Cedric Fauntleroy (sometimes also Cedric Faunt le Roy) was an American pilot who in 1919 volunteered to serve in the Polish Air Force during the Polish-Bolshevik War. He was among the best pilots of the Polish 7th Air Escadrille, dubbed the KoĹ›ciuszko Escadrille. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Flag of the Polish Air Force Polish Air Force (SiÅ‚y Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, SiÅ‚y Powietrzne RP). ... Polish-Bolshevik War Conflict Polish-Bolshevik War Date 1919–1921 Place Central and Eastern Europe Result Polish victory The Polish-Soviet War (also known as the Polish-Bolshevik War or the Polish-Russian War) was the war (February 1919 – March 1921) that determined the borders between the Russian Soviet Federated... Oeffag DIII fighters of the escadrille at Lewandówka airfield in the winter of 1919-1920; the plane marked with a large I sign was flown by the escadrilles commanding officer, Cedric Faunt-le-Roy American volunteers, Merian C. Cooper and Cedric Fauntleroy, fighting in the Polish Air Force. ...
Gradually, the Earl discovers that Cedric is a courageous, chivalrous boy with a strong sense of right and duty -- due mainly to the influence of his American mother, who is finally allowed to rejoin Cedric and enjoy the love and respect of her father-in-law.
Cedric's appearance is important to the story, as it is an outward sign of his own natural nobility, as well as his mother's efforts to raise him as a gentleman, despite her straitened circumstances.
Little Lord Fauntleroy is very much the story of a boy's devotion to his mother and the power of a mother's influence on her child.
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