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"escadrille" Definitions
  1. a unit of a European air command containing usually six airplanes
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squadron armada battalion company fleet group regiment squad team troop unit corps brigade detachment force legion division platoon army crew

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The films included such war dramas as "Battle Cry" (with Van Heflin) and "Lafayette Escadrille" (Clint Eastwood in a small role).
There are names that history and aviation buffs will recognize: Victor Chapman, the first to die, shot down, it is said, while flying oranges back to a friend wounded at Verdun; Raoul Lufbery, America's first great ace, with 17 confirmed kills; and Norman Prince, a founder of the Lafayette Escadrille, whose father later had him interred in the National Cathedral in Washington.
The Escadrille was created in 1919 by a merger of the earlier 18th Reconnaissance Escadrille and the 19th Fighter Escadrille. In September 1939 the 112th Fighter Escadrille was incorporated into the Pursuit Brigade.
He joined Escadrille 6. He then became a corporal in Escadrille 42 in 1915, flying a Caudron. He flew a Nieuport in Escadrille 65, before transferring into a French unit composed of American volunteers, known as the Escadrille Americaine, Escadrille 124 under its new designation became nicknamed the Lafayette Escadrille. Thaw scored his first victory using a Nieuport on 24 May 1916.
On 1 November 1916, it was one of the units gathered into Groupe de Combat 12, along with Escadrille N3, Escadrille N26, and Escadrille N103. The unit became Escadrille Spa73 when it re-equipped with Spad VIIs in January 1917.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 96. The escadrille left GC 12 on 18 January 1918, being replaced by Escadrille SPA.67.
Escadrille Spa.102 (earlier unit designations being Escadrille BR.17, Escadrille VB.2, Escadrille VB102', Escadrille N.102) was a French fighter squadron founded in 1913. It served throughout the First World War in a variety of aircraft types, claiming 85 aerial victories, of which 18 were approved.
Escadrille 62 was originally equipped with Farman two-seater reconnaissance aircraft; thus, its first designation was Escadrille MF62. Its first assignment was to VI Armee of the French Army. On 5 May 1916, it was incorporated into a larger ad hoc unit, Groupe de Combat de la Somme--the other units included in the group were Escadrille N3, Escadrille N26, Escadrille N73, and Escadrille N103. On 25 May 1916, it rearmed with Nieuports, becoming Escadrille N62.
On 30 March 1915, it re-equipped with Morane-Saulnier L aircraft, becoming Escadrille MS 15. In September 1915, it traded machines again, gaining Nieuport 11s and being renamed Escadrille N 15. The escadrille was then consolidated into an ad hoc Groupe de Chasse along with Escadrille F 16 and Escadrille N 57.
Escadrille 38, variously known as Escadrille MS38, Escadrille N38, or Escadrille SPA38, was a French fighter squadron founded on 8 January 1915. Fighting until the 11 November 1918 armistice, they were responsible for downing 98 German aircraft in aerial combat.
By war's end, Escadrille SPA 124 was credited with 28 aerial victories. Escadrille SPA.124, the Jeanne d'Arc Escadrille, continues in service in today's French Air Force.
Members of Escadrille Spa.102 on the flight line with a SPAD fighter. Escadrille Spa.102 was Escadrille BR.17 when it was founded in 1913 because it was fitted with Bréguets. On 18 October 1914, it became Escadrille VB.2 when it was resupplied with Voisins; in November, it was redesignated Escadrille VB102.
On 1 November 1916, the unit would be incorporated into Groupe de Combat 13, joining Escadrille 65, Escadrille 112, and Escadrille N.124. A SPAD S.VII single-seat fighter . After service with GC 13, the escadrille was detached from the groupe on 1 June 1917.
Other escadrilles within the Groupe were N3, N37, N62, N73, and N103. In early November 1916, Escadrille N65 was reassigned into Groupe de Combat 13. GC 13 also contained Escadrille N67, Escadrille N112, and Escadrille N.124.Franks, Bailey 1992, pp. 94-95. On 5 December 1916, Escadrille N 65 received its first citation. As 1917 began, the escadrille was operating a mixture of Spad VIIs and Nieuport 17s. On 17 March 1917, the unit was detached from GC 13 to support VI Armee in the Second Battle of the Aisne. The escadrille rejoined GC 13 on 3 June 1917.
During July 1917, the escadrille moved to Flanders to aid 1er Armée. On 11 December 1917, it would return to VII Armée. As the year ended, the escadrille restocked with SPADs, becoming Escadrille SPA 26.
Escadrille Spa.112 (also known as Escadrille V.29, Escadrille VB.112, Escadrille F.112, and Escadrille N.112) was a French air force squadron active for the near-entirety of World War I. After serving until mid-1917 in various iterations of a bombing squadron, they were re-equipped with Nieuport fighters. With their Nieuports, and their subsequent SPADs, they destroyed 28 enemy airplanes by the ceasefire.
Escadrille Spa.159 (original designation Escadrille N.159) began on 16 January 1918 with a draft of personnel from Escadrille N.90. Assigned to VIII Armee, they were incorporated into Groupe de Combat 20 in late February. In May, it replaced its Nieuport fighters with SPAD XIIIs; its unit designation was altered to Escadrille Spa.159.
Escadrille SPA 67 remained with GC 12 until war's end. The escadrille was credited with 42 victories during the war. A SPAD S.XIII, typical of the escadrille's equipment. Escadrille SPA 67 remains an active part of the French Air Force.
The escadrille subsequently re-equipped with SPADs, becoming Escadrille Spa3. On 5 December 1918, Escadrille Spa3 was cited for the fourth time. This time it was credited with the destruction of 175 enemy aircraft, and the disabling of an additional 100. This fourth citation also entitled the escadrille to the fourragere of the Médaille militaire, and of the Croix de Guerre.
Escadrille Spa.81 was formed on 26 December 1916 under the sobriquet Escadrille N.81. It began at Villacoublay Airfield, with a mixed bag of Nieuports. Later on, it would rearm with SPADs and change its unit designation to Escadrille Spa.81.
Escadrille Spa49 (also known as Escadrille MS49, Escadrille N49) was a squadron of the French Air Services active during World War I, from 1915 - 1918. Credited with 37 aerial victories over German aircraft, it won a unit citation on 8 November 1918.
Escadrille Spa.152 was formed under VII Armee auspices at Lyon-Bron, France on 9 July 1917. As a Nieuport fighter squadron, it was designated Escadrille N.152. In May 1918, the squadron refitted with SPAD fighters, and was renamed Escadrille Spa.152.
He volunteered for aviation and trained with the Lafayette Escadrille. He was then assigned to Escadrille 69. In February 1918, he took a commission with American aviation but maintained his status with Escadrille 69 for a while. He then transferred into the 22nd Aero Squadron.
Spad XIII with down-stroke stork insignia Georges Guynemer's original SPAD S.VII, nicknamed "Vieux Charles", preserved at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace Mirage of the Groupe de Combat 12 (GC 12) 'Les Cigognes' ('The Storks') Joseph Joffre congratulates Rene Dorme Escadrille 3 was formed in July 1912 at Avord as Escadrille B13, equipped with Bleriots. It began World War I with the Bleriots; however, on 18 March 1915, it was re-equipped with Morane-Saulnier machines and redesignated Escadrille MS3. Capitaine Felix Brocard assumed command on 28 April 1915. By 20 September, it had once again re-equipped, this time with Nieuport scouts; its new designation was Escadrille N3.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 89. On 16 April 1916, the unit had been amalgamated into Groupement de Combat de la Somme, along with Escadrille N26, Escadrille N73, and Escadrille N103. Escadrille N37, Escadrille N62, and Escadrille N65 were also temporarily assigned to the Groupement; the seven units were placed under command of Brocard. On 16 June 1916, Capitaine Alfred Heurtaux took command of Escadrille N3. In September 1916, the Commanding General of the VI Armee commended the unit for having downed 38 enemy aircraft and three observation balloons between 18 March and 18 August 1916.
He scored a pioneering aerial victory on 8 July 1915. He was posted to Escadrille 23 for a bit, and was promoted to Sergeant on 21 August 1915. He then switched to Escadrille 67 on 21 January 1916. He returned to Escadrille 23 on 1 March 1916.
Escadrille 46 (variously known as Escadrille R46 and Escadrille Let46) was a highly decorated French World War bombing squadron. Although serving ordinarily as a reconnaissance and bombardment role, they also flew as gunships to escort bombing missions. The squadron was credited with destroying 37 German aircraft.
Escadrille BR66. Created officially on October 15, 1915, the escadrille C66 utilized Caudron G.4. As of 1916, the escadrille received Sopwith and was accordingly designated as SOP 66. In October 1917, the unit became the BR 66 with the arrival of the Breguet 14 B2.
It was assigned to an ad hoc Groupe Provisoire de Bonneuil subordinated to III Armee. After 1 August 1917, the escadrille re-equipped with SPAD fighters, becoming Escadrille SPA.67. On 18 January 1918, it was posted to replace Escadrille 73 in Groupe de Combat 12.
Escadrille Spa.155 (originally Escadrille N.155) was a French fighter squadron active from 12 July 1917 through the end of World War I on 11 November 1917. Refitted with SPADs and renamed Escadrille Spa.155, it was bundled into the larger Groupe de Combat 18 in January 1918.
A further transfer, on 1 March, took him to Escadrille Sop.39. On 23 August 1917, he once again moved, this time to fly a SPAD fighter for Escadrille Spa.315. He would score his second, third, and fourth aerial victories with them before being shifted to Escadrille Spa.
Emblem of the 151st Fighter Escadrille right The 151st Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force () was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.
Escadrille SPA.23 until August 1918. Wartime victories for Escadrille SPA.23 totaled 59 aircraft destroyed..German Rumpler craft of FA2 Pilot killed and observer W/POW The Aerodrome Forum shot down by Villiars of N23 19 August 1917The aerodrome forum. Escadrille SPA.23 still serves in today's French Air Force.
The heritage of the escadrille continues in the present day French air force; it is represented by the top bird on the Escadrille de Chasse 1/2 squadron emblem.
The 10me Escadrille de Chasse was originally the 5me Escadrille de Chasse, which was founded in August 1916 as the second dedicated squadron of the Aviation Militaire Belge. It drew upon the men and equipment of the previously existing provisional Escadrille V. The new unit used a comet as the unit insignia upon its airplanes. The 5me Escadrille de Chasse mobilized in September 1916. It scored its first victory on 17 November 1916.
The La Fayette Escadrille () was the name of the French Air Force unit escadrille N 124 during the First World War (1916-1918). This escadrille of the Aéronautique Militaire was composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying fighters. It was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolutionary War. In september 1917, the escadrille was transfered to the US Army under the designation 103rd Aero Squadron.
When the unit acquired Lieutenant de Villeneuve as commander in mid April, he instituted the use of a Roman archer as the escadrille insignia. In October, Escadrille N 31 shifted to support II Armee. The following month, the unit was incorporated into Groupe de Combat II. Escadrille 31 began receiving SPADs on 7 January 1917. However, it would not totally rearm with SPADs until 17 September, when it was renamed Escadrille SPA 31.
WWI era French Service Aéronautique American volunteer pilot Phelps Collins, January 1918 Escadrille 103 was formed from Breguet Escadrille 17, which was founded on 2 August 1914 at Longvic. On 16 November 1914, it re-equipped with Voisins, becoming Escadrille VB.3. On 23 November 1914, it was posted to Groupe de Bombardment No. 1, commanded by Commandant Louis de Goys de Mezeyrac. On 4 March 1915, it was redesignated Escadrille VB.103.
Escadrille 37 of the French Air Force was established at Chateauford, France in January 1915. Its original equipment of Morane-Saulniers led to its original designation of Escadrille MS 37.
Escadrille Spa.69 (originally named Escadrille N.69) was a French fighter squadron derived from one of its military's oldest aviation units. Active from September 1915 until the 11 November 1918 Armistice, the escadrille campaigned on both the Western and Italian Fronts with X Armee. It was credited with 38 aerial combat victories.
On 5 June 1918, the escadrille was assigned to a Groupe de Combat commanded by Capitaine Raoul Echard. For the final months of the war, Escadrille 38 bounced about, supporting at various times IV Armee, V Armee, and VI Armee. By the ceasefire, Escadrille 38 had destroyed 98 German aircraft in aerial combat.
Escadrille SPA.124 was originally commanded by Lieutenant André d'Humières. Though originally slated for incorporation into Groupe de Combat 15, it was assigned to Groupe de Combat 21 (GC.21) to support the IVe Armée. Other squadrons in GC.21 included the 103d Aero Squadron, Escadrille N 98, and Escadrille N 157.
On 17 October 1917, the escadrille was supplied with SPAD fighters, and became Escadrille SPA 15. Under its new designation, the unit would twice be cited for its deeds. On 10 September 1918, it again shared in a groupe citation. Out of the 166 aerial victories scored by GC 13, Escadrille SPA.
At the same time, it refitted with SPAD fighters, changing the unit designation to Escadrille Spa.96. Escadrille Spa.96 would be part of Groupe de Combat 19 until war's end.
The 1980 first division was won by SS Suédoises. The 1981 first division was won by SS Escadrille. The 1982 first division was won by SS Escadrille. The 1983 first division was won by SS Escadrille. The 1984 first division was won by SS Escadrille. The 1985 first division was won by SS Escadrille. The 1986 first division was won by Bois de Nèfles S. The 1987 first division was won by SS Escadrille.The 1988 first division was won by USS Tamponnaise. The 1989 first division was won by USS Tamponnaise. The 1990 first division was won by SS Escadrille. The 1991 first division was won by SS Jeanne d'Arc. The 1992 first division was won by SS Jeanne d'Arc.
Within the French Navy, the escadrille is a unit of the Naval Aviation or submarine force. In naval aviation, the escadrille is an aerial formation in the same way as the flotilla, but the navy uses the name of escadrille for support formations and that of flotilla for combat units. For ships, the term escadrille designates a formation of submarines, while that of flotilla is used for a formation of surface ships (note that these are administrative formations).
After transferring to aviation service, de Guingand trained until he received Pilot's Brevet number 2722 on 21 February 1916. He was assigned to Escadrille C34, a Caudron squadron, in July 1916. He subsequently retrained as a fighter pilot. He was then posted to Escadrille N15, a Nieuport unit. On 20 April 1917, he spent a single day in Escadrille N88 as it was forming; however, on 22 April he joined Escadrille N48, still another Nieuport squadron.
The unit began on 18 April 1915 as Escadrille MS49. It was assigned to the VII Armee sector of the Western Front. Refitting with Nieuport fighters changed its unit designation; on 20 September 1915, it was dubbed Escadrille N49. In December 1916, when the squadron re- equipped with SPADs, it was finally named Escadrille Spa49.
Escadrille SPA.124 of the French Air Service was established in February 1918. The members of the earlier Escadrille N.124, more widely known as the Lafayette Escadrille, largely transferred into the United States Air Service on 18 February as the 103rd Aero Squadron. The remaining French personnel were formed into a unit operating SPADs.
On 18 September 1918, the escadrille was posted back to IV Armée, and remained there until war's end. On 12 January 1919, Escadrille SPA 26 was cited by IV Armée for the destruction of 51 enemy aircraft and the disability of 70 more. Escadrille SPA 26 is still current in today's French Air Force.
Escadrille 26 was founded on 26 August 1914, at Arras. It was originally equipped with Morane-Saulnier aircraft, leading to its designation as Escadrille MS26. It went into action attached to VI Armée of the French ground forces until 24 September 1914; it then switched bases to the Kingdom of Belgium.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 91. During 1915, it re-armed with Nieuport 11s, and became Escadrille N26. In June 1916, it moved to Cachy to join an improvised formation, Groupe de Combat de la Somme. This groupe initially consisted of three other units in addition to Escadrille N26-- Escadrille N3, Escadrille N103, and Escadrille N73 and became the famous Fighter Squadron Storks (Escadrille des Cigognes) . Command of the groupe was granted to Capitaine Antonin Brocard. On 1 November 1916, the groupe was formalized as Groupe de Combat 12, Brocard commanding. On 16 April 1917, GC 12 switched from VIII Armée's theater of operations to that of X Armée and VII Armée; they were then involved in the Second Battle of the Aisne.
Escadrille Spa.75 (originally Escadrille N.75) was a French fighter squadron active during World War I. Beginning 12 April 1917, they became part of Groupe de Combat 14, and fought as such until the 11 November 1918 ceasefire. The escadrille was Mentioned in dispatches for having shot down 29 German airplanes and two observation balloons.
Escadrille Spa.75 was founded as Escadrille N.75 on 13 July 1916; its initial designation stemmed from it being fitted with Nieuport XIII airplanes. It supported the VIII Armee until 12 April 1917, at which time it refitted with SPAD S.7s, was renamed Escadrille Spa.75, and was amalgamated into Groupe de Combat 14.
Escadrille 3 Les Cigognes ('The Storks') was a famous French aviation unit during the World War I. It was often referred to as the 'Stork Escadrille N3'Thenault, Georges, and Walter Duranty. The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille Told by Its Commander, Captain Georges Thenault. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co, 1921, p. 93. due to its insignia.
Escadrille Spa.84 (originally Escadrille N.84) was a French fighter squadron active in World War I during 1917 and 1918. They were credited with destroying 24 German airplanes and one observation balloon.
Escadrille Spa.152 (originally Escadrille N.152) was a French fighter squadron active 1917 through 1918 during World War I. It was credited with destruction of 15 German airplanes, 27 observation balloons, and a Zeppelin.
In 1921, The French Air Force recreated a N124 unit who claimed lineage from the War- time La Fayette escadrille and is now part of the escadron 2/4 La Fayette. Lafayette Escadrille Pin (Escadrille N 124) with bust of Chief Sitting Bull. Chief Sitting Bull N124 was conserved by EC 2/4 La Fayette of the French Air Force.
When the war ended five days later, Escadrille Spa12 had been credited with victories over 43 enemy aircraft and seven observation balloons. The heritage of the Escadrille 12 continues in the present day French air force.
Escadrille Spa.90 (originally named Escadrille N.90) was a French fighter squadron that served in World War I from early 1917 until war's end. They were credited with destroying 13 German airplanes and 22 observation balloons.
Escadrille SPA.62 continues to serve in the current French Air Force.
A modern three/fourths scale reproduction of a Morane-Saulnier "Parasol" Escadrille 38 was founded at Châteaufort, France, as Escadrille MS38 on 8 January 1915. Equipped with two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, it was assigned to support of IV Armee on 5 February 1915. The unit was re-equipped with two seat Nieuport XIIs on 20 September 1915. In accordance with regulations, the squadron was renamed Escadrille N38.
The Groupe de Chasse was Belgium's first dedicated fighter wing. It was created in March 1918 at Les Moëres aerodrome near Veurne. On request of King Albert I, Captain-commandant Fernand Jacquet was appointed Commanding Officer, and the Groupe de Chasse also became known as the Groupe Jaquet. It consisted of the 9ème Escadrille de Chasse, the 10ème Escadrille de Chasse and the 11ème Escadrille de Chasse.
On 19 February 1916, the escadrille was converted to an escadrille de chasse (fighter squadron). It was issued Nieuports and renumbered as Escadrille N.103. On 16 April 1916, the unit was amalgamated into Groupement de Combat de la Somme, along with Escadrilles N.26, N.73, and N.3. Escadrilles N.37, N.62, and N.65 were also temporarily assigned to the groupement.
Because the escadrille was a temporary augmentation to the groupe, it was detached and reassigned to the VI Armee as that unit's Escadrille d' Armee for the remainder of the war.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 94. Escadrille 62 won five citations during its short participation in the First World War. The first, in January 1917, was for the destruction of 15 enemy aircraft and six observation balloons.
Escadrille Spa.94 (originally Escadrille N.94) was a French fighter squadron active from mid-1917 until World War I ended on 11 November 1918. While it spent 1918 merged into larger formations, the squadron destroyed 42 enemy aircraft.
Foreign languages equivalents include escadrille (French), escuadrilla (Spanish), esquadrilha (Portuguese) and Schwarm (German).
Escadrille Spa.82 (also known as Escadrille N.82) was formed in January 1917. It was outfitted with a variety of Nieuports and SPADs. It would not be operational until 7 July 1917, when it was tasked to III Armee.
Escadrille Spa.92 was a French fighter squadron active during the First World War from mid-1917 until the Armistice. Independent in operations until June 1918, they then became part of Groupe de Combat 22. By war's end, Escadrille Spa.
"Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Pilots in WWI." acepilots.com, 2007. Retrieved: April 27, 2008. The film ends with an epilogue that relates the fate of each American pilot to the real-life Lafayette Escadrille pilot upon whom his character was based.
Le 10, le détachement s'installe à Cat Bi, l'aérodrome d'Haiphong, et perçoit son premier Morane 500. Au 1 May la situation du 1st GAOA was as follows: the 1st escadrille was stationed à Tourane with four Morane, the 2nd escadrille à Seno avec quatre Morane, and the 3rd escadrille at Haiphong with four Morane. Cette dernière s'installe à Hanoï. Les effets du décret du 3 mars 1952, créant officiellement l'ALOA.
