It wasn't Walsh who flew with the Lafayette Escadrille, that was William Wellman, who was an actual ace, and who made "Wings".
Walsh also claimed to have done it, but there was some doubt about it. and wasn't Hawks also in the LE? or did he fly in WWI at all? he sure made great movies about flying ("Only Angels Have Wings" is one of my favorite movies).
Hawks was in the Lafayette Flying Corps - Americans in French Air Force not necessarily in Lafayette Escadrille - he flew in a French squadron.
thank you, Tom.
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It wasn't Walsh who flew with the Lafayette Escadrille, that was William Wellman, who was an actual ace, and who made "Wings".
Walsh also claimed to have done it, but there was some doubt about it. and wasn't Hawks also in the LE? or did he fly in WWI at all? he sure made great movies about flying ("Only Angels Have Wings" is one of my favorite movies).
Hawks was in the Lafayette Flying Corps - Americans in French Air Force not necessarily in Lafayette Escadrille - he flew in a French squadron.
thank you, Tom.