The Aviator: A Biography of James R. McConnell, Lafayette Escadrille Fighter Pilot Ireland “Powerful

“Powerful

With the aid of cutting-edge fieldwork conducted by the author in these subterranean locales

Just as the house’s shuttered rooms open

The discovery both shocked him and made him want to know much more

An unparalleled work in French or English literature on the war

The Aviator: A Biography of James R. McConnell, Lafayette Escadrille Fighter Pilot Ireland “PowerfulDescription By Steven T Tom Hardcover Jim McConnell was one of the first Americans to serve with the French during WWI, first as an ambulance driver and then as a pilot. On the University of Virginia campus, one can find a winged, 12 foot tall bronze statue titled The Aviator. Curiously, The Aviator is a memorial to a UVA dropout, James Rogers McConnell. McConnell was a fighter pilot in the famous squadron of American volunteers who fought for the