April 5, 2024
WWI Lafayette Escadrille Sioux Chief image
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Up for auction is a reproduction WW1 Aviation Art Prototype of the logo for the " Lafayette Escadrille." The logo is a hand painted Sioux Chief on linen that is designed to look as if it were hand painted by a pilot or mechanic and then cut from the side of a WW1 airplane. It is mounted between to pieces of glass. (Note: high end plexiglas was used so it could be transported or shipped). WW1 Aviation art is hard to find and when it is found it is in poor condition. I am in the process of recreating some WW1 Aviation Art on linen, and on ½ and ¾ scale airplane control surfaces (rudder, elevator, etc.). Escadrille Americaine was commanded by a Frenchman, Captain Georges Thenault, initially with seven Americans assigned as pilots -- Norman Prince, Victor Chapman, Kiffin Rockwell, James McConnell, William Thaw, Elliot Cowdin, and Bert Hall. During the succeeding 20 months at the Front, an additional 31 Americans signed on as pilots. It flew its first mission on May 13, 1916. Five days later Rockwell scored their initial victory by shooting down an LVG recon. On June 23, 1916, Chapman was shot down and became the first Escadrille Americaine pilot to die in aerial combat. When the unit's fame spread, the German government protested about the use of the "Americaine" in the title, since the US was still neutral at the time, and its name
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