escadrille
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Life in the escadrille was glamorous and deadly.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
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
Despite the noise, the conversation was overheard by several escadrille members.
From Time Magazine Archive
And another of the escadrille had the honor of getting above those observation balloons before a couple of them could be hastily pulled down.
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
Trips are made in squadron formation and sham battles are effected with other escadrilles, as the smallest unit of an aërial fleet is called.
From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by James R. (James Rogers) McConnell
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
But these airplanes, while doing this special work, must be protected by patrolling escadrilles.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
But the methodical Germans, without delay, supplied their constructors with definite types of machines in order to make their escadrilles harmonious.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
Moreover a round 33 escadrilles of all the various types were in reserve.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
