01-02-2005, 03:07 PM
<em>The Lafayette Escadrille's symbol was of the same motiff and had one as well.</em><br>
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Being a good luck symbol, the swastika was very popular with early aviators and aviatrices. Werner Voß is one of the most obvious, having a laureate one on either side of the fuselage of his Albatros D.III, together with three red hearts (the combination of hearts and swastikas was popular on postcards of the Edwardian period, again because of the good luck connotations). It didn't always work, as Harriet Quimby (who wore a swastika charm) found - she was the first aviatrix to get her license in America... she was also the first woman pilot to fall out of her own aircraft over Boston harbour in 1912 and then have her aircraft go on to make a perfect landing. Oops.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
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Being a good luck symbol, the swastika was very popular with early aviators and aviatrices. Werner Voß is one of the most obvious, having a laureate one on either side of the fuselage of his Albatros D.III, together with three red hearts (the combination of hearts and swastikas was popular on postcards of the Edwardian period, again because of the good luck connotations). It didn't always work, as Harriet Quimby (who wore a swastika charm) found - she was the first aviatrix to get her license in America... she was also the first woman pilot to fall out of her own aircraft over Boston harbour in 1912 and then have her aircraft go on to make a perfect landing. Oops.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