Escadrille Spa.96 (originally Escadrille N.96) was founded drawing upon previously existing Detachment de Chasse 510. Established in II Armee during June 1917, the squadron was equipped with Nieuport fighters and dubbed Escadrille N.96. It shifted operations on 9 July 1917 to IV Armee, then on 22 July to V Armee. In February 1918, it and three other squadrons were incorporated into Groupe de Combat 19.
Lieutenant Colonel Georges Thenault () was the commander of the Lafayette Escadrille – the famed branch of the French air force in World War I composed of American volunteer pilots. The Lafayette Escadrille was created before the United States gave up its neutrality and joined France and Britain in the war against Germany. Once the United States formally entered the war, the Lafayette Escadrille was absorbed into the U.S. Army.
Escadrille 12 was equipped initially with Nieuport IV.M two-seat monoplanes aircraft; hence its original designation as Escadrille N 12. It took the Nieuports into World War I, but was then re-equipped with Morane-Saulnier L monoplanes on 28 February 1915. In accordance with French custom, it was renamed Escadrille MS 12. By this time, the unit was assigned to V Armee of the French ground forces.
In September 1939 the 121st Fighter Escadrille was attached to the Operational Group Narew.
On 13 April 1916, he was seconded to aviation duty to train as an observer/gunner. On 19 May, he was assigned to Escadrille 48 as a Nieuport observer. On 4 January 1917, he transferred to another Nieuport unit, Escadrille 23; on the 28th, he was sent to Avord as a pilot trainee. On 18 May 1917, he received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 4817 before being forwarded for advanced training at Pau on 24 July. On 18 September 1917, he was assigned to Escadrille N12 ('N' denoting unit's use of Nieuport aircraft), only to transfer back to Escadrille N48 on 16 October.
From the beginning of April 1917, the escadrille began to replace its Nieuports with the SPAD S.VII, and thus would eventually be redesignated Escadrille SPA.48. Roques was promoted to sergeant on 25 April 1917, and gained his first aerial victory the following day, sharing in the shooting down of an Albatros over Loivre with Sergeant Robert Bajac. In mid-1917, Escadrille SPA.48 were moved to the Dunkirk area, and on 27 July Roques and Bajac, with Jacques Ortoli of Escadrille N.31, were credited with shooting down a Fokker two-seater over the forest of Houthulst in Belgium.
By May 1915, he was trained. Originally flying with Escadrille C47, he was transferred to Escadrille C46. He succeeded to command of C46 in 1916. After two victories, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor on 1 October 1916.
Escadrille Spa.92 was organized as part of the French VII Armee on 2 May 1917. It was dubbed Escadrille N.92 because it was equipped with Nieuport fighters. By 27 July, it had been transferred to the II Armee area of operations.
In 1916, Chanler's step-nephew Victor Chapman, an aviator with the Escadrille Lafayette, was killed in a dogfight in France—the first American pilot killed in the war.Story of the Lafayette Escadrille. Told by its Commander, Captain Georges Thenault. Translated by Walter Duranty.
It would remain there until incorporated into Groupe de Combat 11 on 1 November 1916. The escadrille served with GC 11 through war's end. On 24 May 1917, the escadrille was again cited, for having destroyed 20 enemy aircraft and six observation balloons.
Escadrille 23 of the French Air Force was formed at Brie on 4 August 1914.
Escadrille SPA.48 was a unit of the French Air Force during World War I.
Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 106 On 22 January 1918, the escadrille was shifted to V Armee; then it was merged into Groupe de Combat 11 as a replacement for Escadrille SPA.48. On 27 February, Groupe de Combat 11 was one of the units concentrated into Escadre de Combat No. 2. Escadrille Spa.
When World War I began, Vial was serving in Escadrille BL.49. On 25 March 1915, he was posted to Escadrille MS.3. On 10 June, he was sent to pilot's training, graduating with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 22 July 1915. His first active flying assignment was as a bomber pilot for Escadrille MF.29. Promoted to Sergeant on 21 September 1915, he was wounded in the right arm ten days later.
When the Field Service and American Ambulance severed ties in the summer of 1916, Willis received a pilot's license on 7 September in that year and entered the American Escadrille (soon afterward renamed Lafayette Escadrille) becoming the sixteenth American volunteer pilot in the squadron.
In 1918 the 1st Escadrille d'Indochine moved to Bach Mai. In 1939 the unit was redesignated le Groupe Mixte Aérien 595 formed of L'escadrille d'observation 1/595 with the Potez 25 and an escadrille de chasse 2/595 with the Morane- Saulnier M.S.406.
On 27 January 1917, he was transferred to Escadrille N.79. From there, he was shifted to Escadrille Sop.129. His tenure with this unit ended when he was shot down and captured on 22 August 1917. On 26 February 1918, Mezergues escaped from captivity.
The following day the escadrille did not encounter any enemy formations. On September 3 a flight from the escadrille, providing air cover for Col. Stefan Pawlikowski intercepted a formation of enemy Bf 110 fighters over Wyszków. Lt. Januszewicz and Corporal Karubin downed two enemy fighters.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920.Mason, Herbert Molloy. The Lafayette Escadrille. New York: Random House, 1964.
He scored his first victory with this unit on 28 May 1916 before transferring to another bombing squadron, Escadrille MF.23, on 3 March 1917. He shot down a second German airplane on 21 May 1917. Transferred on 30 July 1917 to a fighter unit, Escadrille Spa.
PZL P.11a from the 113th Escadrille before the war (note the unit's badge) On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: five PZL P.11c and five PZL P.11a. The commanding officer was pil. Wieńczysław Barański and his deputy was ppor. pil. Włodzimierz Klawe.
He graduated with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 17 May. After advanced training, he was assigned to Escadrille 26 on 7 August 1916. On 25 January 1917, he was transferred to command Escadrille 82. Between 18 March and 3 May, he shot down four German airplanes.
This second citation entitled members of the unit to wear the fourragere of the Croix de guerre. The arrival of SPADs late in 1917 changed the unit's name to Escadrille SPA.57. Closely following the war's end, Escadrille SPA.57 was once again cited for its efforts.
Escadrille 48 was created on 29 March 1915 at Villacoublay near Paris, flying the Morane-Saulnier L. Active throughout the war at various locations on the Western Front, the escadrille replaced its aircraft with Nieuports in early 1915, then with SPADs at the end of 1916. By 11 November 1918 the pilots of the escadrille had logged 9,826 flying hours, with 54 confirmed and 48 probable victories, at a cost of 11 killed and 12 wounded.
Initially, Escadrille MS 37 was posted to support II Armee of the French Army. During July, it began the transition to Nieuport two-seaters which would lead to its being redubbed Escadrille N 37 on 20 September 1915.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 92. In Spring 1916, the escadrille converted to Nieuport 11s. On 2 July 1916, the unit was forwarded to support VI Armee. The ad hoc Groupement de Chasse de Cachy was there with its four assigned Escadrilles; N 37 and two other escadrilles were temporarily attached to the groupement. In January 1917, Escadrille N.37 transferred to III Armee. In early March, it moved to IV Armee. At the same time, it began to rearm with SPADs; this would lead to its later redesignation as Escadrille SPA 37. In March, it was incorporated into alarger unit, Groupe de Combat 15.
Despite this, Jailler began World War I assigned as a tractor driver for an escadrille at Épinal.
Escadrille 57 of the French Air Force was founded during World War I, on 10 May 1915.
Escadrille 26 is a squadron of the French Air Force founded in 1914 and still active today.
Two months later, they would trade their Caudrons for Letord Let.1 Type 1s. Their unit designation was altered to Escadrille Let 46. When the Battle of the Aisne began in April 1917, Escadrille Let 46 was attached to Felix Brocard's Groupe de Combat 12 for the fight.
Escadrille Spa.77 (originally Escadrille N.77) was a French fighter and photo reconnaissance squadron active from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War. They were credited with the destruction of 34 German airplanes and observation balloons, as well as extensive photo intelligence coverage of enemy positions.
On 20 June 1917, he took command of Escadrille N.152. He scored his first aerial victory with them on 20 October 1917, downing Zeppelin L.49. However, he lost his command when he was medically evacuated on 5 November. Upon recovery, he was given command of Escadrille Spa.
It was cited twice in September 1918, on the 10th and 19th. The unit's personnel won the right to wear the fourragere of the Medaille Militare. Escadrille 65 ended the war credited with 108 enemy aircraft destroyed. Escadrille 65 continues its service in the current French Air Force.
"Lafayette Escadrille" Memorial Arch The opening credits appear over the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial. A narrator introduces it as “a half-forgotten corner of France, and a wholly forgotten war. ‘ In memory of the heroes of the Lafayette Escadrille, who died in defense of Right and Liberty.’” The camera pans over the names etched in the stone. “This monument, this patch of foreign sky belongs to a handful of Americans who flew for France and died for France in the First World War.
The New York Times, film review, "Western and 'Lafayette Escadrille' Open", April 19, 1958. Accessed: June 23, 2013.
During the war, Escadrille Spa.102 claimed 85 aerial victories, although only 18 of these were ever verified.
When the First World War began, Pelletier d'Oisy was serving with Escadrille HF.19. On 20 November 1914, he received one of the first Médaille militaires awarded in the war.The Aerodrome website page on the MM Retrieved on 26 August 2020. He transferred to Escadrille MS.12 on 1 March 1915.
The 5me Escadrille de Chasse was the second fighter squadron of the Belgian Air Component. The squadron was founded during World War I, reorganized into a dedicated fighter unit under its new designation of 10me Escadrille de Chasse in March 1918, and became part of a fighter wing before war's end.
On 29 April 1916, he was posted to Escadrille C59 (the 'C' denoting squadron use of Caudron two-seater observation planes). On 16 July, Coadou was promoted to Sergeant. On 25 January 1917, he began further training. On 4 May, he was assigned to Escadrille 88 to fly Spad fighter aircraft.
Escadrille Spa.154 (originally Escadrille N.154) was a French fighter squadron active from July 1917 through the 11 November 1918 Armistice. It spent most of 1918 as a constituent of larger offensive units. At war's end, it was credited with 63 aerial victories, including at least 19 observation balloons.
In September 1939 the 123rd Fighter Escadrille was part of the Pursuit Brigade. Some reports say that the 123rd Escadrille was a Kraków Army "Eskadra" (Flight) attached to the Brygada Poscigowa for the defence of Warsaw in 1939. Its 120 series Flight number indicates that claim. Reference: "Ciel de Gloire" website.
Escadrille 15 was originally equipped with Robert-Esnault-Pelleterie K 80 machines. When World War I erupted, the escadrille went into action. It moved bases 16 times during August and September 1914. On 7 October 1914, it was posted to X Armee of the French Army.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 90.
His first assignment was to fly a Caudron for Escadrille 64. He scored his first two victories with this unit, on 19 and 30 March 1916. He transferred to a Nieuport fighter unit next, Escadrille 76. He would rack up five more wins between 23 October 1916 and 28 March 1917.
In February 1915, Escadrille MS 31 was moved to defense of Verdun. In April 1915, it returned to I Armee; on the 26th, it began re-equipping with Nieuport 10 two-seaters.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 91. By January 1916, the Escadrille 31 had rearmed with ten single-seater Nieuport 11s.
He would also succeed to command of Escadrille 76. He was killed by Erich Hahn on 26 April 1917.
Escadrille 62 is a French Air Force squadron. It was founded on 11 August 1915 at Lyon–Bron Airport.
Vintage Aero Flying Museum (VAFM), formally LaFayette1 Escadrille Flying Museum, is Colorado's international aviation museum at Platte Valley Airpark, northwest of Hudson, Colorado and northeast of Denver, Colorado.Vinetage Aero Flying Museum Official site. Andy Parks, son of the last World War I Lafayette Escadrille member who 'flew west', James Parks², maintains the legacy and history of the LaFayette Escadrille pilots. The collection of each of these pilots' original uniforms and memorabilia is on display in custom cabinets in a secured hangar of World War I aircraft.
He was granted a Military Pilot's Brevet in May 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille N.69 on 21 December 1916. Some time later, he was pulled from combat for additional training. On 29 March 1918, he returned to the front as an Adjutant pilot for Escadrille SPA.57.
Quette originally was a soldat de 2e classe in the infantry. He transferred to aviation and on 5 July 1915 joined Escadrille MS.38 as a mechanic. On 24 August, he transferred again, to Escadrille C.64 as a gunner/observer on Caudrons. His service there earned him two citations in orders.
Then they were refitted with Farmans and redubbed Escadrille F.112. On 19 March 1916, the squadron moved to support IV Armee. On 20 March, it became part of a larger fighter unit, Groupe de Combat 15. On 11 June 1916, they were supplied with Nieuport fighters to become Escadrille N.112.
He received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 4349 on 27 August 1916. He then went on to advanced training at Pau and Cazaux. On 6 April 1917, he was assigned to Escadrille 311, only to be transferred a week later to Escadrille 48. He reported to his new unit as a sergeant pilot.
At first he was posted to Escadrille MF20 (the 'MF' denoting the unit's use of Maurice Farman airplanes). On 23 July 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille N57. Five days later, he scored his first aerial victory, sharing it with Georges Lachmann and Georges Flachaire. This garnered Matton another Mention in Dispatches.
He was posted to Escadrille 82 on 2 January 1917. He would score his first victory while flying with them, on 3 May 1917. During the first half of 1918, he scored four more. On 16 September 1918, he would be transferred to Escadrille 69, with whom he would score his final victory.
Escadrille 67 of the French Air Force was founded at Lyon-Bron Airport during the First World War, on 17 September 1915. On 24 September, they were assigned to the IV Armee of the French Army. By late October, the escadrille was assigned to the defense of Verdun.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 95.
This second citation entitled the unit's members to the fourragere of the Croix de guerre. The Summer of 1918 saw Escadrille 65 subsumed into ever larger units. GC 13 was consolidated into Escadre de Combat No. 2; it in turn was assigned to 1er Division Aerienne. The escadrille continued its valorous service.
By that time, Escadrille Spa.92 was credited with destroying 11 enemy airplanes, with eight other claims being probable victories.
He completed his training at Avord, Cazaux, and Pau, finishing up in February 1917. Afterwards, he received his first posting, to Detachment N507 in March. On 10 April, he was forwarded to Escadrille 90, which was operating on the VIIe Army front. He began scoring when he joined Escadrille 90, which was equipped with Nieuports.
Sopwith Camel aircraft used by the escadrille The 11ème Escadrille de Chasse was the third and last fighter squadron of the Belgian Air Component during World War I. It was organized as a dedicated fighter unit in March 1918, to fill out a fighter wing that supported the Belgian Army's advance near war's end.
He would not score another victory until 14 April 1917. On 1 October 1916, he was posted to a Nieuport fighter squadron, Escadrille N.79, only to be moved to another fighter unit, Escadrille N.88, two days later. Rousseaux scored his sixth and final win piloting a Nieuport fighter on 2 December 1917.
Escadrille Spa.82 (also known as Escadrille N.82) was a French fighter squadron active during the First World War years of 1917 and 1918. The squadron served, at various times, on the Western and Italian Fronts, as well as in Flanders. By war's end, the squadron was credited with 26 confirmed aerial victories.
The French army ordered 1000 R.11s. Production began in 1917, with the first aircraft completed late in that year. In February 1918 the first Escadrille (squadron) R.26 was equipped. The last escadrille to form before the Armistice (and abrupt end of production) was R.246, at which point 370 planes had been completed.
Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 101. In February 1918, the squadron refitted with SPAD fighters, becoming Escadrille Spa.94. On 4 October 1918, the Escadre was Mentioned in dispatches; thus, Escadrille Spa.94 won a citation.
Escadrille Spa.96 (originally Escadrille N.96), was a French fighter squadron active during the World War I years of 1917 to 1918. They were an integral part of larger, more potent fighting formations for most of their existence. The squadron was credited with destroying 15 German airplanes and two observation balloons during the war.
Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 89. In September 1915, the escadrille re-equipped once again, with Nieuport 11 single seat fighters, and it once again became Escadrille N 12. In subsequent months, it would also acquire Nieuport 12 two seat fighters, Nieuport 16s, and Nieuport 17s. On 8 July 1916, it was cited in orders.
In September 1915, he received additional training, learning to fly Nieuports. He was then forwarded to a Nieuport squadron, Escadrille 16, in April 1916, and passed through to start instructing at Cazeau on the 16th. He was in this assignment only two months, checking into the famed Lafayette Escadrille, Escadrille N124, on 16 June 1916. Though he never became an ace, Masson did manage the remarkable feat of having his Nieuport 17's engine cut out while in a dogfight and still downing his German opponent, gliding to safety near the French front lines afterwards.
Escadrille Spa.88 was founded as Escadrille N.88 in late March 1917, as its original airplanes were Nieuport fighters. While formed in the French VII Armee, on 30 June 1917 it was transferred to VI Armee.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 100 On 26 September 1917, the squadron was Mentioned in dispatches. four days later, it was refitted with SPAD S.7 and SPAD S.13 fighters and redesignated as Escadrille Spa.88.
As part of GC 15, Escadrille 37 joined in the groupe missions as it returned to support of IV Armee in mid-January 1918. The escadrille remained with GC 15 as the latter was incorporated into the larger Escadre de Combat No. 1 on 4 February 1918; subsequently that formation joined an even larger one, 1er Division Aerienne, on 14 May 1918. On 4 October 1918, the Escadre and its constituent escadrilles were cited in orders. Escadrille SPA 37 was credited with 50 confirmed victories and 35 probables to date.
The squadron was founded with castoff Sopwith Camels from 1ère Escadrille de Chasse as well as a few Hanriot HD.1s.
Escadrille Nationale du Niger is the governmental airline of Niger based in Niamey. Its main base is Diori Hamani International Airport.
Subsequent victories before war's end are unknown. Escadrille 37 served in the French Air Force until disbandment on 29 June 2010.
There is frequent confusion between the terms Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps, exacerbated by the inaccuracies in the movie Flyboys.
On 22 September 1915, Daladier reported to 1er Groupe d'Aviation at Dijon for pilot's training. He underwent advance training at Buc. On 20 January 1916, he received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2289. On 28 April, he was assigned to Escadrille 73. On 16 July 1916, he was reassigned to Escadrille F14 (the 'F' denoting the use of Farman aircraft).
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur Adjudant pilot of Escadrille N23. Pursuit pilot beyond compare, setting the highest example of energy and self- sacrifice. During eleven months of uninterrupted service in his Escadrille, he has had 91 successful combats, returning frequently with his plane riddled by bullets. He downed his sixth enemy plane on 4 August 1916.
In May 1915, he was sent for pilot's training. On 26 December 1915, he was granted Military Pilot's Brevet. He would spend more than a year in advanced instruction before being posted to Escadrille C.61 as a Caudron pilot on 3 February 1916. He was shifted to a Nieuport fighter squadron, Escadrille N.92, on 3 May 1917.
Note: Gerard was still serving in Escadrille 65, only now it had re-equipped and become Escadrille Spa65. On 25 June 1918, the date of his seventh confirmed victory, he was promoted to Adjutant. He would score one more confirmed victory. Then, on 3 July 1918, he was killed in action while battling five German airplanes.
Sawicz was born on 13 February 1914 in Warsaw. In 1934 he joined the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic, as an officer and in 1934 began training in the air force. In August 1936 he received the rank of podporucznik and joined the 111th Fighter Escadrille. In 1937 he was transferred to the 114th Fighter Escadrille.
He was subsequently selected for pilot's training, and received Pilot's Brevet No. 1165 on 8 June 1915. Nine days later, he was promoted to corporal. Twelve days after that, he was assigned to Escadrille 23; he was later transferred on to Escadrille 38 on 1 November 1915. He was injured twice in accidents with this squadron.
On 22 September 1915, he took command of Escadrille 31, and was promoted to capitaine on 26 December 1915. He scored twice in this assignment, on 13 March and 2 April 1916. Auger was seriously injured in a crash on 16 April. He recovered, and flew with Escadrille 3 to score again on 9 February 1917.
Six months later, in January 1916, de Romanet received his brevet (permit) as a pilot. His first assignment to Escadrille 51 as a Caudron reconnaissance pilot. He trained as a fighter pilot in February 1917 and made the transition to flying single-seater Nieuport fighters for Escadrille 37. His first victory was scored on 3 May 1917.
He was posted to Escadrille 67 to pilot a Nieuport.Nieuport Aces of World War 1, p. 58 He staked an unconfirmed claim on 16 October 1916, and followed it up with official ones on 15 November and 27 December 1916. He was given command of Escadrille 102, and began scoring with it on 23 April 1917.
Resupplied with SPAD fighters in December, they were renamed as Escadrille Spa.112. On 10 January 1918, Escadrille Spa.112 was transferred to Groupe de Combat 16. The Groupe supported an array of field armies; this included assignment to the 1st American Army from 1 April to 10 September 1918 for the Battle of Saint- Mihiel.
