as a French ace or as an American ace.

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1.He was the first black fighter pilot of WW1

2.When he was eight years old he ran away from home Georgia.

3.He was wounded four times they called him the swallows of death after he was wounded the fourth time he was transferred to the french Air force and became a pilot

4.

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1.Edward Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient.
2.He shot down 26 German airplanes
in just five months.
3.Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was born in Columbus, Ohio, on October 8, 1890.

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RAOUL LUFBERY

1.Raoul Lufbery was the most famous pilot of the
Lafayette Escadrille. He had 17 combat victories
during the war.

2. As a young man, he tried
the US Army but didn’t care for the discipline.

3.Sadly, Lufbery was not able to follow his own advice. When a German aircraft
shot Lufbery’s plane on 19 May 1918, his aircraft became engulfed in flames.
Lufbery jumped to his death.

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1.he came from the Arizona

mountains and had worked in copper mines.

2. Luke’s career as a

combat pilot was short:

he died just 17 days after

his first kill. In that time,

he shot down 15 balloons

and three airplanes.

It was one of the records

of the war.

3.He chose the

Army Signal Corps and completed his nine-week flight training in seven weeks.