About this title: McConnell first served with the American Ambulance in France, receiving the Croix de Guerre, before transferring to the Lafayette Escadrille in Oct. 1915 as a sergeant-pilot. The Lafayette Escadrille was an American squadron in the French Flying Corps during World War I and McConnell was one of its original members. He served with such notables as Raoul Luftbery, Victor Chapman, Norman Prince, Kiffin Rockwell, Bill Thaw, and others. McConnell was shot down and killed in March 1917.
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (180 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00180 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardback) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Co., New York
Date Published: 1917
Description: Very Good+ Clean brown pictorial cloth. Text tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. B/W photo illustrations. Pilot in the French Flying Corp. Aviation; B&W Photo Illus.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 157 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781417905720ISBN:1417905727
Description: New. 1917. Illustrated from photographs through the kindness of Mr. Paul Rockwell. Reminiscences of McConnell, Sergeant-Pilot in the French Flying Corps. Contents: Verdun; From Verdun to the Somme; Personal Letters from Sergeant McConnell; and How France... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: INTL LAW & TAXATION PUBL
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781410101730ISBN:1410101738
Description: New. McConnell first served with the American Ambulance in France, receiving the Croix de Guerre, before transferring to the Lafayette Escadrille in Oct. 1915 as a sergeant-pilot. The Lafayette Escadrille was an American squadron in the French Flying Corp... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City NY
Date Published: 1917
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Postumously published account by Mr. McConnell, who was a Sergeant-Pilot in the French Flying Corps during WWI. Red cloth, black lettering on spine, black lettering on front above a stylized rendering of a WWI fighter bi-plane, frontis. ill., xiv, 157pp, plus 5 full page photo plates "Illustrated from photographs through the kindness of Mr. Paul Rockwell. " Spine sharply cocked, ends & corners lightly bumped, boards lightly bowed vertically, front cover has a small ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1917
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. VG, no dj. Slight spine lean but binding is tight. Foredge of rear cover sun bleached, bottom edges lighlty mottled. Spine slightly sunned. Name on title page else text and photos near fine. Illustrated. 157 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published: 1917
Description: Very Good + No Dust Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. VG+, no dj. Neat name and 1917 date on free endpaper. Light fading to cloth spine but spine title clear. Illustrated. 157 pages. read more
Description: VG. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917. 157pp., illustrated from photographs, spine ends bumped, just minor wear, a Very Good copy, no DJ. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published: 1917
Description: Very Good + in Good + jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. VG+ in G+ dj with few dj edge chips and tears. Tape residue near bottom edge of front dj panel. Few tiny, light spots of foxing to title page else very clean. Illustrated. 157 pages. Please inquire into Shipping on this book. read more
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