Escadrille Spa.77 was founded on 19 September 1916 at Lyon-Bron, France. It was equipped with Nieuport XII and Nieuport XVII fighters, leading to its original designation of Escadrille N.77. It was assigned to VIII Armee. By April 1917, the Nieuport XIIs were gone, and the unit had added Nieuport XXIVs, and a few SPAD VII fighters.
McConnell's body and his aircraft were found a few days later by advancing French soldiers. Genet received the Croix de Guerre for this action. Genet was a talented drawer and painter, covering the Escadrille mess hall with his scenes of aerial combat. One wall was filled with the Indian head that became a symbol of the Escadrille.
On 28 October 1917, the squadron accompanied X Armee to the Italian theater of operations. While in Italy, the squadron was re-equipped with SPAD fighters, changing its name to Escadrille Spa.69. The newly outfitted squadron accompanied X Armee in its return to the Western Front, transferring on 26 March 1918. On 30 September 1918, Escadrille Spa.
However, at the same time another flight led by Ferić was dispersed and had to return to base. One of its pilots did not return to the escadrille until September 10. On September 4 the escadrille was transferred to the Zaborów airfield near Leszno. Its commanding officer downed a Junkers Ju 87 (other sources mention a Dornier Do 17).
On 24 September 1915, Gond was posted to the new escadrille as one of its founding members. The new unit earned plaudits, though Gond was not specifically mentioned. He was sent to pilot's training at Buc. He earned Pilot's Brevet number 2905, awarded 4 February 1916, and was transferred to Escadrille 64, a Caudron G.4 unit.
GC 12 was transferred to VI Armee again on 11 December 1917. On 18 January 1918, Escadrille 67 replaced Escadrille 73 within the groupe. The groupe made the transition to support X Armee on 5 June 1918; to V Armee on 17 July; to Ier Armee on 29 July; and to IV Armee on 18 September 1918.
Walter Lovell, War Flier, Dead, Lafayette Escadrille Member Succumbs in Bay Shore on 53d Birthday. The New York Times, September 10, 1937.
In May 1918, the unit was dubbed the Escadrille Jeanne d'Arc to differentiate it from its famous predecessor.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 104.
Note the warm flying gear on the pilots. On 20 September 1915, the unit re-equipped with Nieuports and became Escadrille N23.
Achard was then transferred to the Macedonian front, serving as an observer in escadrille 91S from 12 October 1915. On 1 February 1916 he was cited (citation dans les ordres) for his numerous and accurate reconnaissance reports, having flown in total, of which were over the enemy lines. On 29 February 1916 he was transferred to the military flying school in Thessaloniki to train as a pilot, being awarded pilot certificate No. 4642 on 20 April. He remained in Greece, serving as a pilot in escadrille MF.98T until 25 July, then escadrille F.203 between 24 October and 1 January 1917. Achard was then posted back to France, attached to the Réserve Générale de l'Aviation (RGA) from 1 January to 9 March 1917. He then served in détachement de protection N.510, a unit attached to escadrille F.44, from 9 March to 1 July where he gained his second aerial victory on 2 May by shooting down an enemy aircraft over Thaon-les-Vosges. His opponents were probably Vizefeldwebel Seifert and Unteroffizier Wilhelm Niess of SchuSta 7 who were both taken prisoner. He served in escadrille N.85 from 1 July 1917, gaining his third victory on 27 June, then transferred to escadrille N.78/SPA.
After completing his flying training:pl:Plik:Józef Jeka, życiorys 1.jpg and then a fighter pilot course, he was assigned to Polish 141st Fighter Escadrille.
Escadrille 73 of the French Air Force originated at Corcieux on 23 May 1915 as Detachment N 49 during the World War I.
The 1re Escadrille de Chasse was founded in February 1916 as the first dedicated squadron of the Aviation Militaire Belge. It drew upon the men and equipment of the previously existing provisional Escadrille I. In August 1917, upon receiving the new Hanriot- Dupont 1 aircraft, the first version of the famous “Thistle” symbol was designed by André de Meulemeester as the squadron's insignia, to be painted on the aircraft. He also selected the squadron motto “Nemo me impune lacessit” or “No-one can challenge me unpunished”. In March 1918, it would be reorganized into the 9ème Escadrille.
Escadrille Spa.76 was founded in August 1916 at Lyon. Their original equipment of Caudron R.IV bombers was quickly replaced by Nieuport fighters, and the new unit designated Escadrille N.76 before its 8 September transfer to the V Armee at Muizon. The Caudron R.IV was the squadron's original equipment. It would be refitted with SPAD S.7The Aerodrome website page on the S.7 Retrieved 31 August 2020 and SPAD S.13The Aerodrome website page on the S.13 Retrieved 31 August 2020 fighters in late 1917, causing it to be renamed Escadrille Spa.76.
11ème Escadrille de Chasse became operational as a fighter squadron, capable of being included in combined Allied operations, on May 28, 1918. The new escadrille scored its first victory on September 27, 1918. In its short operational career, the squadron claimed twelve wins and was credited with seven verified aerial victories. In turn, it suffered two pilots KIA and one pilot WIA.
His first assignment was to Escadrille 64 as a gunner/observer. On 26 September 1916, he downed a Fokker; this initial victory gained him another mention in dispatches, on 7 October. On 27 January 1917, he was transferred to Escadrille 16. He began pilot's training at Dijon on 20 March 1917, and was granted his Military Pilot's Brevet on 7 June 1917.
After further training, he was posted to Escadrille C.28 on 14 April 1916 to fly Caudrons. On 20 May 1916, despite flying a reconnaissance machine, he shot down a German recon plane. He was severely wounded in the combat. On 24 March 1917, he was posted to another Caudron squadron, thence to a fighter detachment that became Escadrille N.94.
William Thomas Ponder joined the French air service in the fall of 1917. He was originally assigned to Escadrille SPA 67, then Escadrille SPA 163. While with this unit, he used a Spad to down three German planes between 28 May and 11 August 1918; one of these victories was shared with Thomas Cassady. While serving with the French, Ponder was a Corporal.
On 1 January 1914, he transferred to the Army's military aviation branch, joining 1er Groupe d'aviation as a student pilot, and received Brevet militaire No. 453 from the military flying school at Avord on 3 April 1914. On 8 April he was posted to Escadrille 18, and later in the year transferred to Escadrille 3, flying Blériot aircraft in both.
Escadrille N.102 ended 1917 and began 1918 by moving to the 1er Armee on 14 January. On 1 April 1918, the squadron refitted with SPAD fighters, and gained its final name of Escadrille Spa.102. It would use its new fighters to aid VI Armee until 23 September. Two days later, it returned to 1er Armee, where it remained until war's end.
Escadrille Spa.90 began by combining two existing formations, N504 and N507, in early 1917. It was founded as an integral fighter squadron to VIII Armee, and was initially dubbed Escadrille N.90 because Nieuport fighters were its predominant aircraft.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p.
The predecessor of the Niger Air Force, the Niger National Escadrille (Escadrille Nationale du Niger) was first formed in 1961.Cinquantenaire de l'aviation militaire du Niger : un demi siècle de professionnalisme et d'excellence au service de la Nation. Zabeirou Moussa, Le Sahel (Niamey) 2011-08-02. It was later restructured into the National Air Wing (Groupement Aerien National) in 1989.
Navarre embarked on September 3, 1948 on the Pasteur and arrived at the end of month to Indochina at Haiphong. The latter recuperated the Spitfire barely rested from pilots of the 4th Fighter Wing. The 1st Escadrille () (SPA95) garrisoned at the field of Hano Gia Lam. The 2nd Escadrille () garrisoned accordingly on the field of Saigon Aerial Base 191 Tan-Son-Nhut.
Escadrille Spa.88 (also known as Escadrille N.88) was a French fighter squadron active for the final 20 months of the First World War. It spent 1918 as part of Groupe de Combat 13, being Mentioned in dispatches three times, granted the Fourragere of the Croix de guerre, and credited with 32 enemy airplanes and four observation balloons destroyed.
Escadrille Spa.78 (originally Escadrille N.78) was a French fighter squadron active from December 1916 until the end of World War I on 11 November 1918. It spent most of its existence as a component of a larger Groupe de Combat involved in offensive operations. The squadron was credited with a minimum of 40 confirmed aerial victories during the war.
In April 1917, after being promoted to Lieutenant, he was given command of Escadrille 26. He scored his last victory on 7 May 1917.
Grave of Norman Prince in the National Cathedral Norman Prince (August 31, 1887 - October 15, 1916) was a leading founder of France's Lafayette Escadrille.
His victories brought him the Médaille militaire and a temporary commission as an officer. He was transferred to Escadrille 164 on 8 August 1918.
15 was credited with 73 victories over aircraft and seven over observation balloons. Escadrille 15 continues its service in the present French Air Force.
Escadrille 65 of the French Air Force was established during World War I. It was founded at Lyon-Bron Airport on 2 August 1915.
It was credited with the destruction of 65 enemy aircraft and 14 observation balloons. Escadrille 57 continues to serve in the French Air Force.
Escadrille 12 of the French Air Force was formed in 1912 and known for introducing Nieuport aircraft to the World War I air combat.
Escadrille Spa.112 began its existence on 1 September 1914 as Escadrille V.29, the squadron designation reflecting its equipment with Voisin aircraft. On 18 December, they were tasked to support Ier Armee. On 15 May 1915, they were renamed Escadrille VB.112, meaning they must have been outfitted with new bomber airplanes. The escadrille was one of those concentrated into Groupe de Bombardement No. 4, a more powerful bombardment force.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 104 The squadron fought in the Second Battle of Artois, and was Mentioned in dispatches on 25 July 1915. Afterwards, the squadron was disbanded within Groupe de Bombardement No. 4 on 20 November 1915, only to be reconstituted within Groupe de Bombardement No. 1.
Groupe de Bombardement II/19, created on April 1, 1937, originates from two First World War Escadrilles (flights) SAL 28 and Escadrille Spa.79. In 1932, these two units constituted the Escadrilles of an Aerial Base : 1st Escadrille, commanded by Captain Barthe, and the 2nd Escadrille of Captain Perronneau equipped respectively with Nieuport 622, Breguet 19 and Breguet 19.B.2. Charged with leading bombardment and firing experiences, these formations gave birth in March 1933 to a specialized escadrille in night reconnaissance (1st escadrille) and another (2nd escadrille), destined for day reconnaissance. Four months later, a Ministerial note allowed these units to re-adopt the traditions of the SAL 28 and SPA 79, which the insignias were respectively a Nile elephant and a wolf head in profile. Integrated into the grand reconnaissance group of Cazeaux, the latter were equipped with Potez 25 and ANF Les Mureaux 113R.2 in January 1935, to be transformed a couple months later to Potez 540. Then in October 1936, the Group Cazaux became a bombardment unit, and joined accordingly in January 1937, an Aerial Base, where the latter joined on April 1 of the same year the 19e Escadre, under the designation of GB II/19. During the same time, this formation commenced to transfer, without grave problems, on the Bloch MB.210.
However, a week later, he was reporting for upgrade training to Nieuport fighter planes. On 8 December 1916, he joined a Nieuport squadron, Escadrille 75.
Escadrille Spa.159 was a French fighter squadron supporting VIII Armee during 1918. It was credited with destroying 11 German airplanes and an observation balloon.
The Dauphiné was dissolved in July 2010. On June 25, 2012, the Escadrille was reborn at the 1/91 "Gascogne" on a designated Aerial Base.
The 122nd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 122. Eskadra Myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939.
Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 95. On 4 October 1918, Escadrille Spa73 was cited in orders as having downed 30 enemy aircraft and an observation balloon.
On 19 January 1918, he was transferred yet again, to Escadrille 57 as a SPAD pilot. Two months later, on 23 March, Lahoulle teamed with Marcel Haegelen and Jean Chaput to shoot down and capture balloon busting ace Erich Thomas in his Albatros D.V; the French trio also downed a second Albatros accompanying Thomas. Two days later, Lahoulle was selected to command Escadrille 154.
Riverine Air Escadrille (In Polish Rzeczna Eskadra Lotnicza) was a unit of the Polish Air Force between the wars. The unit was formed in 1920 as the Riverine Air Platoon (Rzeczny Pluton Lotniczy) and was based at Pińsk. The main aircraft operated were 3 Schreck FBA-17HMT2 amphibians. In 1934 the unit was renamed to Riverine Air Escadrille and attempts were made to expand it.
He graduated training with a Military Pilot's Brevet on 10 January 1916. On 10 April, he was posted to Escadrille 8. After service with this reconnaissance squadron, he went to fighter training on 8 February 1917, and was assigned to Escadrille 3 a month later. He shot down two German airplanes, on the 27th and 28th of May, being wounded on the latter day.
The EC 1/7 Provence originated as Groupe de Chasse 1/7 GC 1/7 (Hunter Group) Dijon in 1932. In turn, it traces its own origin back to two World War I squadrons: Escadrille Spa.15 and Escadrille Spa.77.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp.
He waited almost a year before continuing, with his second triumph coming on 31 March 1918. He became an ace on 30 June 1918, and a double ace on 22 August. That was his last victory and last day with Escadrille 37. He was then charged with forming Escadrille 167, a Spad squadron, assumed its command, and scored eight more victories while leading it.
On 4 May 1915, he was posted to Escadrille 55, which was equipped with Maurice Farman bombers. He won the Médaille militaire for valor on 17 September 1916, then requested transfer to fighters. He shifted to Nieuports with Escadrille 57 on 29 September 1916. Between 6 October and 17 December 1916, he downed three enemy airplanes; he claimed three other victories that went unconfirmed.
He was to have written a series of stories about the group of American volunteers serving in the Lafayette Escadrille, but after spending some time with the American fliers Hall himself became caught up in the adventure and enlisted in the French Air Service. By then the original Escadrille had been expanded to the Lafayette Flying Corps, which trained American volunteers to serve in regular French squadrons.
He attended flight school and was certified as a pilot. Chapman flew many missions for the 1st Aviation Group and was promoted to sergeant. He was chosen as one of the founding members of N.124, the Escadrille Americaine, also known as the Lafayette Escadrille. On June 17, 1916, he was flying over the Verdun sector when he was attacked by four German airplanes.
Escadrille N.78 was organized on 12 December 1916 at Saint Etienne-a-Temple, France. It was formed under the guidance of Lieutenant Armand Pinsard. On 17 March 1917, it was one of four squadrons combined into Groupe de Combat 15 in support of IV Armee. In the latter part of 1917, the squadron re-equipped with SPAD fighters, and renamed Escadrille Spa.78.
PARIS, Dec. 30- In the > presence of many French and American aviation enthusiasts including fliers > of both World Wars, Col. Georges Thenault, French pilot who commanded the > Lafayette Escadrille in the first World War, was buried with military rites > today. The burial was in the crypt of the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in > the park of Ville-neuve L'etang, between the suburbs of Garches and Marne la > Coquette.
The Lafayette Escadrille. [S.l.]: N. Sengupta, 2011.Bailey, Frank W., and Zdeněk Čejka. L'escadrille "Jeanne d'Arc" SPA 124. Praha: Zdeněk Čejka, 2004. Bailey, Frank W. Escadrille Jeanne D'Arc, SPA 124, Cross & Cockade International Journal, Volume 33, Number 1, 2002. GC.21 was assigned to IVe Armée of the French Army. On 10 April 1918, Escadrille.SPA 163 rotated into the Group as the 103rd Aero Squadron departed.
Its performance earned it a citation in orders on 5 November 1916. It was credited with victories over 17 enemy aircraft and four observation balloons. On 3 February 1917, the escadrille was posted to VII Armee; it soon moved to support II Armee. On 19 March 1918, the escadrille earned the fourragere of the Croix de guerre by being cited again, for downing another 23 enemy airplanes.
After advanced instruction, he was posted to a combat unit, Escadrille N.37, on 11 April 1917. He would help shoot down a German observation balloon and an enemy airplane in March 1918. On 18 June 1918, he assumed command of the escadrille. He would share six more victories with his wingmates, who included such fellow aces as Bernard Barny de Romanet and Fernand Guyou.
A Nieuport 11, the first French single-seat fighter. Dubbed Escadrille N67 for the Nieuport two-seaters they operated, the new unit performed numerous reconnaissance, photographic, artillery direction, and bombing missions. For their efforts, they were cited on 25 January 1916. In July, they were cited a second time, for engaging in 257 combats and downing 11 enemy aircraft. The second citation entitled the unit to wear a fourragere denoting a unit award of the Croix de guerre; Escadrille N 67 was the first aerial unit to win this award. During that Summer of 1916, the escadrille traded its two-seaters for Nieuport single-seater fighters.
However, one fighter Escadrille was still equipped with the Loire 46 during the early weeks of the war. Their performance against modern German fighters was predictable.
Short Range Reconnaissance Escadrille (Eskadra Bliskiego Rozpoznania) was a unit of the Polish Naval Air Squadron (Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy) at the beginning of world war 2.
Long Range Reconnaissance Escadrille (Eskadry Dalekiego Rozpoznania) was a unit of the Naval Air Squadron (Polish Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy) at the beginning of world war 2.
Hardwick and Schnepf 1989, pp. 56, 58–59. The Nieuport 28s appeared in several later films set during World War I, including the Lafayette Escadrille (1958).
In April, he succeeded to command of Escadrille 57, and scored his two final victories. He was killed in action on 6 May 1918 by Hermann Becker.
The 42nd Reconnaissance Escadrille () was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the start of World War II. The unit was attached to the Pomorze Army.
Escadrille Spa80 was a French fighter squadron active during World War I, from 13 December 1916 to 11 November 1918. It was credited with 23 aerial victories.
Harold Buckley Willis (9 February 1890 - 18 April 1962), was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I and designed the insignia for the squadron.
Escadrille 15 is one of the oldest units of the French Air Force, which was founded on 22 August 1912 at Reims, France, and is still active.
The heritage of the escadrille continues in the present day French air force; it is represented by the bottom bird on the EC 1/2 Squadron emblem.
He joined the Military Aeronautics on 17 March 1915. He was flying a Voisin for Escadrille 24 when he downed his first enemy aircraft on 18 June 1915. On 21 May 1916, he transferred to Escadrille 57 to fly a Nieuport fighter. On 17 June 1916, he scored the first of six wins over the next year; four of these wins would be shared with four other pilots, including Raoul Lufbery.
Martin entered military service in the latter part of 1915, qualifying as a first mechanic on 11 August. Transferred out of Escadrille C56,The "C" designation denoted Caudron aircraft in use by the unit. he went to serve as a machine gunner in Escadrille C46 of the French Armée de l'Air beginning 18 July 1916. Martin joined a Caudron aircrew whose other members were Jean Loste and Pierre Barbou.
He would score six more times with Escadrille 86, with his last one coming on 21 July 1918.f the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 175 One week later, he was assigned to command Escadrille Spa.159. It was an unenviable assignment; the squadron had lost 13 pilots, including its former commander, without scoring a single triumph in return.
Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 101 On 14 May 1918, the squadron re- fitted with SPAD fighters and was renamed Escadrille Spa.92. In early June, it was one of four squadrons merged into Groupe de Combat 22. The escadrille would operate as part of the Groupe until war's end.
But he was a four-flusher, a liar, a deserter and a good poker player who could read his opponents. and usually cleaned the table. Hall wrote two books about his exploits in the Lafayette Escadrille, En L'air (1918) and One Man's War: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille (1929). The former was the basis of the 1918 film A Romance of the Air, in which he starred as himself.
On 1 July 1947, the Escadrille was renumbered as GC II/4 La Fayette, still retaining the traditions of the Lafayette Escadrille. It was nicknamed the "Red Devils", due to the unit tail insignia, which depicted a winged devil. In 1949, GC II/4 was redesignated as Escadron de Chasse 2/4 (EC 2/4). It was based at Friedrichshafen and then Bremgarten in the French Zone of Germany.
Escadrille N.155 was established with Nieuport XXIV aircraft on 12 July 1917 at Montdesir, France. The squadron was updated to Nieuport XXVII fighters in November, then re-equipped with SPADs the next month. The latter change caused a squadron renaming to Escadrille Spa.155.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p.
Founded as Escadrille N.154 on 11 July 1917 because it was originally equipped with Nieuport fighters at Matigny, France, the squadron originally served III Armee. It was temporarily subsumed into a makeshift Groupe de Combat. On 1 August, this ad hoc unit was dissolved, and the constituent squadrons moved into another Groupe supporting III Armee. In December, the squadron was refitted with SPADs and renamed Escadrille Spa.154.
Escadrille Spa.69 had its origins in one of France's oldest military aviation units; BL C5 was an observation unit flying Bleriots that was attached to the cavalry. Personnel were drawn from BL C5 in September 1915 to form Escadrille N. 69, which was equipped with Nieuport fighters.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p.
Bloch volunteered for the French military on 7 September 1916, and was assigned to aviation service. After pilot training, he was granted Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2571 on 12 October 1915. Bloch was originally assigned to fly a Nieuport for Escadrille 3 but transferred to Escadrille 62 on 25 May 1916. He became a balloon buster ace, destroying five German observation balloons between 26 June and 1 October 1916.
