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Lafayette Escadrille
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Slang
Archie: antiaircraft fire
Sausages: observation balloons
Flaming onions: antiaircraft flack protection for observation balloons
Joy stick: aircraft control
Dogfight: shoot-out between two aircraft
The mystic
The Lafayette Escadrille would be known for its country-club lifestyle. Poker and dice games were said to be common. The headquarters at Cachy, near the Somme, had a reputation for its fine cuisine provided by a French chef who once worked at the New York Ritz. A gramophone would play an incessant combination of ragtime, fox-trot, operas and Hawaiian music. The unit's mascots, a pair of lion cubs, Whiskey and Soda, roamed the airfield.
Facts
Lafayette Escadrille
Total squadron victories: 57
Top ace: Raoul Lufbery (17 victories)
French pilots in the squadron: 5
First victory: Kiffin Rockwell (May 13, 1916)
First fatality: Norman Prince (June 23, 1916)
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Original volunteers: 38
Previous service to France: 28 (seven as pilots)
Eastern states natives: 23
New Yorkers: 9
Western states natives: 2
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