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
Life in the escadrille was glamorous and deadly.
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
World War II's escadrille is the American Eagle Squadron, quietly recruited and energized by Colonel Charles Sweeney, a U. S. soldier of fortune who fought in the Foreign Legion last time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, little by little, came Heurtaux, de la Tour, Dorme, Auger, Raymond, etc., all the famous valiant knights of the escadrille, like the peers of France who followed Roland over the Spanish roads.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
Moreover a round 33 escadrilles of all the various types were in reserve.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose
Meanwhile they were preparing the Somme battle; the escadrilles familiarized themselves with their ground, and new machines were tried.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
He asked for and obtained a rapid concentration of all the available escadrilles, and demanded of them vigorous offensive tactics.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
These are handled by escadrilles equipped with bigger machines.
From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by McConnell, James R. (James Rogers)
Since then methods have changed, and the future belongs to fighting escadrilles or groups of machines.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Sill, Louise Morgan