On 12 July, it moved to support Ier Armee in Flanders. GC 12, including Escadrille 3, was transferred to VI Armee again on 11 December 1917. Escadrille 3 continued its service within GC 12, as the groupe made the transition to support X Armee on 5 June 1918; to V Armee on 17 July; to Ier Armee on 29 July; and to IV Armee on 18 September 1918.
Wellman was "heartbroken" with his treatment at the hands of Jack L. Warner, and kept his word that Lafayette Escadrille would be his last film.Wellman 2006, p. xvi.
On 3 April 1915 he was posted to the newly created escadrille MS.48, based at Villacoublay. The escadrille initially comprised only six pilots and two observers, flying the Morane- Saulnier L.All the aircraft in an escadrille where of the same type, and the prefix identified the manufacturer: MS = Morane-Saulnier, N = Nieuport, F = Farman, MF = Maurice Farman, and SPA = SPAD, etc. At this stage of the war not all French aircraft had machine guns, and Achard had only a carbine rifle to return fire. On 15 April, with pilot Maréchal-des-logis Louis Chatain, Achard gained MS.48s first success shooting at a German aircraft with his carbine, and damaging its wing sufficiently to force it to land.
Jean Accart Jean Accart (7 April 1912 in Fécamp - 19 August 1992 in La Gaude) was a French flying ace during World War II. Born in April 1912, Accart began his military career joining the French Navy in 1932. He then volunteered for aircrew in naval aviation, becoming an observer, before training as a pilot and serving with Escadrille 3S1. In 1936, the escadrille was transferred to the French Air Force and Accart became commandant of Escadrille GC 1/5, which would claim 71 victories during the Battle Of France, losing only one pilot to enemy fire. He personally shared in the destruction of at least 12 Luftwaffe bombers during the battle.
Albatros D.III (Oeffag) series 253 fighters of the escadrille at Lewandówka airfield in the winter of 1919-1920; the plane marked with a large I sign was flown by the escadrille's commanding officer, Cedric Faunt-le-Roy American volunteers, Merian C. Cooper and Cedric Fauntleroy, fighting in the Polish Air Force. Polish 7th Air Escadrille emblem Insignia of the 303 Polish Squadron, during World War II, would be identical with that of the Kościuszko Squadron. The 303 Squadron honour badge had "303" added to the original Kościuszko Squadron emblem. Polish 7th Air Escadrille (), better known as the Kościuszko Squadron, was one of the units of the Polish Air Force during the Polish- Soviet War of 1919-1921.
In July, Escadrille 37 was again posted to II Armee. In September, it returned briefly to IV Armee before once again being assigned to II Armee later in 1917.
A German postcard of a French Spad VII Sauvage then flew a while with Escadrille 38, scoring two more confirmed victories during December 1916. However, he returned to Escadrille 65 at some date between 28 December 1916 and 8 January 1917. The French casualty list of the latter date lists Paul Joannes Sauvage; at 1520 hours 7 January 1917, his Spad and an antiaircraft shell intersected somewhere east of Maisonette, France. Sauvage died instantly.
His initial posting, on November 17, 1917, was to Escadrille 73 as a Corporal; he was the 13th member of the squadron, and was assigned airplane number 13. As Baylies wrote home: "Cannot afford to be superstitious." A month later, he was reassigned to Escadrille 3 to be a Spad pilot. Beginning on February 19, 1918, and stretching to 31 May, he scored a dozen victories, two of which were shared with André Dubonnet.
The type was normally tasked with the air defence of areas behind the front line, such as cities and industrial areas.Chant, Christopher. "First-generation ‘modern’ monoplane fighters – The French Dewoitine D.500 series." cmchant.com, 15 March 2014. During November 1939, in Morocco, North Africa, a single escadrille of D.510s (ERC571) was activated despite these planes lacking cannon. During May 1940, this escadrille merged with ERC 573 to form GC III/4.
Rudolph Windisch of Jasta 66 flew a SPAD VII in combat with German markings although it is not known if any aerial victories were achieved. Belgium equipped the 5e Escadrille (later renamed 10e Escadrille) with the S.VII. Edmond Thieffry was probably the most famous Belgian pilot to fly the type, most other aces preferring the Hanriot HD.1. Italy began using the SPAD VII in March 1917 where nine Squadriglia were equipped with it.
29, then 8th Escadrille () (IIIrd Group) of the 3rd Hunter Regiment () on July 1, 1930, the unit was re-equipped with Nieuport NiD.62 before becoming the 4th Escadrille () of the GC II/3 on September 19, 1933. The history of the unit then accordingly merged with the history of the group. On July 1, 1947, the Hunter Group II/3 () was dissolved, and replaced with the Escadron de Chasse 1/4 Dauphiné.
Escadrille 23 was equipped with Morane-Saulniers and forwarded to VI Armee of the French Army in September, and transferred to IV Armee in October 1914. Later that month, it moved to the Somme. It would operate from there until 6 August 1915. It then returned to the VI Armee for a short spell before being posted to IV Armee on 21 August 1915.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 90. Escadrille N.23 flightline.
From 6 March to 3 September 1917, Pillon scored four more confirmed wins for Escadrille 82, along with a couple of unverified claims. His record then lapsed until he began scoring again in his new assignment to fly a Spad with Escadrille 67. He scattered three victories through 1918, on 20 April, 19 May, and 2 September. Pillon died in a postwar flying accident at Toussus-le-Noble, on 8 June 1921.
Though it was equipped with a mixed bag of aircraft, it was designated as Escadrille C 65 for its Caudron G.IVs. It was assigned to VII Armee of the French Army on 24 October 1915. It was re-equipped in its entirety with Nieuports, and was redesignated Escadrille N 65 on 21 February 1916. In June 1916, it was consolidated into an ad hoc Groupe de Combat that was based at Cachy.
On 16 November 1917, its second citation was for destroying 15 more aircraft; the escadrille was then entitled to wear a fourragère signifying its right to the Croix de guerre. At about the same time, it also re-equipped with SPADs to become Escadrille Spa62. They used their new aircraft for deep photographic reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines. On 25 January 1918, they took 180 photos; on 2 February they took 130 more.
The 16th Observation Escadrille was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the beginning of the Second World War. The unit was under direct command of the Polish HQ.
Leading from the front, Bozon-Verduraz scored three more times with his new escadrille. He finished out his war with 11 confirmed victories scored in logging over 683 hours flight time.
Sous-lieutenant Chainat in his Nieuport 17. He named his aircraft "Blue Bird". On 17 January 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille 3. Four days later, he was promoted to Sergeant.
One Jaguar from the Escadrille SPA 15 of Provence Provence, 2005. Jaguar E37 7-HZ conserved at the Aviation Museum of Lyon-Corbas. Rafale B Escadron Provence. Rafale C Escadron Provence.
Escadrille Spa.97 was a French fighter squadron active during the World War I years of 1917 and 1918. It was credited with destroying 17 enemy airplanes and eight observation balloons.
The traditions of the escadrille, as well as its predecessor, was then continued by the No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, one of the most successful Allied fighter units of the war.
While supervising the ceasefire after the Agacher Strip War, an FABF SA.316B Alouette III crashed at Kouni on 14 January 1986, leaving only one SA.316B still in service with the Escadrille d'Hélicoptères. In 1986, the FABF formed a new unit, the Escadrille de Chasse (EdC) (Attack Unit). In mid-1986 six ex-Philippine Air Force SF.260WP Warrior armed trainers/light strike aircraft were acquired from a dealer in Belgium, which offered the FABF a much simpler and less expensive alternative in tactical air support to the expensive MiGs. The Warriors were not only used for pilot training, but also as light strike aircraft, and a number of them were employed by the FABF's Escadrille de Chasse (EdC).
An escadrille (literal translations: "squad" or "small squadron") is a type of military unit, most often found in the air forces and navy of some French speaking countries. While the term is frequently translated into English as "squadron", an escadrille was originally a smaller unit (whereas the French escadron, in the context of aviation is a much larger unit, comparable in status to a naval squadron). In Polish, the name of a similar unit is eskadra.
Polish Macchi M.9 in the 1920s. Naval Air Squadron (in Polish: Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy) was a unit of the Polish Air Force between the two World Wars. The unit was formed in 1920 in Puck. In 1939, it was composed of the Long Range Reconnaissance Escadrille (I Eskadra Dalekiego Rozpoznania) and the Short Range Reconnaissance Escadrille (II Eskadra Bliskiego Rozpoznania) Puck air base was bombed by Nazi Germany at 5.20am Polish time on Friday September 1.
His distinguished service in Escadrille 461, earned him the Médaille militaire; as the award citation said, he was noted for "...strafing the German trenches and batteries at a low altitude, and returning often with his plane riddled by bullets."Over the Front, p. 182. Note: Award of the Médaille militaire automatically granted an accompanying award of the Croix de Guerre. He was "promoted" to flying Nieuport fighters with Escadrille 75, joining the squadron on 20 October 1917.
Suffering multiple wounds, he was declared unfit for infantry service and transferred to the French Air Service, gaining his pilot's brevet in March 1916. Late that year he joined Escadrille N.62 and rose to command the squadron in February 1917. Captain Coli remained as chief of the Escadrille des Coqs even after losing an eye in a crash in March 1918. He departed the Roosters that August with a reputation as an exceptional navigator and leader.
The Lufttransport Staffel 1 (LT St 1, French Escadrille Transport Aérien «La UNE» ) a transport squadron of the Swiss Air Force. The homebase of the Lufttransport Staffel 1 is the Payerne Air Base. The squadron «La UNE» is part of the Lufttransportgeschwader 1 together with the Lufttransport Staffel 5 (French Escadrille Transport Aérien 5 ). The coat of arms of the Lufttransport Staffel 1 is a black bat before an orange number 1 on a green background .
He was then decorated and forwarded to training in Nieuport fighters. By the time Nungesser left VB106, he had flown 53 bombing missions. He had also emblazoned at least one of the Escadrille's planes with his elaborate gruesome personal insignia: the freebooter's skull and crossbones and a coffin with two candles. In November 1915, after retraining, he was transferred to Escadrille N.65 (the 65th Squadron) and was later attached to the famous Lafayette Escadrille, composed of American volunteers.
Battesti remained with Escadrille 73 until the end of December 1919, attached to l'escadre de combat No. 1 from 10 January to 1 October 1919. He was seconded to the staff from 1 October 1919, and served as commandant of Escadrille 95 from 1 January 1920. In 1939 Battesti returned to serve in the Armée de l'air during the Second World War. He died on 24 August 1977, and is buried in the cemetery of Azzana, Corsica.
Constituted during the month of November 1916, escadrille number 79 was first equipped of Nieuport sesquiplanes, hence the initial designation of N 79. The unit would conserve this equipment during two years before perceiving SPAD 7 and SPAD 13, becoming accordingly the SPA 79 and 19 in January 1918. From that date, the escadrille commenced movement activity. The unit conducted numerous Hunter Patrols (), protection patrols, missions of photographic reconnaissance and machine gunning the trenches, columns and enemy convoys.
After winning two citations with Escadrille 215, he was transferred to Escadrille N62 as a Nieuport pilot. After the unit re-equipped with SPAD VIIs, he began to score aerial victories. He would have five victory claims verified as scored between 21 October 1917 and 4 June 1918; in later years, he would claim a sixth win that apparently was not officially verified. On 12 June 1918, he was appointed a Chevalier in the Legion d'honneur.
It transferred to the VIIe Armée in March. On 12 July, it moved to support Ier Armée in Flanders. GC 12, including Escadrille 103, was transferred to VIe Armée again on 11 December 1917.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 89. Escadrille 103 continued its service within GC 12, as the group made transitions to support Xe Armée on 5 June 1918; Ve Armée on 17 July; to Ier Armée on 29 July; and to IIe Armée on 9 September 1918.
On 17 May, he was assigned to Escadrille 42. On 21 August, he shot down a two-seater reconnaissance craft over Pagny-sur-Meuse. Four days later, he was promoted to Sergeant.
Members of the n° 20 Commando during the Memorial Day ceremony at the LaFayette Escadrille Monument in Paris, France The three Air Parachute Commando fulfill specific missions requiring advanced training and specialities.
Ten Caudron G.2s were produced, with five being assigned to Escadrille Caudron Monoplace 39, four being delivered to the Australian Flying Corps, and one going to the Royal Naval Air Service.
He relinquished the command to Hans Martin Pippart.VanWyngarden, p. 33. On 4 May 1918, he scored his last victory above Piennes; the victim was an Escadrille 77 SPAD that he set aflame.
The unit was accordingly entirely equipped with SPAD S.XIII. Becoming the 5th Escadrille () of 33rd Aerial Mixed Regiment of Mayence () (IInd Group) on June 1, 1924 after being reequipped with Nieuport NiD.
This was a prelude to being incorporated, along with three other squadrons, into Groupe de Combat 13 the next day, 1 October. From 5 December 1917 to 15 January 1918, Escadrille Spa.
The 132nd Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 132. Eskadra Myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army in 1939. It was attached to the Army Poznań.
Chicago Girl Is Engaged to Former Commander of the Lafayette Escadrille". Fall 1925. Also, . This engagement was released by The New York Times as follows: > "MISS SPENCER TO WED COMMANDANT GEORGES THENAULT.
"Lovin the Ladies (1930) The Screen; Warriors of the clouds. Laughter and love." The New York Times, March 22, 1930. The film's hero is a "heroic combat aviator of the Lafayette Escadrille".
During 1916, he began flying as an aerial observer with Escadrille C.202, directing French artillery fire on the Germans. As he was armed with a machine gun in the Caudron's rear seat to defend himself, he engaged in combats, shooting down his first German opponent on 29 July 1916. By mid-1917, he had moved to Escadrille C.225, to continue his artillery direction duties, and to defend his aircraft against attack. On 2 May 1917, he scored a double victory.
On 12 September 1918, while fighting in the 1er Armee sector, it was awarded its second citation for valor, earning the escadrille the right to the Fourragere of the Croix de guerre. Ten days later, it was posted to support of the American 1st Army at Battle of Saint-Mihiel. On 23 September 1918, the escadrille was assigned to fly as gunships to protect bombing missions, as the Caudron R.XIs mounted five machine guns apiece.The Aerodrome website Retrieved 10 August 2020.
The "Champagne" squadron disembarked to the turn in Indochina on December 28, 1948. The command post of the latter was installed at Nha Trang, the 1st Escadrille was based at Tourane and the 2nd Escadrille at Tan Son Nhut. The 5th Fighter Wing arrived in Indochina as of end of July 1949 to relieve the 3rd Wing. The 1/3 Squadron embarked on the Champollion end of November 1949 to return to France, followed by the 2/3 in April 1950.
On 14 September 1914, Vuillemin was appointed to the Legion d'honneur as a Chevalier. On 10 March 1915, he was temporarily posted to Escadrille C.39, where he was Mentioned in dispatches. After a temporary promotion to Capitaine on 28 June 1915, he was returned to Escadrille C.11. He shot down a German plane on 12 September 1915 for his first aerial victory, with another coming on 30 March 1916. On 4 April 1916, his rank as Capitaine was confirmed.
On 25 August 2011, the first Rafale with colors of the 2/30 Normandie-Niemen took off from Aerial Base 118 Mont- de-Marsan (). This fourth Escadron Rafale which was officially recreated on 1 September 2011 wouldn't be operational until starting 25 June 2012 (year which would mark the 70th Anniversary of the prestigious "Neu-Neu"). The later received the traditions of Escadrille SPA 91 (), Escadrille SPA 93 (), Escadrille SPA 97 () which replaced the Escadrilles FAFL.Traditions des escadrilles de l'armée de l'air . From 31 August 2015 until 18 September 2015, fifteen Rafale of Escadron de Chasse 1/7 Provence (), of the 2/30 Normandie- Niemen and the Escadron de Chasse 1/91 Gascogne () were deployed on Aerial Base 126 Solenzara () for a campaign of air-to-air fire.defense.gouv.
Stationed at Nancy-Ochey, the latter supported a United States Army (U.S.) formation during the offensive of Saint-Mihiel () and on Meuse. Unfolded at Melete on November 11, 1918, SPA 37 titled 85 victories, out of which 50 confirmed. During the war, the unit counted in the ranks lieutenant Bernard Barny de Romanet (18 victories out of which 10 for the escadrille), sous- lieutenant Fernand Guyou (12 victories), Captain Roger Poupon (8 victories), sergent Coupillaud (6 victories), sous-lieutenant Lienhart (6 victories), but also a pilot of Chinese nationality, sergent Étienne Tsu. On the next day of the Armistice, the 37th Escadrille () passed to Gondreville, then Azelot on December 8. On January 1, 1920, the unit became the 2nd Escadrille of the 1st Aerial Hunter Regiment of Thionville (Ist Group).
The Escadrille Lafayette and its 'ringers' , The New York Times, September 7, 1983. Also, from the beginning there was a great deal of confusion between American pilots who were members of the Lafayette Escadrille, a designated all-American aviation squadron of the French Service Aeronautique; and the Lafayette Flying Corps, an unofficial paper organization highlighting in its roster published during the war the names of approximately 231 American volunteer aviators who flew with more than 90 French operational escadrilles.The Lafayette Flying Corps , New England Aviation MuseumThe Lafayette Flying Core Member Roster , New England Aviation Museum Already existing confusion was exacerbated after a screening of the film Flyboys in 2006. Five French officers and 38 American pilots, also known as "The Valiant 38", were members of the Lafayette Escadrille.
141\. Fighter Escadrille was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the start of the Second World War. The unit was attached to the Pomorze Army. right Equipment: 10 PZL P.11c airplanes.
Howard Thompson, reviewer for The New York Times called it a "flapdoodle" in his blistering review.Thompson, Howard. " 'Hell Bent For Glory' (1958) Western and 'Lafayette Escadrille' Open." The New York Times, April 19, 1958.
Later that month, he was assigned to Quatrieme Escadrille to fly a Farman pusher. On 1 May, he received a Sopwith 1½ Strutter two seater and promptly flew it into his first aerial combat.
PZL P.11c On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.11c airplanes. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Franciszek Jastrzębski his deputy ppor. pil. Henryk Bibrowicz Pilots: # ppor.
Escadrille 103 of the French Air Force was an elite aviation unit on the Western Front during World War I. One of its many aces, René Fonck was the highest scoring Allied fighter-pilot.
On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.7a airplanes. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Leonard Olszewski his deputy ppor. pil. Erwin Kawnik and 11 other pilots: # ppor.
On 2 August 1914, he was recalled for World War I. After serving over a year's trench duty, he transferred to aviation. He received his Military Pilot's Brevet on 21 August 1916 when he graduated primary training. After advanced training, he was shipped off to l'Armee Orient. He scored no victories with Escadrille MF.85, but once transferred to Escadrille 531 to fly a Nieuport 11 "Bebe", he shot down five enemy airplanes between 30 April and 13 June 1918 to become an ace.
Baer joined the Lafayette Flying Corps in 1917, being posted to Escadrille N.80 from August 1917 to January 1918. He transferred to the Lafayette Escadrille in January 1918 to transition into the 103rd Aero Squadron of the United States Army Air Service. He scored his first aerial victory for the 103rd, on 11 March 1918; it was the first triumph by a pilot of an Air Service unit. Baer scored his fifth kill on 23 April 1918, making him the first Air Service ace.
A.F.) during the Battle of Britain. No. 303 ("Kościuszko") Polish Squadron continued the traditions of the earlier Polish 7th Air Escadrille () or "Kościuszko Squadron", as it was better known, which was one of the most active units of the Polish Air Force during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Formed in late 1918, Polish 7th Air Escadrille was re-formed in late 1919 from American volunteers, initially commanded by Cedric Fauntleroy, then by Merian Cooper (who originally recruited the American pilots for this unit).
The Allen Escadrille claims to be the country's largest high school marching band, with a membership of over 800 students. They play for the 6A football team, participate in competitions and perform in parades and other venues. The Escadrille was invited to perform in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2009, and performed in the 2006 Rose Parade as well as the 2016 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. It received the Sudler Shield Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation in 2004.
Having previously served his mandatory military obligation, Borzecki was recalled from the reserves on 2 August 1914 to serve in World War I. He applied for transfer to aviation service. By 3 November 1914, he was considered trained and was assigned to Escadrille C43. He remained with this squadron until well into 1916, and scored his first confirmed victory on 25 July of that year. After a transfer to Escadrille N62, he scored four shared victories over enemy airplanes between 10 October 1916 and 25 February 1917.
Existing Detachments N511 and N519 within II Armee became the basis for Escadrille Spa.97. Organized in June 1917 with Nieuport XXIVs, it was originally denoted as Escadrille N97. Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 102Nieuport Aircraft of World War One, p. 92 Transferred from II Armee to IV Armee in July, it re-equipped with fresh Nieuport XXIVs in August. It was Cited in orders on 30 September 1917.
