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| rdfs:comment | - Lieutenant Colonel Georges Thenault () was the commander of the Lafayette Escadrille - the famed branch of the French air force in World War I composed of American volunteer pilots. The Lafayette Escadrille was created before the United States gave up its neutrality, and joined France and Britain in the war against Germany. Once the United States formally entered the war, the Lafayette Escadrille was absorbed into the U.S. Army.
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| Commands | - Escadrille C.42, détachement de l'armée de Lorraine , as commanding officer; Lafayette Escadrille N.124, as commanding officer
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| Awards | - Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre, with four Palms
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| placeofburial | - Crypt of the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in the park of Ville-neuve L'etang, between the suburbs of Garches and Marne la Coquette
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| Units | - Escadrille C.11; Escadrille C.34;
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| abstract | - Lieutenant Colonel Georges Thenault () was the commander of the Lafayette Escadrille - the famed branch of the French air force in World War I composed of American volunteer pilots. The Lafayette Escadrille was created before the United States gave up its neutrality, and joined France and Britain in the war against Germany. Once the United States formally entered the war, the Lafayette Escadrille was absorbed into the U.S. Army.
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