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'Lone Wolf' Lufbery Dared Death Often

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article about Major Raoul Lufbery's penchant to take risks while flying in combat.

Parade To Honor Lufbery Portrait

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A photograph of Raoul Lufbery from a newspaper obituary advertising a parade held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Major Raoul Lufbery.

Vengeance For Lufbery Quick

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article about a French pilot that shot down the German airplane that shot down Major Raoul Lufbery.

Lufbery Slain In Battle

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article detailing Major Raoul Lufbery's death during combat.

Lufbery, New England Ace, Killed By Hun

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A short newspaper article about Major Raoul Lufbery being killed by German fighter pilots.

Ace In Hartford Saw Lufbery Hit

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A short newspaper article about Captain M. Edwin Green, who was flying in the same combat engagement as Raoul Lufbery when the latter was killed.

Lufbery, Noted American Ace, Killed In Battle

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article that details Major Raoul Lufbery's record number of enemy kills during his career as well as detailing his career.

Impressive Service For Maj Lufbery

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article detailing the funeral of Raoul Lufbery in a cemetery near a French village.

Saw Lufbery Killed And Avenged

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A short newspaper article about Major Raoul, Lufbery's death and him being "avenged" by another pilot.

Lufbery, Famous U.S. Airman, Killed In France

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article about the death of Major Raoul Lufbery. The article also discusses Lufbery's burial and his legacy as a famous aviator.

Tribute Paid Maj. Lufbery At Funeral

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article detailing the funeral and tributes paid to Major Raoul Lufbery after his death by his peers in the American and French armies.

Some Of The High Spots In The Signal Corps Show, Fred F. Marshall

Fred F. Marshall Newspapers

Comic depicting the United States Signal Corp preparing to perform a vaudeville show at the Watertown City Opera House.

World War I Diary, H. Crawford

Sgt. Jay H. Crawford World War I Diary (SC-225)

This diary contains a collection of handwritten entries from Sergeant H. Crawford, a member of the 362nd Infantry in the American Army. In his diary, Sergeant Crawford details his travels from Houston, Texas to Europe during World War I. The author includes many of his experiences such as caring for the wounded, time in battle, and more.

Palmer B. Coombs Diary March 1918 - January 1919, Palmer B. Coombs

Palmer Coombs WWI Materials: Diaries and Papers

This diary details an eleven month span in the life of Palmer B. Coombs, from March 1918-January 1919. These entries cover Coombs' travel from Illinois through France and back to the United States at the end of World War I.

Shooting Down A Boche, Gervais Raoul Lufbery

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article that published some of Major Raoul Lufbery's autobiographical writing discussing catching an enemy pilot unawares, and taking advantage of the situation to shoot the enemy aircraft down.

My Air Duels With The Boches, Gervais Raoul Lufbery

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article that published some of Major Raoul Lufbery's autobiographical writing discussing fighting enemy German pilots in spite of damage to his aircraft.

Palmer B. Coombs Naval Battery 1 And U.S. Naval Railway Battery 1, Palmer B. Coombs

Palmer Coombs WWI Materials: Diaries and Papers

This is a list of personnel that includes names, possibly some ranks, and addresses for men in various squads.

Air Service Medical Manual : War Department. Air Service. Division Of Military Aeronautics, Washington, D.C., United States. War Department. Air Service Division Of Military Aeronautics

Local and Rare Books

In each of the countries at war there is a fully established Air Medical Service. Early in the development of the Aviation Service of our Allies, and even earlier in the German Air Service, it was found essential to create a medical department as an integral part of the Air Force. The French and the Italians for the past year have had well-organized Air Medical Services, which include in their personnel many of the foremost specialists of these respective countries. The British, whose Royal Air Force exists as a separate arm of the service, have a separate Air Medical Service …

Manual Of Medical Aspects Of Aviation, United States Army, Medical Research Laboratory, Air Service

Local and Rare Books

This manual is the result of the work done in the Laboratory and it is intended for the information and instruction of those who are interested in the medical problems of Aviation. In these brief pages it has been impossible to go fully into a subject so new and so large. But it is the earnest hope that the faithful painstaking work of the department heads and their assistants may be of service in stimulating the study of conditions that are of such vital economic, military and human value.

Lufbery Gets 16th German Airplane

Raoul Lufbery Newspapers

A newspaper article about Major Raoul Lufbery joining the United States Army to fight the German Army.

Voices From The Sea, Claude Shafer

Fred F. Marshall Newspapers

Comic that depicts the SS Antilles sinking in water that has the phrase "Buy Liberty Bond" repeatedly printed on it.

Palmer B. Coombs Diary April - August 1917, Palmer B. Coombs

Palmer Coombs WWI Materials: Diaries and Papers

This diary details a five month span in the life of Palmer B. Coombs, from April-August of 1917. The diary entries range from attending school to enlisting in the army at the beginning of the US involvement in World War I.

Letter, March 21, 1917, Katharine Wright To Florence, Katharine Wright Haskell

Katharine Wright Letters to Florence Guthrie (SC-117)

Katharine Wright writes to her friend Florence Guthrie about an Oberlin Class of 1898 meeting and other aspects of her daily life.

Milton Wright Diaries: 1917, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1917 and continue until April 2, 1917. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, though this diary includes a record of Orville establishing the Wright Aeronautical Laboratory and more. The diary ends on April 3rd because Bishop Milton Wright died on that day at the age of 88. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

Scrap Book Of Claude Cadot Battery "D", Claude Cadot

322nd Field Artillery Reunion Association Ephemera

A scrap book created by Claude Cadot who was a soldier in Battery "D" of the 322 Field Artillery, 83rd Division. This book contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and more relating to the 322nd Field Artillery from 1917 until 1944.

Due to some copyrighted content in the scrap book only the first 30 pages of content are available in CORE Scholar. The complete physical copy is available at the Special Collections and Archives of Wright State University.

Headquarters News Bulletin: Vol.1, No. 12, Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

Martha McClellan Brown Ephemera

The newsletter of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association covers events and people of interest to the suffrage movement in Ohio and nationally.

Letter, May 9, 1916, Katharine Wright To Ivonette Wright, Katharine Wright Haskell

Ivonette Wright Miller Letters (MS-216)

Katharine Wright writes to her niece expressing her excitement at Ivonette performing in a musical, asking her who she would like to invite.

Milton Wright Diaries: 1916, Milton Wright

Milton Wright Diaries

Bishop Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville Wright, regularly recorded entries in his diary from 1857 until his death in 1917. This diary’s entries began on January 1916 and continue until December 1916. Wright records a variety of information regarding his travels, family history, and expenditures. Of particular note, this diary includes a records of Milton, Katharine, and Orville taking a trip to Waubec Island, Orville's purchase of Lambert Island, and more. View the transcript of the Milton Wright diaries.

Letter, 1915, November 4, Mrs. Harvey C. Garber And Edna A. Stone To Dear Suffragist [Martha Mcclellan Brown], D. H. Garber, Edna A. Stone

Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence

A letter from the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage discussing the potential passage of the Shafroth-Palmer amendment or the Susan B. Anthony amendment and asking for support for both. The letter was written by Mrs. Harvey C. Garber (D.H. Curtis Garber) and Edna A. Stone.

Letter, 1915, July 21, Harriet Taylor Upton To Mrs. M. Mcclellan Brown [Martha Mcclellan Brown], Harriet Taylor Upton

Martha McClellan Brown Correspondence

A letter from Harriet Taylor Upton of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association to Martha McClellan Brown indicating her disappointment for Brown not coming to Springfield, the status of a mutual acquaintance, and more.