The BR 66 is an escadrille with a prestigious past: titled with four citations at the orders of the Army for the title of the First World War, with the Fourragere with colors of the Médaille Militaire. The BR 66 is titled with 10 confirmed aerial victories. ;Symbolic : Captain de Kerillis, commandant of SOP 66, chose in March 1916, as an insignia, the Egyptian Falcon in front vue, with deployed wings, often placed on a Sun, and painted by Sergent Rapin, pilot in the Escadrille.
It took part in the Champagne-Marne defensive; Aisne- Marne offensive; St. Mihiel offensive, and Meuse-Argonne offensive.Gorrell, History of the 94th Aero Squadron In 1924, it was consolidated with the 103d Aero Squadron (Pursuit). The 103d was largely composed of former members of the French Air Service Lafayette Escadrille (from the French Escadrille de Lafayette). This was a squadron of American volunteer pilots who had joined the French Air Service prior to the United States entry into the war on 6 April 1917.
After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 65 on 19 March 1917. On 24 April 1917, he shot a German scout for his first aerial victory. He scored a couple more victories in late 1917.
He would be posted to Escadrille Spa97The "Spa" denoted the squadron's usage of SPAD fighters. on 22 October 1918. He went back on medical care ten days later, apparently ending the war in hospital.Guttman, p. 20.
Most of the American volunteers pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille came to the "Camp de Cazaux" to finish their training as war pilots. When the U.S entered the war, the 36th Aero Squadron was based here.
PZL 11c On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.11c airplanes. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Mieczysław Wiórkiewicz his deputy ppor. pil. Edward Pilch and 13 other pilots: # ppor.
Great grandfather Frederick Henry Prince, Jr. also joined and flew for the Escadrille. De Ramel earned his bachelor's degree in Economics from Washington College, Maryland. He earned his private pilot license at the age of nineteen.
During that same time, Works Progress Administration (WPA) crews were working on projects around the country. They were pressed into service to begin the clearing of the underbrush and leveling out the land in preparation for the first landing area, which would later become the main part of the runway now in existence. Phelps Collins, while with the French Escadrille 103, in front of Spad XII at Beauzée-sur-Aire, France On 31 August 1931, the airport was formally dedicated as Captain Phelps Collins Field in honor of Alpena's World War I hero, who in May 1917 volunteered to the French Air Service and fought with the celebrated French Escadrille 103. On January 7, 1918, he transferred to the famed American 103d Aero Squadron, a successor to Lafayette Escadrille, and died while defending the airspace over Paris on 12 March 1918.
Escadrille 46 ("small squadron 46") was founded in March 1915 with twin-engine three-seated Caudrons, hence Escadrille C46. Originally attached to VI Armee, the squadron was posted to the II Armee in September 1915.Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 92 The squadron flew their Caudron G.IV bombers during the Battle of Verdun, which kicked off on 21 February 1916. In June it refitted with Caudron R.IVs; their unit designation changed to Escadrille R.46. Then, beginning 1 July, while attached to VI Armee, it fought in the Battle of the Somme as it eventuated. On 15 January 1917, the unit won its first citation while still with VI Armee. Despite flying bombers, they had shot down 15 German aircraft.
Escadrille Spa.86 was formed as Escadrille N86 because it was originally outfitted with Nieuport airplanes, although it had a few SPADs. Founded 6 April 1917 at Vélizy – Villacoublay Air Base, France, it was immediately incorporated into Groupe de Combat 14 (Combat Group 14, or GC14).Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 99 GC14 began its operations with VI Armee. On 10 May 1917, GC14 was transferred to II Armee on 29 June 1917. GC14 would be shifted three more times, late that year--to VI Armee on 11 October, to III Armee on 20 November, and to VI Armee eight days later. By early 1918, the squadron had gone all SPAD and was redesignated as Escadrille Spa.86.
Although the Polish forces managed to seize dozens of World War I planes from the defeated Central Powers, there were not enough pilots to fly them. Because of that, immediately after Rayski's arrival to Poland in June 1919, he was made the commanding officer of newly formed 10th Reconnaissance Escadrille, composed mostly of the former escadrille of the 4th Division. A skilled pilot and commander, after the escalation of the Polish-Bolshevik War and during the final stages of the Polish-Ukrainian War, in August of that year he became the commanding officer of the most famous Polish air unit of the time, the 7th Kościuszko Air Escadrille. Rayski was chosen as the commander of that unit not only for his skills as a pilot, but also for his language abilities, as the squadron was manned primarily with American volunteers.
Reconnaissance escadrille constituted on January 23, 1915 at Châteaufort under the command of Captain Quillien and equipped with Morane-Saulnier L. Placed at the disposition of the Third Army () in February 1915, the unit operated on Argonne from Sainte-Menehould. The unit received the first Nieuport as of July 1915, passed from ten to twelve pilots and participated to the offensive of Champagne. Re-baptized N37 on September 20, 1915, the unit left the field of Pierrefitte for Meltette, and as of 1916, participated to operations of Verdun. Beginning April 1916, Captain Quillien was beaten down and replaced with Captain Feiestein, while the first Nieuport 11 « Bébé » arrived, accordingly transforming the N 37 in an offensive combat escadrille. On July 2, escadrille 37 was put at disposition of the Sixth Army () on the Battle of the Somme and moved to Cachy.
After an exchange duty assignment to the Escadrille 3, Aéronautique Militaire, he wrote the first Russian text on aerial combat, Ways to Conduct an Air Combat. He was killed in action after scoring five confirmed aerial victories.
82 was one of four squadrons consolidated into Groupe de Combat 23. On 22 September, the Groupe moved to Flanders until the Armistice on 11 November 1918. Escadrille Spa.82 was credited with destroying 26 enemy aircraft.
On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: 6 PZL P.11c and 4 PZL P.11a. The commanding officer was kpt. pil. Juliusz Frey and his deputy was Jerzy Szałowski pilots: # ppor. Marian Szalewicz # ppor.
PZL P.11c On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 PZL P.11c airplanes. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer kpt. pil. Tadeusz Sędzielowski his deputy ppor. pil. Wacław Król and 11 other pilots: # ppor.
On 17 January 1916, he received his Military Pilot's Brevet. On 6 May 1916, he began flying combat with Escadrille N.69. Shortly after his third victory, he was awarded the Médaille militaire on 28 May 1917.
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Pursued during the course of this attack by two enemy planes, he engaged them in the most violent combat at 10 kilometers behind their lines; he returned with his plane badly damaged. Two wounds, four citations in army orders." (Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur citation) Médaille militaire "Pilot of exceptional courage who, for more than a year, has rendered distinguished service in an Army Corps Escadrille, then in a pursuit Escadrille. Specializing in reconnaissances of long duration, he always executed these missions by having numerous and difficult aerial combats.
The III Corps Observation Group was organized on 20 September 1918 by the First Army Air Service at Souilly Aerodrome, France. It was formed after the St. Mihiel Offensive and for the purpose of operations in the forthcoming Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Its units consisted of a Headquarters Squadron, the 90th Aero Squadron, the 88th Aero Squadron, the Aéronautique Militaire N.284 Escadrille, the N.205 Escadrille, Detachment 10/13/18, and the 199th Park Squadron for logistics and transportation support.Series "C", Volume 13, Operations Group for the III Corps Air Service and 3d Observation Group.
On 29 October, those orders were countermanded, and he was posted to Escadrille N.391, which was attached to the Armee d'Orient in the Middle East. He served with this squadron until he transferred back to 2e Groupe d'Aviation in France on 8 July 1916. His Middle Eastern exploits were Mentioned in dispatches on 16 October 1916. On 8 May 1917, he was returned to combat, assigned to fly a Nieuport fighter with Escadrille N.88. On 5 December 1917, he was provisionally appointed as a Sous lieutenant.
Sadi-Lecointe was born on 11 July 1891 at Saint-Germain-sur- Bresle. He learned to fly at the Zenith school at Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1910The Zenith School at IssyFlight, 9 July 1910 and was awarded French Aero Club license No. 431 on 3 May 1911.More French PilotsFlight, 20 May 1911. Before formally qualifying, he had taken Georges Clemenceau for a short flight.M. Clemenceau in the Air Flight, 4 March 1911 During the First World War he saw active service with Escadrille BL.10 and later, flying Nieuport scouts, with Escadrille MS.48.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Antoine Joseph Henri Louis Paillard was born in Sainte-Gemmes-d'AndignéFrench website on Escadrille 111 Retrieved 25 August 2020 on 23 August 1897.The Aerodrome website on Paillard Retrieved 26 August 2020 Paillard served as a Breguet bomber pilot in Escadrille BR.132. On 1 May 1918, he shot down a German airplane for his first victory. Then, on 14 September 1918, Paillard was one of four French pilots combating four German Fokker D.VIIs, along with Jean-François Jannekeyn.
Soon he was switched to Escadrille N3 as a Nieuport fighter pilot. After downing two enemy aircraft in March 1916, Deullin was wounded in action on 2 April. He was sidelined for 15 days. After his return to action, he shot down his fifth enemy airplane on 30 April 1916. By the time he scored his seventh victory on 15 September 1916, new SPAD VIIs were coming into the squadron's inventory. On 22 February 1917, with his victory count at 11, he was then transferred to command Escadrille 73 and began scoring for them.
The Lufttransport Staffel 5 (LT St 5, French Escadrille Transport Aérien 5 ) is a transport squadron of the Swiss Air Force. The homebase of the Lufttransport Staffel 5 is the Payerne Air Base. The Lufttransport Staffel 5 is part of the Lufttransportgeschwader 1 together with the Lufttransport Staffel 1 (French Escadrille Transport Aérien «La UNE» ). The coat of arms of the Lufttransport Staffel 1 is a side view of a green grasshopper in front of a white circular ground, which shows the white number 5 on one of its wings.
During the mission Barcat attacked an enemy two-seater, but without result. His first confirmed aerial victory came on 21 March 1918 when Barcat (flying a SPAD S.XIII) and Sous-lieutenant Gilbert de Guingand of Escadrille SPA.48 shot down in flames an enemy aircraft near Mont Cornille, east of Reims. On 2 May 1918, while on patrol, Barcat (now flying a SPAD S.VII) was credited with shooting down one of three Pfalz D.III fighters engaged by himself, Sous- lieutenant Louvat and Sergeant Morel, with Lieutenant Auguste Lahoulle from Escadrille SPA 154, over Montdidier.
In October 1985, the Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso, or FABF, was officially inaugurated. The EHV was initially formed with two Douglas C-47 Skytrain and three MH.1521M Broussard aircraft. These were later followed by two Alouette III SA.316 B helicopters, used mostly for liaison purposes, one twin-engined Aero Commander 500 light utility aircraft, two Hawker-Siddeley HS.748-2A twin turboprop transport aircraft, and two Nord 262 twin turboprop transport aircraft. Two escadrilles (squadrons) or sub- formations were created: the Escadrille de Transport (Transport Unit), and the Escadrille d'Hélicoptères (Helicopter Unit).
Nieuport 17 flown by René Dorme while with escadrille N.3 during the battle of the Somme, late 1916 RFC Nieuport 23 in 1917 During March 1916, the new Nieuport 17 reached the front to replace the earlier Nieuport 11 and 16 fighters that had been instrumental in ending the Fokker Scourge of 1915. On 2 May 1916, Escadrille N.57 became the first unit entirely equipped with the new model. During the late 1916 and into 1917, the Nieuport 17 equipped every fighter squadron of the .Davilla 1997, p.
Side view of SPAD S.XIII from Escadrille SPA.94 with the squadron's Grim Reaper Insignia French aviation Detachments N.512, N.513, and N.514 were merged at Melette, France on 14 May 1917 to found Escadrille N.94. It used Nieuport 24 and Nieuport 27 fighters to support IV Armee. On 30 January 1918, the squadron was one of four merged at Villeneuve to form Groupe de Combat 18, which in turn was one of three Groupe de Combats merged to become Escadre de Combat No. 1.
The unit was created on May 19, 1921 out of two previously-existing units, the Polish 7th Air Escadrille and the Polish 18th Air Escadrille of the 1st Air Regiment. Initially it was manned mostly by the American veterans of the earlier unit, including Cedric Fauntleroy. However, soon afterwards most of the American pilots returned home and the unit was manned with Polish officers. Nonetheless, it retained the roundel and the traditions of the Polish-American unit. In 1934 the unit was the first to receive the then-modern PZL P.11c fighters.
The unit was formed when Poland regained independence, on 7 November 1918 in Kraków, as the 3rd Air Escadrille, utilizing mostly bomber and reconnaissance aircraft left by Austro-Hungarian forces. On 25 November 1918 it was moved to Lwów (current Lviv), where it took active part in fighting of the Polish-Ukrainian War until June 1919. On 21 December 1918, after unification of Polish air units' names, its name was changed to the 7th Air Escadrille. It was commanded by Jerzy Boreysza, from April 1919 by Stefan Stec.
In August 1920 the Kościuszko Squadron took part in the defense of Lwów, and after the Battle of Warsaw it participated in the Battle of Komarów which crippled Budionny's cavalry. Most active days were August 16 and 17, when Escadrille, reduced to 5 uninjured pilots, fulfilled 18 ground attack missions each day. After the Polish-Soviet War, in 1925 the 7th Kościuszko Squadron was reorganized as the 121st Fighter Squadron, eventually renamed as the Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille, each bearing the "Kościuszko" eponym. The 111th Squadron fought in the Invasion of Poland.
Flachaire joined the artillery in 1914. He soon volunteered for aviation, transferring on 31 December 1914. On 15 January 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille 105. On 10 May 1915, Flachaire departed for initial aviation training at Avord.
Promotions followed, as he moved through the phases of pilot's training. He received his pilot's brevet, No. 957, on 31 August 1915. Georges Flachaire and his SPAD XIII. Flachaire was posted to Escadrille 67 on 1 September 1915.
141 In early 1918, he was transferred to Escadrille 95, a fighter squadron. He would score two more confirmed victories with this unit, as well as four unconfirmed claims. He ended the war as a Maréchal-des-logis.
After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 80 on 12 December 1916. From 5 May 1917 through year's end, Delannoy would shoot down five German airplanes. On 5 November 1917, he was commissioned as a Sous lieutenant.
While visiting the Escadrille on one of his convalescent periods recuperating from his wounds, he borrowed a plane and shot down another German while he was there. By the end of 1916, he had claimed 21 air kills.
He was subsequently brevetted as an aerial observer on 17 July 1917. On 19 April 1918, he was raised from Aspirant to Sous lieutenant. That same day, he was posted to a Brequet bomber squadron, Escadrille BR.132.
Raoul Lufbery at www.acepilots.com A special stamp was issued to commemorate the event, and air mail delivery was announced. When World War I broke out, Pourpe joined the French Air Service as a bomber pilot, serving with Escadrille N23.
In August, he was promoted to enlisted Brigadier. On 1 December, he was stationed with Escadrille 79. On 17 March 1917, Bretillon scored his first win, downing a German Albatros. In May, he was advanced to Maréchal-des-logis.
In the aftermath of the Saint-Mihiel offensive, the Groupe moved to support IV Armee on 24 September 1918. That was its last move of the war. On 4 October 1918, the squadron was Mentioned in dispatches. Escadrille Spa.
The escadrille would serve as part of GC II through the remainder of the war. When the armistice came, it had been credited with 42 aircraft and four observation balloons destroyed, and have earned two citations from Army Corps.
It was initially assigned to operate in the vicinity of Arras. It was cited in orders on 24 October 1915.Franks et al. 1992, p. 94. On 16 March 1916, the escadrille moved to the front lines near Verdun.
He then underwent advanced training before being posted to Escadrille Spa.81 as a SPAD S.7 fighter pilotSPAD VII Aces of World War I, p. 36 on 1 February 1918. Success for Santelli usually meant a balloon afire.
The Aerodrome Retrieved on 23 July 2010. A promotion to Adjutant followed on 20 July 1917, with a further promotion to Sous lieutenant on 25 January 1918. He transferred to Escadrille Spa.154 (which operated Spads), on 6 March 1918.
Cook and Rickenbacker became friends, known to each other as "Weird" and "Rick." Both were strong proponents of more adequate training for rookie combat pilots, having themselves benefited from aerial combat training by Lafayette Escadrille veteran Raoul Lufbery and others.
No. 303 Squadron was also linked to the original 1919 Kościuszko Escadrille through personnel that had served in that squadron. Later, further air force units from this unit were renamed the 7th, 121st and 111th Escadrilles of the Polish Air Force.
On 9 October 1918, GC 14 moved to 1er Armee. That was their last posting, as the Armistice of 11 November 1918 ended hostilities. On 28 October 1918, Escadrille Spa.86 was cited in orders for having destroyed 30 German aircraft.
Escadrille Spa.84 was founded on 6 January 1917 at Ravenal, France. It was principally equipped with Nieuport 24s, though it had some SPAD S.7s. On 22 March, it was incorporated into Groupe de Combat 13, posted to III Armee.
96 The squadron was posted to X Armee. On 28 February 1916, the escadrille moved to the Battle of Verdun. They returned to X Armee in July. When the squadron had notched 20 aerial victories, it was Mentioned in dispatches.
Capitaine Lucien Couret de Villeneuve was appointed to command GC.21. Three Portuguese pilots, de Souza-Maya, Dos Santos-Leite, Lello-Portela, and one Czech pilot, Vaclav Pilat, transferred to the Escadrille Jeanne d'Arc, and kept its international flavor.Sengupta, Narayan.
Escadrille 31 of the French Air Force was founded at the beginning of the World War I, on 24 September 1914, at Dijon Air Base. Once equipped with Morane-Saulnier Ns, it was posted to I Armee of the French Army.
He served in the ground forces until 15 April 1917, when he was sent to pilot's training. On 25 June, he graduated with his Military Pilot's Brevet. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille Spa.154 on 15 September 1917.
It was initially assigned to the VII Armee front. On 1 April 1916, it was renamed Detachment Nieuport de Corcieux. On 18 April 1916, it was redesignated, this time as Detachment N73. It became Escadrille N73 on 4 July 1916.
After the war de Turenne stayed in the army. He was appointed commander of Escadrille BR 234 on 29 March 1919, and on 6 July was made an Officier of the Légion d'honneur. He was seconded to the Cavalry School at Saumur on 15 October 1919, then on 1 December was seconded to the régiment d'aviation d'Algérie-Tunisie at Hussein Dey, Algiers, and appointed commander of Escadrille VR 543. He returned to France to serve in the 1er régiment d'aviation d'observation, based at Tours from 1 August 1920. He was later appointed commander of the 4ème groupe, then from 10 June 1922 commanded 9ème escadrille and then 8ème escadrille of the 31ème régiment d'aviation. He was posted to the 33ème régiment d'aviation on 17 June 1922, taking command of a groupe on 9 February 1925. He was second-in-command of the 1er groupe d'aviation d'Afrique in Algeria from 20 February 1929, and was made a Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur on 2 July 1931. Appointed Deputy Commanding Officer of the 6ème escadre d'aviation at Reims on 26 August 1933, he also took part in the flight of thirty Potez 25 aircraft from France to French East Africa under General Joseph Vuillemin between 6 November 1933 to 15 January 1934.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force use the Skvadron term also originating from the army term. So does the Hungarian Air Force with repülőszázad (Hungarian for aircraft squadron or flying squadron, the cavalry company-equivalent term is század). Many Eastern European countries use the term squadron originating from the french word Escadrille: Russian Air Force - Эскадрилья [Eskadril'ya], Ukrainian Air Force - Ескадрилья [Eskadril'ya], Belarusian Air Force - Эскадрыльля [Eskadryil'ya], Romanian Air Force - Escadrila, Bulgarian Air Force - Ескадрила [Eskadrila], Serbian Air Force - Ескадрила [Eskadrila], Croatian Air Force - Eskadrila. The Royal Danish Air Force use the Eskadrille, also originating from the French Escadrille.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I François Portron was born in Lusignan, France on 13 June 1890.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 208-209 He was recalled from the military reserves as the First World War started, being posted to an artillery regiment on 3 August 1914. He was sent to aviation service on 10 October as a supply sergeant. On 21 January 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille V.24; on 20 February, he moved on to Escadrille C.39.
After recovering, he volunteered on October 2, 1916, for the French Air Service () as an air gunner. He was accepted and underwent training at the Aerial Gunnery School in Cazaux, Gironde. Following this, he went through his initial flight training at Châteauroux and Avord, and received pilot's license number 6950 from the Aéro-Club de France on May 5, 1917. Like many other American aviators, Bullard hoped to join the famous squadron Escadrille Americaine N.124, the Lafayette Escadrille, but after enrolling 38 American pilots in the spring and summer of 1916, it stopped accepting applicants.
The Escadrille (flight) has both an administrative and operational function, even of the essential operational control is done at the level of the Esacdron. A pilot is assigned to the Escadrille, however the equipment and material devices, on the other hand, are assigned to the Escadron. Since the putting into effect of the ESTA (Aeronautic Technical Support Escadrons), material devices and the mechanics are assigned directly to the base then put at disposition of the based Escadrons. The Escadrilles adopted the traditions of the prestigious units out of which most (SPA and SAL), are those traditions of the First World War.
