Includes detailed biographies of the 269 volunteer American airmen and gunners of France's Service Aeronautique who flew in sity-six pursuit and twenty-seven bomber/observation squadrons over the Western Front-also included are the thirty-eight pilots of the Escadrille Lafayette. It is an accurate and absorbing account of the lives and combat experiences of the men who later formed the nucleus of the American Expeditionary Force squadrons. Contains comprehensive research, including details of war casualties and survivors, and many unpublished photographs. 320 + b/w photographs