Raoul Lufbery

Gervais Raoul Lufbery (March 14, 1885 – May 19, 1918) was an

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French-American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in both the French and later the American air services in World War I, he is sometimes listed as a French Ace and sometimes as a American Ace, though all but one of his 17 combat victories came while flying in French units.

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Raoul Lufbery was born in Chamalieres, France to an American father and a French mother. When Raoul was an infant, his father returned to America, forcing Raoul to be raised by his grandmother. He later came to America settling in Wallingford, Connecticut. He enlisted in the United States Army to gain American citizenship and saw service during the Philippine insurrection. Later, he traveled to French Indochina where he took a job as a mechanic for French aviation pioneer Marc Pourpe.

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