Pop Culture References
- Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, authors of the “Bounty Trilogy”, also wrote Falcons of France" (1929) an account of their service in the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I in which Lufbery appears as a much admired comrade.
- Lufbery is one of the main characters in Jeffrey Shaara's book, To the Last Man.
- The character of Reed Cassidy in the 2006 film Flyboys (played by Martin Henderson) is roughly based on Lufbery.
- Lufbery features prominently in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode Attack of the Hawkmen.
- He and his lion cub, Whiskey, are depicted on card number 10 of the Scholastic book/online-game/treasure-hunt The 39 Clues, indicating he was a member of the Cahill family branch, Janus, in the series.
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