Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Our Boys in French Blue: Missouri Flyboys in the Lafayette Escadrille

Dr. Jessica Cannon will present the next exciting installment in the Great War Series on April 23 at 6:00 pm in Twomey Auditorium (Wood 100).  Focusing on Missouri’s connections to the Lafayette Escadrille, the talk will cover new research on two local men who joined the war effort in 1914 and talked their way past a suspicious French government and into the ranks of the aviation service.  The talk includes the war experiences of the escadrille, some context for early aviation, and the wild post-war adventures of Higginsville native Bert Hall.  


Advertisement from the Boston Post, 15 June 1918.

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