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
But this is certain," said one of the leading flyers of the escadrille, seriously; "if the Boches mean to stop playing fair it's bound to demoralize the service.
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret 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
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
For instance, it is stated that there were thirty escadrilles of Bleriot monoplanes together with pilots at the front, in addition to thirty mixed escadrilles of the other prohibited types with their fliers.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
The eight escadrilles of fighting machines form a rather interesting colony.
From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by James R. (James Rogers) McConnell
Meanwhile the staff was preparing to reorganize the army escadrilles.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
