Nieuport 17 N.1844, Major Raoul Lufbery, Escadrille N.124 ‘Lafayette” October, 1916.
Gervais Raoul Lufbery was a French-born American World War I flying ace who first served as a mechanic and then a reconnaissance and fighter pilot in the French Air Service, joining the Lafayette Escadrille in 1916. He scored most of his 17 confirmed victories while flying French units, becoming an ace by October 1916. After the United States entered the war he was commissioned a major in the U.S. Army Air Service, helped train American pilots including Eddie Rickenbacker, and led the 94th Aero Squadron. He was killed in action on 19 May 1918 when he fell from his Nieuport 28 during combat over France.
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