Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun by James McConnell: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 2:29:34 running time and a link to listen.
Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun, credited to James McConnell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun by James McConnell. Read in English by volunteer readers. The experiences of American James R. McConnell, while flying with the French Flying Corp at Verdun during World War One. Sgt McConnell was a member of the Layfette Escadrille, also called the American Escadrille, from 1915 to 1917. McConnell volunteered for Ambulance service in France in 1915. While serving with the Ambulance service, he was cited for courage in retrieving wounded soldiers under fire and was awarded the French Croix de Gurre for bravery. He decided to volunteer for service in the French Flying Corps and became a member of the American Escadrille, a unit formed in the years before the United States became involved in the war, made up of American Volunteer pilots. - Summary by William A Crenshaw
Recording facts
- Recording title: Flying for France - With the American Escadrille at Verdun
- Author credits: James McConnell
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 9
- Listed recording duration: 2:29:34
Catalogue topics
- biography
- World War 1
- layfette escadrille
- french flying corps
- wwi air combat
- american escadrille
- aerial operations
- european theatre
Track guide
- 00 - Introduction — 2:42
- 01 - Chapter 1, Part 1 — 23:03
- 02 - Chapter 1, Part 2 — 17:50
- 03 - Chapter 1, Part 3 — 21:17
- 04 - Chapter 2, Part 1 — 16:00
- 05 - Chapter 2, Part 2 — 19:19
- 06 - Chapter 3 — 16:39
- 07 - Chapter 4 — 12:13
- 08 - Chapter 5 — 20:31
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