Roughly equivalent to a French escadrille, or Polish eskadra,In military aviation, the term escadrille, which is sometimes translated into English as squad, originally referred to a unit that was larger than a flight, but smaller than a squadron. it was often known by the unofficial name "Eskadra Koolhoven". The unit's official role was patrouille ("patrol") – as the AdA designated units that defended rear areas against long-range bombers and other enemy aircraft, as part of the Défense Aérienne du Territoire ("Territorial Air Defense"; DAT). The unit operated from the Salon and Clermont-Aulnat air bases.
McConnell continued to grow uncertain about his position as he couldn't make out a single plane, but one by one, the others began bobbing up above the cloud level. Upon the Escadrille's first sortie, they flew over Dannemarie where they were able to see the trenches for a brief time before they were shot at with shrapnel. The Escadrille escaped and turned north after crossing the lines into Mullhouse, where McConnell notes the keen sense of satisfaction of "their invasion of real German territory." In mid September 1916, the Escadrille was ordered to pack up and head to Somme.
The roundel used by the Air Force The Air Force was founded in 1964 as the Escadrille de la République de Haute-Volta (EHV) or the Republic of Upper Volta Air Squadron, a subordinate unit of the Army. That year, a transient air support base was created with the assistance of the French Air Force. After acquiring an initial fleet of utility and transport aircraft, the squadron was attached to an inter-army support regiment. In 1970, the Escadrille was renamed the Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta, or FAHV, and in 1977 became an autonomous force.
Pierre Henri Edmond Dufaur de Gavardie was born in Rouen, France on 20 January 1890. On 30 August 1914, he volunteered to serve in the French military for the duration of hostilities. He began World War I as an artilleryman, but transferred to aviation duty with Escadrille 53.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 156 - 157 Details of his pilot's training are unknown, but he was posted to Escadrille 12 on 6 February 1916 and promoted to Adjutant the next day.
Withdrawn from the front for training he returned to front-line service with the rank of podporucznik, in time to take part in the Polish-Bolshevist War of 1920. After the armistice and the Peace of Riga he remained in the army and in 1926 he volunteered for the Polish Air Force. He trained as a fighter pilot in various escadrilles and eventually joined the 121 Fighter Escadrille (later renamed the 111th) flying Spad 61 fighters. An excellent and decorated pilot, in 1932 he became the commanding officer of his escadrille and the following year was promoted to the rank of captain.
It moved to a new assignment with II Armee on 5 October 1916. On 1 November 1916, it was one of four escadrilles consolidated into Groupe de Combat 11, the other Nieuport escadrilles being Escadrilles N31, N48, and N57. As a component of GC 11, the escadrille was reassigned to V Armee in April 1917. In July, GC 11 moved to 1er Armee in Flanders. On 16 September 1917, it was transferred to VI Armee. In December, it upgraded to SPADs and thus became Escadrille Spa12. Groupe de Combat 11 joined Groupe de Combat 13 and Groupe de Combat 17 to form Escadre de Combat No. 2 on 27 February 1918. In turn, Escadre de Combat No. 2 was subsumed into the 1er Division Aerienne on 14 May 1918. On 16 May 1918, Escadrille Spa 12 was cited by General Philippe Pétain for its prowess in destroying 34 enemy aircraft and two observation balloons.
His Military Pilot's Brevet was issued to him on 29 July 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille F.216 on 13 October 1916. After serving there, on 29 March 1917, he was sent for further instruction as a fighter pilot.
On 15 May, he received his Pilot's Brevet, No. 5894. He was assigned to Escadrille N15 (the 'N' denoting Nieuports) on 20 June. In August, he was promoted again, to Sergeant. At 1540 hours 4 September 1917, Artigau scored his first win.
In 1920 he was assigned to the 19th Fighter Escadrille. In 1921 Morczkowski was given an indefinite leave of absence. Later he returned to his profession as test pilot in Plage i Laśkiewicz in Lublin. He was fired for participation in a strike.
Nieuport 12bis of Escadrille N69 American Nieuport 80 E.2 trainer Royal Flying Corps Nieuport 12 built by Beardmore. Elevator stripes were a Beardmore trademark. ;Nieuport 12 A.2 :Two-seat fighter-reconnaissance biplane, powered by Clerget 9Z engine.Bruce 1982, p.320.
Escadrille Spa.76 was a French fighter and reconnaissance squadron active during the First World War years of 1916 to 1918. Cited for taking over 3,000 aerial photographs for military intelligence purposes, the unit was also credited with destroying 26 German aircarft.
In May 1915, he reported for pilot training. His Military Pilot's Brevet was awarded to him on 23 September 1915. On 3 October, he was posted to a bombing squadron, Escadrille MF.55. He was promoted to Sergent on 21 January 1916.
Public protests in the United States led to the Chérifienne Escadrille dissolution in 1925.El-Mostafa Azzou. L’escadrille Lafayette: des aviateurs américains dans la guerre du Rif (1921-1926) , Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains, No. 209 (Janvier-Mars 2003), pp. 57-63.
The latter was deployed to French Indochina, and combat engaged on Supermarine Spitfire, with Escadrille SPA 3 stationed in Saigon and the SPA 103 stationed in Hanoi. Upon its return to mainland France, the squadron converted to the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in 1948.
Over the Front, p. 169. Following these successes, he was retrained as a fighter pilot, beginning on 5 November 1917. He was commissioned as a sous lieutenant on 23 November. On 6 December 1917, he was assigned to Escadrille 97 as a Spad pilot.
On 30 December 1917, he was withdrawn from his squadron to serve on the staff of Groupe de Combat 16. He would serve in this position until 26 October 1918, when he was posted back to his former unit, now known as Escadrille Spa.69.
He was awarded the Médaille Militaire on 15 June 1915. In 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille N.38 as a Nieuport fighter pilot. He survived a mid- air collision. Then he was transferred to the Eastern Front to fly against the Russians and Romanians.
On 19 June, he shared a victory with Jacques Ortoli and Jean Chaput. By 30 September, his string was up to six, with five of the wins shared. On 25 December, he was given command of Escadrille Spa26, accompanied by a promotion to lieutenant.
On 19 May 1916, Naudin began pilot's training. He qualified for his Pilot's Brevet on 22 October 1916. He then received advanced training before being posted to Escadrille N26 on 4 February 1917. On 12 July, while flying a Caudron,Guttman, pp. 15-16.
Thad is drawn to a beautiful girl standing quietly at the bar. She does not understand English, he does not speak French, but the attraction is powerful. A Lafayette Escadrille pilot welcomes them all as Thad and the girl walk out into the night.
In February 1918, he received advanced pilot training for fighters. He was then posted to Escadrille 88 on 13 May 1918. On 27 June, he shot down a German observation balloon. Between 23 August and 29 October 1918, he shot down six enemy airplanes.
Charles Nungesser wearing his numerous military decorations. As a military pilot, he was transferred to Escadrille VB106. While there, in July 1915, he shot down his first plane, a German Albatros, and was awarded the Croix de guerre. This action initiated the Nungesser legend.
On 28 September, it was granted a third citation. Escadrille 46 ended World War I credited with 37 enemy aircraft destroyed. They would receive a fourth citation postwar, on 4 February 1919. This citation entitled the unit to display the Fourragere of the Médaille Militaire.
Escadrille Spa.81 was a French fighter squadron active in World War warfare during 1917 and 1918. With nine flying aces in its ranks, it downed 88 German aircraft. It was twice Cited in orders and entitled to the Fourragere of the Croix de guerre.
On 22 February 1916, he began instruction to become a pilot. He received his Military Pilot's Brevet on 19 May 1916. On 10 June 1916, he was also breveted as an aerial observer. Sardier joined Escadrille N.77 at its inception, on 29 September 1916.
After advanced instruction, he was posted to Escadrille 31 on 29 September 1917. Beginning 17 October, he scored five victories by war's end. His Legion d'honneur citation notes both this feat, and his prior infantry service. Chartoire was also awarded the Croix de guerre.
Bert Hall and a Nieuport 11 Weston Birch "Bert" Hall (November 7, 1885 – December 6, 1948) was a military aviator and writer. Hall was one of America's first combat aviators, flying with the famed Lafayette Escadrille in France before the U.S. entered World War I.
The actions of this French unit with the Soviets against the Germans, even if it had a symbolic part, earned it great fame. Its combat accomplishments were so grand that the Escadrille rapidly gained much esteem among the Russians. The gesture has never been forgotten.
The squadron campaigned with the Groupe as it supported several field armies during mid-1918. The squadron was Mentioned in dispatches on 4 October 1918. By war's end Escadrille Spa.155 was credited with the destruction of 13 enemy airplanes and an observation balloon.
69 was Mentioned in dispatches a second time, credited with destruction of 34 enemy aircraft. This second citation gave the unit the right to display the Fourragere of the Croix de Guerre. By the Armistice, Escadrille Spa.69 was credited with destroying 38 enemy aircraft.
On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes: 6 PZL P.11c and 4 PZL P.11a. The air crew consisted of: commanding officer captain Tadeusz Opulski, his deputy Lieutenant Stefan Stanisław Okrzeja, and 15 other pilots: #por. Wacław Łapkowski #ppor. Jan Daszewski #ppor.
The most serious lapse was the blending of the Lafayette Escadrille with the Lafayette Flying Corps, a sub-unit where the real-life Eugene Bullard actually served.Flammer, Phillip M. "Roster of the Lafayette Flying Corps." New England Air Museum, 2006. Retrieved: August 24, 2008.
Gond won two citations during late 1914 while serving in the Dragoons. After a year with them, he took an opportunity to switch to aviation. Escadrille 67 formed on 17 September 1915, and needed personnel. On 20 September, Gond began training as an aerial observer.
It received its third citation on the 9th, though the first as fighter unit Escadrille Spa.103. It was credited with destroying 85 enemy aircraft and disabling 69 others. Its final tally for the entire war was 108 enemy aircraft and three observation balloons destroyed.
The Escadron de chasse 1/2 Cigognes or Fighter Squadron 1/2 Cigognes or EC 1/2 Cigognes is a French Air Force fighter squadron currently stationed at Luxeuil Air Base . It inherits the traditions of three notable World War I units: SPA 3 of the famous ace Georges Guynemer, SPA26, SPA 103 of René Fonck, and SPA 12.French Air Force web site (Archived 2009-09-03) (fr). Heir to Escadrille 3 (the "Cigognes" Escadrille) EC 1/2 Cigogne was created on November 1945, by reorganizing No. 329 Squadron RAF, which the latter was constituted by pilots of Groupe de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes after the armistice of 1940.
Numbed by the very low temperature, Pourpe lost control of his aircraft, as he exited a cloud, before "sideslipping" and came crashing to the ground. This accords with both reports of the Escadrille N23"Brief History", Escadrille MS23 -N23 and the testimony of aviation volunteer Jacques Mortane who reported in December 1914 that, accustomed to colonial climates, Pourpe nonetheless took to the air in a cold mist that prevented other flyers from going out. According to Mortane, Pourpe came out of the clouds at 1200 meters completely "unbalanced"."Marc Pourpe", La Fédération Nationale des Combattants Volontaires Marc Pourpe is buried in the cemetery of Carnel, Lorient.
The American Division wore the swastika patch while fighting against Germany in World War I. The Lafayette Escadrille squadron flew World War I fighters against Germany from 1916 to 1918, first as volunteers under French command and later as a United States unit. The official squadron insignia was a Native American with a swastika adorned headdress. Some of the squadron planes also bore a large swastika in addition to the squadron insignia. Among the Lafayette Escadrille members who were killed in action was Arthur Bluethenthal of Wilmington, North Carolina, who is buried in a Jewish cemetery with a grave marker that includes the squadron insignia, complete with swastika.
On September 23 and 25, the Group partook in attacks led against Gibraltar, then went back to Blida. When the Allied disembarking in North Africa took place, in November 1942, the Group did not participate, but a little to the resistance, which opposed the Vichy Army () to the Anglo-Americans. Based at Rovigo, the group waited for rearmament to take place by the Allies and was transferred to Colomb-Béchar at the beginning of January 1943. The Group underwent a long training session until October of the same year, époque where the latter was dissociated, certain elements expedited to Constantine (1st Escadrille), the others to Sétif (2nd Escadrille).
Leps was initially assigned to Escadrille N67 (the 'N' denoting that the unit used Nieuports). On 15 July 1916, he was forwarded for pilot's training at Amberieu. He received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 4312 on 23 August 1916. He then reported for reassignment on 2 November.
23 Karaś bombers destroyed a number of tanks around Jordanów and the village of Podwilko. The 31st Recce Escadrille, forming part of the organic aviation of the Karpaty Army successfully bombed the tanks of the 4th Light Division on the road between Nowy Targ and Chabówka.
On 12 May 1917, he began pilot's training at Dijon. On 9 July 1917, at Istres, he was granted Military Pilot's Brevet No. 7370. He was then sent for advanced training at Avord and Pau. He reached a combat unit, Escadrille 90, on 13 October 1917.
Soulier managed to join the artillery in March 1915, but then wangled a transfer to aviation. He began aviation training at Pau in March 1916, and was brevetted a pilot two months later. He was posted to Escadrille 26 under command of Commandant Brocard in June 1916.
Elliott Christopher Cowdin II (left), Norman Prince (center), William Thaw II (right) on December 23, 1915- all American aviators that served in the French Army Elliott Christopher Cowdin (March 3, 1886 - January 6, 1933) was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille who downed three German planes.
Escadrille Spa.86 was a French Air Force fighter squadron active from 6 April 1917 through the end of World War I. They served as a component of Groupe de Combat 14, and were Cited in orders on 28 October 1918 for having downed 30 German aircraft.
He completed flight training 19 April 1917 and joined Escadrille N.154 on 28 June 1917. He achieved his first victory on 5 September. Coiffard scored two more successes in early 1918. This earned him the award of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on 2 February.
At the Armistice, the unit acquired 8 confirmed aerial victories, out of which 7 against aircraft and 1 against a Drachen. The unit was dissolved on March 12, 1919. ; Symbolic, The insignia of the Escadrille 79 represents the head of a wolf, either black or brown.
Nine pilots died in the Lafayette Escadrille while others perished after leaving the unit. More sustained non-fatal injuries. The planes flown were flimsy, and not as safe as those of later years. Engines and other parts failed, and machine-guns often jammed when they were needed.
He began military service on 12 January 1916, with an aviation unit. On 15 March 1916, he went for pilot training. He graduated initial training with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 2 July 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 112 on 1 December 1916.
ISBN No. 1-902207-46-7. and at 18:00 that evening he engaged a Morane-Saulnier Type L "Parasol" two-seater. The French aircraft was most likely from Escadrille M.S.48, and flown by Capitaine Paul du Peuty, with Sous-Lieutenant de Boutiny as the observer.
On 23 May 1917, he was granted his Military Pilot's Brevet. The training program retained him as an instructor while he requested combat duty. On 5 September 1917 he was posted to Escadrille N.154. He received a promotion to Maréchal des logis on 25 January 1918.
From there, he was assigned to Escadrille 53, having already logged 376 flight hours. On 28 April 1916, he scored his first win, over a Fokker Eindekker. Two days later, he flew a successful escort mission despite having his controls cut. A Médaille militaire followed, on 22 May 1916.
In June 1916, he was reassigned to a Nieuport unit, Escadrille N.67. He would run up eight more victories there, including one shared with Georges Flachaire. Postwar, he remained in the military. He became ill during the Rif War in Morocco, and died on 21 September 1925.
Herbelin's ninth triumph came on 30 January 1918, his tenth on 5 March. A month later, on 6 April 1918, he was appointed a Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur. He transferred to Escadrille 97 on 22 May 1918 to fly Spads. On 15 July, he tallied his final victory.
His civil pilot's license was noted, and he was quickly transferred into aviation service. He earned a military pilot's license on a Morane and was assigned to Escadrille 461. On 22 June 1916, he forced a German airplane into an involuntary landing. In May 1917, he repeated the feat.
It was while leading this wing that he shot down his 20th and last opponent over Montdidier on 19 May 1918. Eleven of his 20 victories had been scored while flying a Nieuport 17. Nieuport 23 flown by Albert Deullin of Escadrille N3 (left) with squadronmate Paul Tarascon.
On 31 March, he completed pilot's training. He was then assigned to Escadrille N.12 as a Nieuport pilot. On 23 October 1916, he scored his first aerial victory. He would not score again until 23 January 1917, then strung five more victories out until 21 April 1917.
André Robert Lévy transferred to aviation on 8 October 1916. He qualified as a pilot on 4 March 1917. He was initially assigned to fly a Farman for Escadrille 29. However, he flew a Sopwith Aviation Company Sopwi 1.A2 for his first victory on 7 April 1917.
At that time Fliegerstaffel 3 changed to the AMIR badge. The original badge was a red equilateral triangle with white outer edges. In this badge was the head of a white Bulldog with black spot over the right eye and black collar. Underneath “3ème ESCADRILLE” was written in black.
On 28 June 1917, Émile Régnier began aviation training. After a normal progression of training, he was awarded Military Pilot's Brevet 8557 on 12 September. After advanced training, on 8 January 1918, he joined SPAD Escadrille 89 as a fighter pilot. On 12 April, he was promoted to sergent.
As the war ended, Nogues was transferred to Escadrille 172. Along with his other decorations, he had earned the Croix de Guerre with a minimum of five palmes. On 5 October 1919, Marcel Nogues died several hours after receiving a blow to the larynx in a rugby match.
In August Le Gloan took the command of 3rd escadrille (flight) of the squadron. The unit's primary task at the time were offshore patrols. On 11 September 1943, Le Gloan flew on patrol with another pilot. Over the sea smoke started to come out of Le Gloan's engine.
GC15 was reassigned to II Armee sector on 25 July 1917. From then until war's end, as part of a larger formation, Escadrille Spa.81 was frequently shifted into tactical situations on the Western Front in a "fire brigade" fashion. In January 1918, they were Cited in orders.
During this time he promoted to corporal. He joined the Lafayette Escadrille on 22 January 1917. Within a few days, Genet received his own Nieuport 21 fighter to use on his first mission on 29 January. He was promoted to sergeant on 10 March, after completing over 20 sorties.
As part of GB.1, the escadrille was cited for its valor on 27 May 1915. General Ferdinand Foch issued the citation on 1 June. Foch would issue a second citation on 19 September 1915, based on the bombing raids of the 13th on Ludwigshafen.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 103.
Jacquet and Robin survived being shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 8 September 1916, they remaining uninjured even as their plane was demolished. They were probably flying a Belgian modification of the Farman. In December 1916, Jacquet was promoted to command of his squadron, 1ère Escadrille de Chasse.
By flying directly over enemy positions and taking photographs, Zinn provided French commanders with a far better view of the battlefield, and the techniques he and others developed soon became standard practice for both sides in the trench warfare style conflict. He was decorated twice by the French government for bravery for flying low over enemy lines on these reconnaissance missions. Although not formally assigned to the American Lafayette Escadrille, Zinn was recorded as an observer for the Escadrille, presumably while taking aerial photographs. After the United States entered the war in 1917, Zinn entered the U.S. Army Air Service as a captain and was attached to American GHQ at Chaumont until the Armistice on November 11, 1918.
Curtiss, Thomas Quinn. "The Film Career of William Wellman." International Herald Tribune (iht.com), February 9, 1994. Retrieved: March 12, 2012. On December 3, 1917, assigned as the first American fighter pilot to join N.87 escadrille in the Lafayette Flying Corps, Wellman went on to score three recorded "kills", along with five probables and to receive the Croix de Guerre with two palms.Silke 1980, p. 57. Although he considered Lafayette Escadrille a "personal project", the studio did not give Wellman the budget he demanded and continued to interfere with the project, to the extent that the decisions on starring roles, title, ending and other important aspects of the production were taken out of his hands,Parish 1990, p. 244.
Soon after the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Battesti returned to Avord and then to Buc to complete his flying training, and was at the military flying school at Pau from 25 January 1915. On 20 March 1915 he was posted to Escadrille 10 flying Caudron reconnaissance aircraft. He was promoted to adjudant on 9 May, and was awarded the Médaille militaire on 2 December 1915. Battesti was wounded three times in 1916, and was sent to hospital to recover after the third injury on 6 July 1916, receiving promotion to sous-lieutenant on 27 July. He returned to Escadrille 10 on 10 August 1916, serving until 1 February 1917.
Stampe SV.4C of the Patrouille de France in 1951 2 Mystère IVA of the Patrouille de France on the American base of Bitburg, in 1960 In 1947, the Minister of Air created an escadrille of representation for the French Air Force. The presentation unit was directed by Capatain Pierre, former pilot of the Patrouille d'Étampes and accordingly equipped with twelve Stampe SV-4. In front of the ongoing ascending success of presentations, diverse formations were put in place at the corps of the French Air Force. In 1952, Commandant Pierre Delachenal, pilot of the 3e Escadre, stationed at Aerial Base 112 Reims-Champagne, formed an escadrille of four Republic F-84G.
