escadrille

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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

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

G�ring then was a national hero, one of Imperial Germany's greatest fighting aces, finally Commander of the late, great Baron Manfred von Richthofen's daredevil escadrille.

From Time Magazine Archive

The orders came directing the escadrille to Luxeuil and bidding farewell to gay "Paree" the men boarded the Belfort train with bag and baggage--and the lion.

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