escadrille
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After the United States entered the conflict, the escadrille was absorbed into the American air service, and today its members are considered the godfathers of the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
“I don’t think Prince minded going,” fellow escadrille pilot James R. McConnell wrote.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
Life in the escadrille was glamorous and deadly.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
Despite the noise, the conversation was overheard by several escadrille members.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus had been set up in this locality, where heretofore no aircraft activities had been carried on to any extent, a most perfect escadrille.
From Air Service Boys Over The Rhine Fighting Above The Clouds by Charles Amory Beach
We had never before been grouped with as many other fighting escadrilles, nor at a field so near the front.
From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by James R. (James Rogers) McConnell
Moreover a round 33 escadrilles of all the various types were in reserve.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
The pursuit or battle squadrons—the escadrilles de chasse—are composed of small and very fast planes, such as the Spad and Nieuport.
From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell
The aerial fleet is sub-divided into squadrons called "escadrilles," each of which comprises six machines and pilots.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Of course, when the wind and weather permitted, there was always plenty of excitement among the airplane escadrilles.
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
