Talk:Raoul Lufbery

Count
Lead says 17 kills, Death section says 16. Anyone cite sources and give us the "real" number (or is it 16 w/French + 1 2/American = 17 Total?

John (Jwy) 03:10, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

List at http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/lufbery.php shows 16 confirmed and 3 unconfirmed.

Georgejdorner (talk) 21:35, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Inspiration for Cassidy in Flyboys?
Could Raoul Lufbery be the inspiration for the "Cassidy" character (played by Martin Henderson) in the 2006 movie, Flyboys? --Fandyllic 1:57 PM PDT 29 Sep 2006

American citizenship
According to a book written by a french friend of Lufbery, Lufbery gained American citizenship earlier than what is to date written in this article : he chose american citizenship around 20, when he was about to be recruited for military training (service) in France : he claim to be American, so he did not have to do it.

Later he engaged un american army, but he was already american.

CO of Escadrille Lafayette?
I'm reading Shaara's book, and it shows that Lufbery was still an enlisted pilot when he left Escadrille Lafayette. (There's an interesting story about some pissant major pulling rank on him when he first comes to the American forces and is a brand new major.) Is there some evidence for the claim made here that he was CO of Escadrille Lafayette or an officer (let alone major) in French service? I see none presented here. CsikosLo (talk) 13:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 04:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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Red Swastika
His biplane showed at least 3 huge red swastikas, that at the time were just a good-omen symbol. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:49, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * sounds like the typical '''Reverse Swastika confusion. Brian in denver (talk) 21:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

What is the source for this information?

Georgejdorner (talk) 21:33, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Lion
Some lovely stories about the lion Whiskey (which I think is pretty well documented somewhere out there) and his companion Soda (whom I've never heard of), but it would be nice to have some references for this.--Mark Asread (talk) 18:56, 25 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Here's a photo from the National Air & Space Museum that includes Lufbery and both of the lions (http://www.af.mil/information/heritage/person.asp?dec=&pid=123006459). I've completely rewritten the section to focus on the references I found for the lions and Lufbery. I also added a reference on the William Thaw II page regarding ref's I found on his relationship to the animals. Thanks for pointing this out! Ckruschke (talk) 14:21, 27 February 2012 (UTC)Ckruschke

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Death
Frey went on to explain the social dynamics that led to the "historical inflation".
 * This statement is totally unconnected with anything before or after it in the article. I suggest it should be explained or deleted. Valetude (talk) 13:31, 1 January 2022 (UTC)