Letter from Penrose Vass Stout, stationed in England and France, to his family.
During World War I Stout was a pilot, eventually serving as a lieutenant in the 27th Aero Squadron, First Pursuit Group. In this letter his gives his first impressions of England and France, discussing his visits to Winchester Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and Versailles. St...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During World War I Stout was a pilot, eventually serving as a lieutenant in the 27th Aero Squadron, First Pursuit Group. In this letter his gives his first impressions of England and France, discussing his visits to Winchester Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and Versailles. Stout also provides a detailed description of his first flying lessons with M. Fouche, a French instructor; that flight was particularly rough: "We would glide along smoothly then drop a few hundred feet like a rocket, rocking from side to side." |
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