The airfield first appears in the navigation charts in 1920 as a 400 x 900 m landing ground. In 1928, a part of it was assigned to the local "Aero-club Toulois", which seems to be the only permanent user. The airfield is expanded in 1936, probably at the same time 4 hangars are built, but still with no unit permanently stationed. When World War II broke out in September 1939, the "Groupe de Chasse II/5" was assigned to Toul-Croix De Metz; the Group's first "escadrille" aircraft sported a "Sioux Head", but it was not before 1942 that the escadron received the lineage of the Lafayette Escadrille, thus becoming "Groupe de Chasse II/5 Lafayette".
The squadron inherited the traditions of the Lafayette Escadrille () of the First World War. The group was established in 1933 as the Groupe de Chasse II/5 La Fayette (GC II/5). During the Battle of France, GC II/5 was equipped with American-built Curtiss H-75 fighters. The aircraft of the unit were painted with the same insignia depicting Chief Sitting Bull chosen by the American volunteers of the Lafayette Escadrille during the First World War before the entry of their country into the conflict. Following the Armistice of 22 June 1940, the pilots and their aircraft were sent across the Mediterranean to French Algeria, under the control of Vichy France.
His final wish was to be buried wrapped in the French flag and have his coffin be covered with the French and American flags to "show that I died for the two countries". After the war, Genet, along with many other members of the Lafayette Escadrille were reburied at the La Fayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery, in Marnes-la-Coquette, outside of Paris. As a result of his lie about his age to the passport officer, his commanding officer Georges Thenault believed that he was four years older than he actually was. In the letter to Genet's mother, he expressed shock that Genet was actually 24 years of age as he looked so young.
The Chadian Air Force, in French Force Aérienne Tchadienne, was formed in 1961 as the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne (Chadian National Flight/Squadron), and was given its current name in 1973. It continues to be part of the Chadian Army. The force shares a base with French forces at N'Djamena International Airport.
He had no success there, and was posted onwards to Escadrille 38, which was also equipped with Spads. There he shared a balloon with Georges Madon on his day of arrival, 1 June 1918; he was then credited with three more enemy airplanes, with the final victory on 1 November 1918.
He would not be again fit for duty until 26 May 1916. On 1 July 1916, he was transferred to aviation service; he reported for pilot training on 9 August. He received his Military Pilot's Brevet on 16 October 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille N.3.
On 21 February 1916, he began pilot training. He graduated with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 2 August 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to a fighter squadron, Escadrille N.78, on 19 February 1917. There he was promoted from the enlisted ranks to the rank of Sous lieutenant.
On 15 July 1915, de Sévin reported to Pau for pilot's training. On 19 October 1915, he was awarded Pilot's Brevet No. 1804. On 11 November, he was assigned to Escadrille N12 to pilot both single-seat and two-seat Nieuports. He was confirmed in his commission on 27 December 1915.
Fliegerstaffel 5 carried as a coat of arms a black lynx with yellow eyes, which stretched its right paw with claws. From his mouth came red flames, which went into the background. The badge was round and had a white base. Under the lynx was written in black 5éme escadrille.
After further training, on 14 December 1916 he was posted to Escadrille 81. Between 26 May 1917 and 30 October 1917, he shot down four German airplanes and an observation balloon. In January 1918, he was commissioned as a Sous lieutenant. He would score two more victories in July 1918.
Bosson began military service as a sapper on 6 September 1914. He would serve as such valorously until 1917. He would transfer to pilot's training, receiving his Military Pilot's Brevet on 25 September 1917. Posted to Escadrille Spa62, he would score seven confirmed victories between 9 March and 4 June 1918.
On 11 October 1917, they were transferred to VI Armee. Within a week, they were refitted with SPAD fighters, changing their unit designation to Escadrille Spa80.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 97 - 98.
By the end of the war, he had accounted for all but 36 of Escadrille SPA.103's 111 claimed victories. Unlike many leading French aces, Fonck's score contained only three shared victories. Also unlike most aces, he remained unwounded; indeed, only a single enemy bullet had ever hit his aircraft.
On 10 May 1917, he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur. A week later, he was promoted to lieutenant. On 11 October 1917, he began pilot's training; he received his Military Pilot's Brevet on 26 November. Posted to Escadrille 65 on 13 May 1918, he won two victories flying with them.
On 10 September, as part of Groupe de Combat 13, the squadron was again Mentioned in dispatches. By war's end, Escadrille Spa.88 was credited with destroying 32 German airplanes and four observation balloons. On 19 November 1918, eight days after the ceasefire, the squadron was once again Mentioned in dispatches.
On 13 December 1916, it moved again, to VI Armee. It was gathered into the new Groupe de Combat 13 on 12 March 1917. The escadrille was detached again from 17 March to 6 June 1917, to support VI Armee. It then rejoined GC 13 for the remainder of the war.
For unknown reasons, he was unusually long in qualifying as a pilot, not receiving his Military Pilot's Brevet until 8 June 1916. He became a non-commissioned Nieuport pilot in 1916, and served in Escadrilles 102 and 82. He scored a single victory for Escadrille 102, on 2 August 1916.
During World War I, he served as chauffeur to Field Marshal Sir John French, and later, flew with the French Lafayette Escadrille until 1917. He was subsequently commissioned Major in the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, serving until the end of the war in the United States Army Air Service.
Marty's returned from sick leave on 14 April 1918; he was assigned to Escadrille Spa.90. He shot down two more German planes, on 23 April and 8 June 1918. The next day, 9 June 1918, at 9 AM, Alexandre Marty was killed in action in the vicinity of Plainfaing.
Edmund Pike Graves (March 13, 1891 - November 22, 1919) was an American aviator, Royal Flying Corps and Polish Air Force officer, the latter as a member of the Polish 7th Air Escadrille "Kościuszko Squadron", who served as an instructor and a fighter pilot during World War I and the Polish-Soviet War.
He then trained as a pilot. On 11 April 1917, he was promoted to Corporal and assigned to Escadrille N.62 as a Spad pilot. Quette scored his first aerial victory on 22 July 1917. He was then awarded the Médaille militaire; the accompanying citation noted he had already been wounded twice.
He subsequently entered pilot's training, and was licensed with his brevet in August 1917. He then rounded off his aviation education with advanced training at Pau and Cazaux. Upon completion of training, he was assigned to Escadrille N65 as a pilot on 10 November 1917. By this time, he had risen to corporal.
On 25 April 1917, he was promoted to Adjutant. He then served with the X Armee in Italy. On 30 May 1918, he was posted to Escadrille SPA.37. While with them, he would shoot down for enemy airplanes and an observation balloon, with three of the victories coming on 26 September 1918.
He scored his final two victories on 25 July and 24 October 1917, respectively. On 8 November 1917 Malavialle was promoted to Capitaine. Under his leadership, his escadrille was twice Mentioned in dispatches. Paul Louis Malavialle survived the First World War, only to die of Spanish flu in Constantinople on 20 December 1919.
He was promoted to Adjutant on 21 November 1916. On 28 May 1917, he went to fighter school; by 15 June, he was a Nieuport pilot with Escadrille 3. He was commissioned a Sous lieutenant on 11 July. Bozon- Verduraz scored his first aerial triumphs on 16, 17, and 20 February 1918.
On 23 January 1915, he was transferred from the cavalry to become a combat engineer and infantryman. On 5 March 1917, he began pilot training. On 9 May 1917, he graduated primary training and received his Military Pilot's Brevet. After advanced instruction, Montange was posted to Escadrille N.155 on 2 July 1917.
Here he trained with such luminaries as Georges Guynemer and Alfred Heurtaux. On 24 January 1917, while flying a Spad VII with Escadrille 3, Orlov drove down an enemy aircraft north of Fresnoy for his fourth victory. He exited the dogfight by purposely spinning his aircraft to escape two enemy Halberstadt fighters.
During his lengthy convalescence, he was promoted out of the enlisted ranks to become a Sous lieutenant on 25 January 1918. On 11 March 1918, he was posted to Escadrille 100. Joining in this unit's "wolf pack" tactics, Haeglen would shoot down another 20 enemy aircraft by war's end, including 12 observation balloons.
Tenant de la Tour began his military service in the cavalry. He became an air force pilot on 6 May 1915 when he was awarded Military Pilot's Brevet No. 1919. He underwent advanced training, then survived an accident on 30 October 1915. On 29 December 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille 57.
Jailler was promoted to Caporal on 23 March 1915. Shortly thereafter, he was finally assigned a flying slot on 1 April 1915, when he was assigned to Escadrille 15. He then was promoted to Sergent ten days after joining his new unit. On 16 May 1915, he was seriously wounded in combat.
He won the Medaille Militare for his service.Franks, Bailey, p. 142. Upon his 1918 transfer to fighter service with Escadrille Spa 93, he downed four German planes and three observation balloons within a month. He received the Legion d/Honneur for his bravery shown in his final combat on 4 October 1918.
In November, it was transferred south to oppose both Romanian and Italian forces. In April 1918, the squadron was returned to the Western Front.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 98 On 27 August 1918, Escadrille Spa.
Post-war, Barbaza briefly served in Escadrille SPA 89 in April 1919, and was demobilized on 1 August 1919. He remained in the reserve, in which he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1921. He finally left the reserve on 28 May 1946, and died in Paris on 26 February 1971.
Hall in the Lafayette Escadrille, 1917 Hall was born in Colfax, Iowa, where he attended the local schools. His early home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hall graduated from Grinnell College in 1910. He wrote the song "Sons of Old Grinnell", which is part of the college songbook.
Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 107. Escadrille Spa.159 saw combat at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. By war's end, the squadron had been credited with destroying 11 German airplanes and an observation balloon.
100 On 22 April 1918, the squadron was renamed Escadrille Spa.90 when it re-equipped with SPAD fighters. On 9 November 1918, the unit was Cited in orders for having destroyed 10 German airplanes and 14 observation balloons. However, its total victory score for the war was 13 airplanes and 22 balloons.
On July 1988, the "3/30" inherited pilots on the Mirage F1 from the transformation mission (until then reserved for the Fighter Hunter Squadron -Escadron de chasse 3/5 Comtat Venaissin () on Aerial Base 115 Orange- Caritat). The squadron gained the enrichment of the third Escadrille (SPA 62) and Mirage F1B biplaces.
"RNZAF Sunderlands: Short S.25 Sunderland / Sandringham." Kiwi Aircraft Images via kiwiaircraftimages.com. Retrieved: 2 January 2010. The French Navy Escadrille 7FE, which received Sunderlands when it was formed in 1943 as No. 343 Squadron RAF, continued to operate them until December 1960, the last unit to operate Sunderlands in the Northern Hemisphere.
After a further transfer to Chartres on 3 September 1916, he received his military pilot's license on 4 November 1916. He underwent advanced training before posting to Escadrille N57 on 14 March 1917. His commissioning as a temporary sous lieutenant followed on 17 August 1917. The following month, he began his victory string.
Under the command of Capitaine Paul de Peuty, this groupe was committed to the Third Battle of Artois. On 24 October 1915, the groupe was cited for its performance. In early March 1916, Escadrille N 15 moved to the vicinity of Verdun. On 8 May 1916, it was reassigned to X Armee.
"William A. Wellman", filmography, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved July 12, 2020. While he was primarily a director, Wellman also produced 10 films, one of them uncredited, all of which he also directed. His last film was Lafayette Escadrille (1958), which he produced, directed, wrote the story for and narrated.
La Fayette Flying Corps service certificate La Fayette Flying Corps service ribbon The Lafayette Flying Corps is a name given to the American volunteer pilots who flew in the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air) during World War I. It includes the pilots who flew with the bona fide Lafayette Escadrille squadron.
Père-Lachaise Cemetery. Barcat entered the army and was posted to the 30e Régiment d'Artillerie on 12 April 1915. On 12 June he was sent to the military flying school at Fontainebleau, and was appointed an aspirant on 15 September 1915. On 13 December 1915 he was posted to Escadrille F 206, to fly as an observer for six months before returning to Fontainebleau on 1 July 1916, where he was promoted to the provisional rank of sous-lieutenant on 27 September. He then served in the 83e Régiment d'Artillerie, transferring to the 81e Régiment d'Artillerie on 23 December 1916. On 15 September 1917 Barcat transferred Aéronautique Militaire and was sent to the military flying school at Chartres to train as a pilot, receiving his military pilot's brevet at Avord on 28 November. He was posted to Escadrille SPA 155 on 11 February 1918, but soon after, on 22 February, was transferred to Escadrille SPA 153. On 15 March Barcat flew one of six aircraft from his unit escorting a formation of nineteen Breguet 14 bombers on an attack on the railway station at Neuflize.
In 1936 the escadrille was stationed in Sarny and was providing air cover for a construction of border fortifications at the frontier with the Soviet Union. During one of the sorties Lt. Witold Urbanowicz, later to become one of the fighter aces of World War II, downed a Soviet Polikarpov R-5 biplane reconnaissance aircraft flying a reconnaissance mission over the area. In 1939 it was attached to the Pursuit Brigade, a large fighter unit held in reserve of the Commander in Chief. As part of the Polish 3rd Squadron of the 1st Air Regiment () under Zdzisław Krasnodębski, the unit was stationed at the airfield at Zielonka and provided air cover for the nearby city of Warsaw. During the Polish September Campaign the first sortie — and the first success of the escadrille — took place on September 1, at 4 in the morning, that is roughly an hour before the fights for Westerplatte started, an event which is usually taken as the starting point of World War II. The escadrille was scrambled to intercept a large formation of enemy bombers escorted by Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighters.
It was in this aircraft that the squadron was engaged during the Suez Crisis in 1956. Notably, it became the first unit of the French Air Force to deploy an indigenous Mach-2 fighter, the new Mirage IIIC, on 7 July 1961. In 1968 these were replaced by Mirage IIIE. In 1984, the "Storks" moved onto the Mirage 2000C. On September 9 1994, it received a third flight: the SPA 12. At the end of the 1990s, the squadron moved to Mirage 2000-5F. Escadrille SPA 12 was dissolved on September 3 2009 and replaced by SPA 26 (a traditional escadrille of EC 1/5 Vendée, dissolved in 2007). On Friday 29 July 2011, the squadron moved to Luxeuil Air Base.
Henri Hay de Slade was born in Brest, France on 29 May 1893. Hay de Slade came from a military family; his father was a naval officer who died in 1908. Hay de Slade began his own military career as a cadet at Saint Cyr in 1913. He transferred to aviation on 13 May 1916, and received his pilot's certificate in August of that year. After further training, he was assigned to Escadrille Spa80 on 13 December 1916. It wasn't until his reassignment to Escadrille N86 and its Nieuport fighters, on 16 April 1917, that he began to succeed as an aerial warrior. On 20 May, he scored his first victory. He closed out 1917 as an ace; on 5 December, he scored his fifth victory.
At La Noblette, the squadron was relieved by another French Escadrille and moved west on 10 April to the Reims area, in support of the French 6th Army, then north to the coast of the North Sea at Leffrinckoucke on 2 May, to support the French Detachment of Army of the North until 29 June. While at Leffrinckoucke its airdrome was subjected to frequent air attacks, and it received a citation 22 October 1918 from the commander in chief of the French Armies of the North and Northeast for its "brilliance" in operations in the face of adversity. The display of its distinctive "Indian Head" insignia from the Lafayette Escadrille was authorized by the Chief of Air Service AEF, Brig. Gen. Benjamin Foulois, on 6 May 1918.
Most were purchased in Arizona and illegally flown into Mexico from airports in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. Relying on small arms like the Thompson sub-machine gun and improvised bombs for armaments, the Yankee Doodle Escadrille was ill-suited for all combat roles, but would unhesitatingly attack federal aircraft or bomb enemy troop concentrations, scoring a few victories. One of the first major engagements involving the Yankee Doodle Escadrille was the Battle of Jiménez, which began on March 30 and ended five days later when federal forces took control of the area. During the fighting, seven rebel aircraft faced an unknown number of federal "Corsair" biplanes, resulting in the loss of two rebel aircraft and the capture of a "Corsair" from the federals.
The US was still neutral, being involved in the war might have been considered a treasonous act as it was a direct action in violation of US neutrality. Throughout his stay in France, Genet, along with other members of the Escadrille, participated in social events hosted by many American supporters of the war who lived in France. He was particularly celebrated, since it was known that he was the descendant of Citizen Genet. As the prospect of American involvement in the war grew, he became increasingly worried and hopeful that his participation in the Escadrille would not be affected by the American entry into the war and sought the help of prominent Americans in France to help him resolve his status.
He was also a key figure in the construction of the Boston Public Library Boston Public Library, Federick Octavius Prince and a lineal descendant of the French philosopher Montesquieu. Great grandfather Frederick H. Prince was a successful businessman, who made his fortune through investments in a variety of business ventures, including the Union Stockyards and Transit Company of which he served as chairman. Frederick H. Prince's son, Norman Prince, founded and then flew with the all-American Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. To form the squadron, he fought the isolationist attitudes of America, the French military fearful of spies and even the wishes of his own father, who pressed Norman into attending law school at Harvard. Norman Prince died while serving the Lafayette Escadrille in 1916.
Daladier was then promoted to Adjutant on 25 October 1916. On 4 May 1917, he was awarded the Médaille militaire; two days later, he was assigned to Escadrille N93 to fly a Nieuport. Between 14 April and 30 October 1917, he scored four victories, with one each being shared with Maurice Robert and Fernand Guyou.
On 8 April, he transferred to Escadrille 81, which also operated Nieuports. On 20 April, he was awarded the Médaille militaire to accompany his Croix de guerre. He resumed scoring in August, downing three more German planes, including one shared with Gabriel Guérin and Marcel A. Hugues. Two claims for September wins went unverified.
On 18 May he was transferred to a fighter squadron, Escadrille N.69. He and Jean Navarre teamed to shoot down a German Fokker on 18 June 1916 for d'Oisy's fourth victory. He would score a fifth victory to become a flying ace on 11 May 1917. On 27 September, he became a full Lieutenant.
Posted to Escadrille N.81 on 8 December 1917, he would go on to shoot down four German observation balloons and a airplane during 1918. His valor was rewarded with the Médaille Militaire and the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 (France) with five palms. Maurice Albert Rousselle died in Paris on 9 January 1926.
After a requested transfer to aviation, he went to Crotoy for pilot's training. After advanced training at Bourget, he received Pilot's Brevet No. 2437 on 19 January 1916. On 10 March, he was assigned to Escadrille C11 (the 'C' denoting the squadron's use of Caudrons). He was injured in an accident on 12 May 1916.
He then joined a brand new squadron, Escadrille 152, as a Spad pilot. On 30 June 1918, he scored his second victory, destroying a German observation balloon. On 20 July, he shared a double win with Del Vial. Then he began a string of seven consecutive victories shared with premium balloon buster Léon Bourjade.
On 20 June 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille C46. Despite having been assigned to a squadron fitted for reconnaissance and bombing,Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 92. Loste scored his first victory on 27 July 1916.
A week later, he was wounded yet again, in a dogfight with four Germans. A month later, on 17 March 1917, Auger took command of Escadrille 3. He scored four more times, including a win shared with Joseph M. X. de Sévin, with his last being 28 June 1917. Auger then upgraded to a SPAD.
Albert René Chabrier was born on 24 May 1896 in Briare, France. His earlier service during World War I is unclear; however, he was posted to Escadrille 315 on 9 November 1917. He was credited with six aerial victories during 1918. He was awarded the Croix de guerre with four palmes during his service.
On 8 September 1914, Masson re-enlisted in his old unit. After being transferred to the 36eme Regiment d'Infanterie for a short while, Masson began military pilot's training at Pau. He earned his Military Pilot's Brevet on a Caudron on 10 May 1915. He was then assigned to Escadrille 18, which was operating Caudrons.
Ten days later, he was commissioned as a temporary Sous lieutenant. While serving on the Eastern Front, he won three more triumphs in late 1917. On 1 April 1918, he was transferred back to the Western Front. Assigned to Escadrille 103 on 18 May 1918, he scored his sixth and final victory on 2 June.
At about the same time, the SPAD VIIs were dropped from the squadron rolls and the SPAD XIIIs retained. On 4 October 1918, the Escadre (including Escadrille Spa.97) was Cited in orders. By the 11 November 1918 ceasefire, the squadron was credited with the destruction of 17 German airplanes and eight observation balloons.
106 In late January 1918, the squadron was one of four banded into Groupe de Combat 18. The Groupe, including Escadrille Spa.155, operated in support of half a dozen French field armies during mid-1918. In early September 1918, it was tasked to the American 1st Army for the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.
On September 1, 1939, the escadrille had 9 planes, including 7 PZL P.11c and 2 PZL P.11a. Throughout the war it received an additional PZL P.11c as reinforcement. The air crew consisted of kapitan (Captain) Gustaw Sidorowicz, his deputy porucznik (Lieutenant) Wojciech Januszewicz and 16 other pilots: # ppor. Mirosław Ferić # ppor.
