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escadrille

[es-kuh-dril, es-kuh-dril, es-ka-dree-yuh] / ˌɛs kəˈdrɪl, ˈɛs kəˌdrɪl, ɛs kaˈdri yə /
NOUN
squadron
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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

The escadrille passed through Paris on its way to the Somme front.

From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by McConnell, James R. (James Rogers)




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