Lafayette Escadrille 100 -- April 20, 2016

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On 20-April-1916, the French Aéronautique Militaire formed the Escadrille Américaine, which was later called the Lafayette Escadrille,a squadron of American volunteer pilots with French mechanics and commanders. Norman Prince, who was already flying for the French, persuaded the French to establish the squadron.

The cover of the March, 1932 Aces features David Putnam, who served as a pilot for France in the Escadrille Lafayette and for the United States during World War One.He was shot down and killed on 12-September-1918.  He received a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross.

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 The cover of the January, 1932 Aces features James Norman Hall, who served as an infantryman for Britain and a pilot for France in the Escadrille Lafayette and for the United States during World War One. He received the Croix de Guerre. Before he went down behind enemy lines and became a prisoner, Hall met fellow pilot Charles Nordhoff. After the war, Nordhoff and Hall wrote Mutiny on the Bounty and other books.