Gervais Raoul Lufbery (1885-1918), French World War I pilot. Lufbery, a French and US citizen, was initially a mechanic to the French aviation pioneer Marc Pourpe (1887-1914). When Pourpe was killed in the early months of the war, Lufbery trained as a pilot himself. He served in the French Air Service (Aeronautique Militaire) flying Nieuport fighters. By 1916 he had joined a US volunteer effort called the Lafayette Escadrille. By 1918, he was commander of the US 94th Aero Squadron. The three medals he is wearing here are (left to right): Legion of Honour, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre. Photographed between 1916 and Lufbery's death in combat in 1918.