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In May, 1916, Raoul Gervais Lufbery was assigned to N-124,
the Escadrille Americaine (the American Pilot’s Volunteer
Group). He became famous not only for becoming the first American
Ace, but also for inventing the so-called Lufbery Circle,
his well remembered phrase was “Be careful, always remember
it may be a trap.”
Of Lufbery’s 16 victories, it is believed that his fifth
was the most notable, during the famous Oberndorf Raid over Germany,
in 1916. Four pilots from N-124, flying Nieuport 17’s, were
to escort the bomber mission to Oberndorf to destroy the Mauser
Works factory there. On the return from the mission, Lufbery
scored his fifth victory against a Roland CII.
As a tribute to the first, this print is signed by a minimum
of 26 American fighter Aces from the list below. |
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