Talk:Lafayette Escadrille

message: It is useful that the distinction is explained above between actual members of the Escadrille and other American pilots in the French forces. I think there's a place for that in the article. I myself added Bullard to the list of members, based on the apparently inaccurate information on his Wikipedia bio. When my edit was reversed, with no adequate explanation, it at first looked like a racist intervention.
There is also no (English, at least) Wikipedia article that brings together information on other American pilots flying for the French.
Speed Demon (talk) 13:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lafayette Escadrille vs. Lafayette Flying Corps 

message: I will fix this article with correct information when I have the time.  The original "historians" who wrote the article don't know the difference between the Lafayette Escadrille, the Lafayette Flying Corps and the French Infantry (see Eugene Bullard). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Escadrille Americaine (talk • contribs) 18:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Has anyone done any fact checking? 

message: I've looked everywhere through Nordhoff and Hall's "The Lafayette Flying Corps" and can't find Charles Nungesser as a member anywhere.  The French officers (C.O. and X.O.s) were included in the book and it seems strange that the authors (who were there) would have left out such a colorful character. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Escadrille Americaine (talk • contribs) 20:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'd like to see some documentation on Nungesser... 

message: The absence of Eugene Bullard in this article is not racism at work, it is the result of research.
The (abysmal) movie "Flyboys" notwithstanding, Eugene Bullard was never in the Lafayette Escadrille.  He was, however, in the Lafayette Flying Corps.  He was highly thought of by his comrades (Nordhoff and Hall, 1920) but was sent back to the infantry after conflicts with his French superiors.
I have given up logging on and documenting my corrections to the revisionists who believe that they are taking a stand against racism.  However noble their intentions, the upshot is that they do the man (Bullard) a disservice by getting his story incorrect via glossing over the actual (and historic) case of racism.
Escadrille Americaine  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.6.63 (talk) 21:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bullard vs. Revisionists (the supporters of racism) 

message: the internal link to courtney campbell redirects to an article on a 'courtney w. campbell' who served in the u.s. army (no branch) as a 2lt. in ww1. but it makes no mention of service in the escadrille de lafayette.??
also, the links to the princes link to outside websites. Toyokuni3 (talk) 05:12, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Courtney Campbell

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: Do some research BEFORE you post.  Wikipedia has a shoddy reputation for inaccuracy which this article really reveals.
Eugene Bullard was NEVER in the squadron, he WAS in the corps.
There were BOMBER pilots in the CORPS as well but the SQUADRON was a pursuit (FIGHTER) squadron.
Most importantly, don't try to change history merely because your credentials (of a history nature) are summed up by, "Well, I saw it in Flyboys."  'tards.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.106.254.143 (talk) 21:24, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Escadrille (Squadron) was certainly NOT the same as the Corps. 

message: If you Google N 124 Tete de Sioux you'll find (in French) a whole Wiki article on the modern La Lafayette "Tete De Sioux" squadron of the French Air Force. I think it rather national-centric to not include the current squadron in the English version of the history of this famous squadron even if the French reformed it after WW I when it was then devoid of Americans. Oh, and, by the way...Je suis American! 69.109.221.153 (talk) 02:30, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure if this apples to apples. If the No 124 Squadron is called "Tete de Sioux", then its the "Indian Head" Squadron, not the "Americain" Squadron so it isn't even the same. If we are talking about it sharing the same squadron number (124), there are dozens of examples of squadrons with the same numbers so again they don't have any thing to do with eachother. At the very most, you could have a footnote "Legacy" at the bottom that says something like the current French Air Force's "Tete de Sioux" Squadron No 124, which flies the Mirage 2000, although not a direct descendent, continues the legacy of the Lafayette Escadrille. However, anything beyond that would be undue IMO. Ckruschke (talk) 18:31, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion Between This Article And Present-Day Lafayette Espadrille  

message: I was going to ask if anyone could add how a bunch of flying boys in war torn France got hold of two lion cubs, but seeing that even most fundamental problems of this article haven't been properly addressed in over twelve years, I'll probably check back sometime around 2030... --BjKa (talk) 22:53, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whiskey and Soda 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: This article fails to mention the TV documentary "The Lafayette Escadrille" (2020). I see WP now has a separate article about the Lafayette Flying Corps, but after reading both articles I'm still not clear about the distinction between the two. Muzilon (talk) 22:54, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  2020 documentary