Maj. Raoul Gervais Victor Lufbery, 1885-1918 – Vintage Print
![Maj. Raoul Gervais Victor Lufbery, 1885-1918, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fb/fbb55bcdf422-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Maj. Raoul Gervais Victor Lufbery, 1885-1918. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Maj. Raoul Gervais Victor Lufbery, 1885-1918
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Few early American aviators are as closely tied to the Lafayette Escadrille as Raoul Lufbery, the French-born pilot shown in this portrait. Lufbery had spent years in the United States before the First World War and joined the French air service, where he became one of the most successful Allied fighter pilots of the conflict. He later helped train and lead American pilots in the 94th Aero Squadron, and he was killed in combat over France in May 1918. The caption card gives no date for the photograph, so the image is best read as a portrait of a man who became a symbol of American volunteer aviation in World War I.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,102 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117190 |
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