flying corps
Example Sentences
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They had signed on with the French flying corps, but Prince wanted a separate American aviation unit.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016
In German, they inform us, to "get yourself Franzed", deriving from the generic name for a navigator in the imperial German flying corps during the first world war, means to become hopelessly lost.
From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2012
Carter has first-hand knowledge of military aviation, gained in Wartime service with the Royal Air Force; believes the U. S. should have an independent flying corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
Polio-weakened legs had rendered him "totally unfit" for the army or navy, but the new flying corps did not care too much about legs.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have none of the thrill of the fellows who have gone into the flying corps or the ambulance service.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh
