| This
on-line edition of Eddie Rickenbacker's World War One memoirs dates from the
original version published by Stokes in 1919. Captain Rickenbacker, originally
from Ohio, was best known as one of the Commanders of the 94th
"Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots which included many former
members of the famed Lafayette Escadrille. The 94th ended the war in France
with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. Captain
Rickenbacker later belonged to an association of pilots and Great War air
veterans who, in the years immediately following the Second World War, invited
many of the new "young" aces from the Pacific and European theaters for
informal lectures. These men never lost their keen interest in aviation. |
