flying corps
Example Sentences
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They had signed on with the French flying corps, but Prince wanted a separate American aviation unit.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016
In German, they inform us, to "get yourself Franzed", deriving from the generic name for a navigator in the imperial German flying corps during the first world war, means to become hopelessly lost.
From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2012
Carter has first-hand knowledge of military aviation, gained in Wartime service with the Royal Air Force; believes the U. S. should have an independent flying corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the War, he took a commission as major in the U. S. flying corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
The doctors tell me to cultivate repose for a few months and maybe they'll pass me into our flying corps, but they don't promise anything.
From Lady Larkspur by Nicholson, Meredith
