George Guynemer Knight of the Air Translated by Louise Morgan Sill
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1918. Octavo, original decorated papered boards, 256 pp., frontispiece, four plates. Head of the spine shows some abrasion, one corner of the title-page chipped, otherwise a very good copy. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt.
Guynemer was rejected five times for military service due to frailty, but was accepted for training as a mechanic in late 1914. With perseverance and determination, he joined Escadrille MS.3 (renamed Escdrille N.3 later on) in 1915 and remained in the same unit for the entirety of his service. On September 11th, 1917, Guynemer failed to return from a combat mission and was officially declared missing September 25th, 1917. With 54 air combat victories, he was considered one of the ace pilots of World War One. Guynemer was awarded the Légion d'honneur, the Croix de Guerre, the Médaille militaire, and the Order of Karadorde's Star. Item #2525
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