Fighting for France: 1917


16 March

The season for flying has opened with new assignments such as observation work too far across enemy lines for slow machines. Germans will soon evacuate a fifth of the ground they hold in France.

McConnell letters. March 16, 1917, p.1

March 16,  1917, p.1

McConnell letters. March 16, 1917, p.2

March 16, 1917, p.2

McConnell letters. March 16, 1917, p.3

March 16, 1917, p.3

McConnell letters. March 16, 1917, p.4

March 16, 1917, p.4

McConnell photographs. Members of the Lafayette Escadrille at a party; McConnell is front row, center

Members of the Lafayette Escadrille at a party; McConnell is front row, center

McConnell photographs. With the Escadrille's mechanics

McConnell with the Escadrille's mechanics