In fact, the Groupe would be one of several such further massed into Escadre de Combat No. 1. On 8 September 1918, the Escadre was tasked to the U.S. First Army for the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. On 4 October, Escadrille Spa.96, along with the rest of the Escadre, was Mentioned in dispatches.
His initial military service during World War I was in the 32nd Regiment d'Artillerie. After transfer to the Aéronautique Militaire, Favre de Thierrens underwent aviation training and received his Military Pilot's Brevet in 1916. He was posted to Escadrille F215, which was equipped with Farmans. He was wounded by antiaircraft shrapnel on 2 September 1916.
In July, it moved to support the 1er Armee in Flanders. It was reassigned to II Armee on 11 August 1917. The following month, the escadrille moved once again, to support VI Armee. The flying unit's second citation came through on 16 November 1917, lauding them for downing 68 enemy aircraft and five observation balloons.
On 3 June, he again was seriously wounded. His recuperation was not complete until 2 February 1918, when he was assigned to Escadrille SPA.67. Having progressed through the enlisted ranks, he was promoted to Sous lieutenant on 28 March 1918. By war's end on 11 November 1918, Pierre Pendaries had flown 1,180 combat hours.
The estimations of number of pilots range from 180 to over 300. The generally accepted number of pilots who successfully completed French flight training is 209. Of these, 180 served in combat. More than 50 Flying Corps personnel (including members of the Lafayette Escadrille) initially served in the Ambulance Corps of the American Field Service.
On 14 December 1916, he was posted to Escadrille N81. Adrien Leps scored his first aerial victories on 16 March 1917, downing an Albatros reconnaissance plane and another unidentified German two-seater. On 30 March, his award of the Légion d'honneur cited these wins. He next shot down an enemy fighter plane on 27 June 1917.
On 9 > August 1916, his plane was hit over 100 times by enemy bullets. Since the > first of July, he has had 35 combats, downing five enemy planes and has > forced two others to land in a damaged condition. His Médaille militaire citation of 4 August 1916 states: > Adjudant pilot of Escadrille N62. Excellent pilot, always prepared to work.
Major Biddle's 13th Aero Squadron SPAD S.XII "cannon fighter", 1918. Biddle joined the Lafayette Flying Corps in France on 8 April 1917. He was assigned to Escadrille 73 as a private on 28 July 1917, under the command and mentorship of Albert Deullin. He was promoted to corporal on 2 June and to sergeant on 1 December.
A SPAD SVII in the 1920s – Jacques Gérard scored his eight victories with a similar biplane fighter aircraft. Once he had joined the infantry, he found himself assigned as a mechanic and driver. This work brought him in contact with the truck-borne laboratories used for developing aerial photography. An assignment to Escadrille C18 of the Aéronautique Militaire followed.
He was subsequently appointed a Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur on 5 April. He promptly tallied two more victories in April, becoming an ace on the 21st. After scoring thrice more in May, on 1 July he was appointed to command a Spad squadron, Escadrille 94. Subsequently, he was promoted to temporary Lieutenant on the 18th.
On the 13th, those orders were changed to ship him to pilot training. On 6 May 1915, he graduated with his Military Pilot's Brevet. After advanced schooling, he was posted to Escadrille 94 on 5 June 1915.SPAD VII Aces of World War I, p. 10 He was injured in a crash before he saw action.
He began his string of aerial victories there.While the initial letter(s) such as "C", "N", "Spa", et cetera, in escadrille designations denoted the equipment assigned to the unit, there was often a lag in changing the unit's designation after it re-equipped. On 3 September 1917, he was wounded in action while in combat against several German aircraft.
On 14 September, he was promoted from the enlisted ranks to Sous lieutenant. On 15 October 1917, he finally drew a combat assignment, with Escadrille N.31. Beginning 22 May 1918 and ending 1 October 1918, François Portron scored five separate aerial victories, over a German reconnaissance plane, a scout, two Fokkers, and an observation balloon.
Deullin transferred to aviation duty in late April 1915. After pilot's training, he earned Pilot's Brevet No. 2708 on 14 June 1915. On 2 July 1915, he was assigned to fly two-seater Maurice Farman reconnaissance aircraft for Escadrille MF62. He scored his first aerial victory on 10 February 1916 while on a long reconnaissance flight behind German lines.
47 He was wounded in action on 25 April 1916. After he healed, he was assigned to Escadrille 3 to pilot a Nieuport fighter. During July, August, and September, he claimed another balloon and five enemy airplanes. On 27 December 1916, he had switched to a Spad VII for his eighth victory by downing Gustav Leffers.
Plessis was granted his Pilot's Brevet on 13 December 1916, and was passed on for advanced training. Once trained, he was posted to Escadrille N88 on 2 March 1917. Promotion to Maréchal-des-logis followed on 25 June. On 17 August 1917, Plessis made two forays across the German lines, downing a German aircraft each time.
Capitaine (later Colonel) Henri Joseph Marie Hay de Slade (29 May 1893 – 2 November 1979) was a French World War I flying ace credited with 19 aerial victories. He was notable for taking command of fighter squadron Escadrille Spa.159 when it had suffered 13 losses without a victory, and turning it into an efficient fighting force.
The 103rd relocated to Vaucouleurs in the Meuse department of France for operations with the 3rd Pursuit Group. In September the squadron shifted northwest to Lisle-en-Barrois to support the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. On 18 October, Capt. Robert Soubiran, another Escadrille veteran and a former member of the 103rd, returned to the squadron to take command.
He did not return to duty until January 1916.The Aerodrome website Retrieved 7 January 2010. Having risen through the enlisted ranks to sergeant, he was now commissioned a lieutenant in March 1916. He scored twice more, on 18 March and 30 April; then he was transferred to a fighter squadron, Escadrille 57, in May 1916.
Called for military service on 10 October 1908, Blanc was posted to an infantry regiment. On 20 June 1915, he began pilot's training, receiving Military Pilot's Brevet No. 2232 on 31 December. After some intermediary postings, he arrived at Escadrille N31 on 31 March 1917. He would score five aerial victories with this squadron, and be promoted to Adjutant.
This was completed by 8 December 1918. The new brand of airplane drove a change of unit designation to Escadrille Spa.97. On 10 December 1917, the squadron was one of those incorporated into Groupe de Combat 15. In February 1918, Groupe de Combat 15 was in turn joined other units in Escadre de Combat No. 1.
Kurt Wintgens was Jasta 1's first ace, having claimed 13 victories while flying the Fokker Eindecker before joining the unit. He claimed 6 more before being downed and killed by Alfred Heurtaux of Escadrille N.3 in September 1916. Vfw. Paul Bona claimed six victories December 1916--May 1917. He was killed in a crash in June 1917.
Villiers II after landing on water The Villiers II entered service with Escadrille 5C1 based at Hyères near Toulon in Southern France in May 1927, with the aircraft never being operated from Béarn. It was replaced by the single-seat Gourdou-Leseurre GL.32, which did not have the same elaborate features for landing on water in September 1928.
154 would operate as part of a larger force for the remainder of the war. Groupe de Combat 11 would be shifted to support of several different French field armies durint the fighting leading up to the Armistice. On 20 August 1918, Escadrille Spa.154 was Mentioned in dispatches for having downed 17 German airplanes and 19 observation balloons.
After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 93 on 6 August 1917. Ducornet shot down a Pfalz on 29 May 1918, and a Rumpler on 15 July 1918. He was promoted to Maréchal des logis on the 26th. During August and September 1918, he shot down five German observation balloons to become a balloon buster ace.
The transport (33C or 33T) was passed over, but the armed reconnaissance version was accepted for production as the 33B. Twelve aircraft were eventually produced for the French Navy, these equipping Escadrille 1R1 at Cherbourg-Chantereyne. Yugoslavia purchased another six machines. The 33T prototype flew under civil registration for a few years, but was unable to attract customers.
Waddington joined the 141e Regiment d'Infanterie on 15 December 1914 as a Soldat de 2e classe. He was promoted to Corporal on 21 June 1915; exactly a month later, he was forwarded to the 2e Groupe d'Aviation. On 27 September, he was assigned to Escadrille 67. He was promoted to Sergeant while with this unit, on 11 March 1916. Waddington reported for pilot's training at Buc on 3 September 1916. He was awarded Military Pilot's Brevet No. 5254 on 26 January 1917, and forwarded for advanced training at Avord, and then Pau. He was then posted as a pilot with Escadrille N.12 (the "N" denoting the unit's use of Nieuports) on 28 March 1917. He teamed with Alfred Auger and Joseph M. X. de Sévin for his first victory on 11 May 1917.
The prototype Latécoère 611 was delivered to the French Navy on 12 April 1940 and named Achenar, being flown to North Africa in June 1940 and subsequently disarmed under the terms of the Armistice. After being damaged in a collision with another flying boat, it eventually entered full service with the Vichy French Navy on 15 October 1941, operating with Escadrille 4E at Port Lyautey and Dakar. In November 1942, following the Allied Invasion of North Africa, Escadrille 4E switched sides and joined the Free French, carrying out anti- submarine patrols over the South Atlantic, later (October 1943) being enlarged to form Flotille 7F, which continued to fly the Latécoère 611 alongside Short Sunderlands. The Latécoère was re-armed in 1944, with the dorsal turret being fitted with two 50 cal.
There is a monument in France honoring the escadrille and his name appears on it. Construction of the first hangar, a 40x90 foot structure built of cobblestone, began in 1935 and was completed in 1937. It could accommodate four average size aircraft of the era. The 1st Pursuit Group out of Selfridge Field practiced flying maneuvers and gunnery training near Oscoda, Michigan.
On 29 March 1916, Sauvage received Pilot's Brevet No. 3234. Once trained as a pilot, he ended up in Escadrille 65. By the time he claimed his first approved victory in July, he was ranked as a Caporal. On 2 September 1916, after scoring his first three victories, Sauvage was one of the first pilots issued a new Spad VII.
A week later, on 4 July, Leps was promoted to Lieutenant. He would score two more triumphs before year's end, sharing with Marcel A. Hugues and André Herbelin. Leps was elevated to command of Escadrille 81 on 24 February 1918, as the squadron re- equipped with Spads. He knocked down a German plane in a solo victory on 6 April 1918.
Edmond Charles Clinton Genet on September 4, 1916. He was in the midst of his six-month training to become a fighter pilot Edmond Charles Clinton Genet (1896–1917), who served with the Lafayette Escadrille and was the first American flier to die in the First World War after the United States declared war against Germany in 1917, was Genêt's great-grandson.
The start of World War I saw Lenoir mobilized for military service. He applied for a transfer to aviation duty. He completed his military aviation training, receiving Military Pilot's Brevet No. 641, and after a few weeks delay, was assigned to Escadrille 18 to fly a Caudron. He downed an Aviatik on 5 June 1915, and became a balloon buster on the 15th.
By early 1917, he had returned to Escadrille N.38, as he scored his fifth and final victory with them on 15 February. He is also credited with four prior victories during 1916, though details are unknown. After he became a flying ace, he was awarded the Legion d'honneur. Charles Alfred Revol-Tissot died on 13 July 1971, location unknown.
Shortly thereafter, on 15 January 1918, he transferred to Escadrille 15, a SPAD squadron. He would score four more aerial victories while flying for this unit before going missing in action on 28 July 1918. By the time he disappeared, he had won the Croix de guerre with seven Palmes. On 3 August 1918, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur.
Captain Pyotr Nesterov rams an Albatross of FLIK 11 25 August 1914. The first claimed aerial victory of the First World War. The Belgian 1st escadrille crew de Petrowski-Benselin shoots down a Taube with small arms on 25 September 1914. The German aircraft was from FA18The Aerodrome forum The claim was not confirmed but reportedly the German pilot was woundedThe Aerodrome Forum.
McConnell, James R. Flying for France: With the American Escadrille at Verdun. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917. He scored only one confirmed victory – over Dun-sur-Meuse, in a close fight with Albatros D.VFranks, Norman L. R. Aircraft Versus Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat from 1914 to the Present Day. London: Grub Street, 1998, p. 29.
Thus Parsons was an experienced combat pilot when the war began. He went to France at the end of 1915. He served with the United States Ambulance service before enlisting in the French Foreign Legion. In 1916, he became a pilot in the Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service) and, beginning in January 1917, he flew with the famed Lafayette Escadrille.
Baylies flew a SPAD S.XIII such as this for Escadrille 3. Then came a spectacular performance on 9 May. It was sparked by a disagreement between René Fonck on one hand, and Baylies and his friend Edwin C. Parsons on the other. Although Fonck's three dozen victories spoke for themselves, the American duo believed that his attitudes in his actual speech was atrocious.
Stephen W. Thompson (March 20, 1894 – October 9, 1977) was an American aviator of World War I. Flying as a gunner on a French aircraft in February 1918, he became the first member of the United States military to shoot down an enemy aircraft. Kiffin Rockwell achieved an earlier aerial victory as an American volunteer member of the French Lafayette Escadrille in 1916.
Late in 1914, Lufbery was accepted into the pilot training program and was assigned to fly reconnaissance missions with Escadrille VB 106. He later applied for a transfer to fighter planes and was trained on the Nieuport. Although he became an ace, Lufbery was not a naturally gifted pilot. His success was due to perseverance and attention to mechanical detail.
Barbreau transferred to the army's military aviation branch in April 1917, reporting to Amberieu for pilot's training. On 14 May, he received Military Pilot's Brevet No. 6406. On 1 June, he passed on to Avord for advanced training. After polishing his skills at Pau and Cazaux, he was posted to a Nieuport squadron, Escadrille N 154, on 1 October 1917.
A propeller from an M-S Type L, complete with deflector wedges and supporting "tiebars". In December 1914 the famous French aviator Roland Garros, then serving with Escadrille 23, worked with Raymond Saulnier to create a gun synchronizer, using the gas operated Hotchkiss light machine gun. However the firing rate fluctuated too much for the synchronizer to function properly.Bruce, 1989, p.
On the streets of Paris, Walker meets Renée and takes her to a church where his friends are waiting to witness his marriage. The picture closes back at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial. The Narrator says: “It stands in aging splendor on the outskirts of Paris, a war turned to stone in the broad museum of Europe. They wore French uniforms.
Pierre Delage was born in La Coquille in the Dordogne on 19 August 1887. In the early days of World War I, he served in two different infantry regiments, being cited twice. When he was so severely wounded that he could no longer serve as an infantryman, he was transferred to aviation. Once trained as a pilot, he served with Escadrille Sop13.
" Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur citation, 4 June 1916 Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur "Temporary Sous Lieutenant of Escadrille N57. Pilot of admirable audacity and sang-froid. He has had for more than a year daily, aerial combats during the course of which he downed four German planes. On 12 June 1915; 18 March, 30 April and 22 May 1916.
On 20 April, he became a permanent Sous lieutenant. The next day, he teamed with Lieutenant Jean Chaput to down a Pfalz D.III fighter for a fourth victory. On 3 August 1918, Wertheim was inducted into the Legion d'honneur. On the 28th, he was given command of his squadron, which had been outfitted with SPADs to become Escadrille Spa.84.
After World War II, the modern Belgian Air Force was founded in 1946. The "Thistle" was accorded to 351 Squadron of 161st Wing at Florennes Airbase. On January 10, 1948, this unit became 1st Squadron of 2nd Wing. From that day to the present, the squadron shares the identity and the traditions of the 1ère Escadrille de Chasse of 1917 .
After some further flying experience, he was trained on Nieuport fighters. On 13 April 1917, he was assigned to a Nieuport squadron, Escadrille 49. He shared a victory with a squadron-mate on 28 June 1917. During the latter part of 1918, he would share two victories over enemy aircraft; he would also single-handedly destroy two German observation balloons.
Five citations." Médaille Militaire citation, 4 October 1918 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur "Remarkable officer pilot as shown by his brilliant professional qualities and by his spirit, courage and ardor beyond praise. Always volunteers for the most painful and perilous missions. After having brilliantly served in an Escadrille of reconnaissance, he transferred to pursuit aviation where he was classed among the best.
He was then returned to the Eastern Front as a pilot. On 1 January 1917, he was transferred to the Western Front; on 28 April 1917, he was posted to Escadrille SPA.48. After three unconfirmed victories, he was credited with downing an Aviatik on 3 December 1917. He would continue to score until 17 June 1918, ending with five confirmed victories.
The D.1 was demonstrated in several countries. Yugoslavia purchased 79, Switzerland two, and Japan one. Italy purchased one, but then constructed 112 of their own version under the designation Ansaldo AC.2. The French Air Force did not put the D.1 into service, but the French Navy acquired 30 D.1ter's, 15 of which equipped Escadrille 7C1 and operated off the .
Originally created at Lyon-Bron, France on 13 December 1916 as Escadrille N80 because it was equipped with Nieuport XVII fighters, it was attached to V Armee. On 17 March 1917, the squadron became part of Groupe de Combat 14. Groupe de Combat 14 would support X Armee beginning 10 May 1917. On 5 July, they were transferred to II Armee.
During World War I, he served as an instructor in advanced flight at the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps. Day went to Morocco in 1925 to fight in the Riff War as a member of the Escadrille Cherifienne. During World War II, he worked for Eastern Air Lines in the operations department at LaGuardia Field in New York and at Savannah, Georgia.
On 2 October 1916, he was transferred to command Escadrille 48. He scored his first victory there (second overall) on 15 December. Victory number three for Matton was a German observation balloon, destroyed on 16 February 1917. Matton would continue to score, right up until he joined Armand de Turenne in a double win on 9 July, for his final victories.
The aviators of Normandie- Niémen were the first French to enter militarily into Germany. Retrieved from the front at the approach winter, the regiment went to Moscow to accompany the diplomatic visit of général de Gaulle to Stalin, and accordingly received the respective medals and rendered honors. A quarter of the pilots received a break in France, reducing the Group to three escadrille.
He was then transferred to Escadrille 65 on 10 September 1918, with whom he scored three more victories.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 128 Cayol won the Croix de guerre in addition to the Legion d'Honneur. He died in Paris on 22 October 1960.
He acquired his Pilot's Brevet on 28 November 1915. In late 1915, he was assigned as a flight instructor at Buc but arranged to join a combat unit as a Caporal in September 1916. He spent the rest of his career with Escadrille 77, known as "Les Sportifs" for the great number of athletes in its ranks. Boyau originally flew Nieuports with them.
Unveiled in 1915. In 1918, he was one of the drafters of the Czechoslovak declaration of independence. One of Borglum's more unusual pieces is the Aviator completed in 1919 as a memorial for James Rogers McConnell, who was killed in World War I while flying for the Lafayette Escadrille. It is located on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
With his return to French hands, he was given command of Escadrille BR.131 on 22 May 1918. He was badly wounded on 25 June 1918. On 14 August 1918, he was promoted to Capitaine. On 14 September 1918, he would score his fifth victory to become a flying ace; details of wins three and four have been lost to time.
After reaching Poland the men from Kościuszko Squadron joined the 7th Squadron. More pilots arrived during the following weeks - in all, there served 21 American pilots, along with several Polish pilots, including Ludwik Idzikowski, the ground crew was all Polish. In November 1919 Major Fauntleroy took the command and on 31 December 1919 the escadrille took the name Kościuszko Squadron.
The prototype, named Antarès, entered service with Escadrille E8 of the French Navy in September 1939, flying its first patrol mission over the Atlantic on 20 September 1939. Additional large orders for Potez-CAMS 141s were placed shortly after the start of the war, with delivery expected from June 1940, but these orders were cut back owing to changing priorities and the realisation that the loss rate of long range flying boats was very low. No production aircraft had been completed by the time of the Armistice in June 1940, with Antarès being evacuated to Port Lyautey in Morocco. It was operated by the Vichy French Navy, serving with Escadrille 4E at Dakar, continuing in service until the Allied Invasion of North Africa, when after brief fighting, the French armed forces in North Africa joined with the Free French.
On 10 August 1914, within a week of the outbreak of World War I, de Turenne was appointed an aspirant ("officer candidate"). On 15 July 1915 he transferred to the Army's aviation service – the Aéronautique Militaire – as an observer/bombardier, serving in Escadrille VB 102 of the 1er groupe de bombardement based at Malzéville from 21 July to 6 August 1915. He then trained as a pilot, receiving military pilot brevet No. 2135 at military flying school at Pau on 21 December 1915, and was commissioned as a sous- lieutenant on 26 December. After advanced training at military flying school at Avord from 4 January to 7 March 1916, he was assigned to the Réserve Générale de l'Aviation (RGA) from 7 March to 13 June, then finally to Escadrille N 48 on 13 June 1916 to fly Nieuport fighters.
He then changed up to a Hanriot HD.1. Using his new craft, he managed to score one more confirmed and three more unconfirmed victories before changing squadrons. On 17 March 1918, he scored the first of four confirmed and five unconfirmed victories with 9me Escadrille de Chasse. His eleventh undisputed triumph was as a balloon buster; he destroyed an observation balloon on 5 October 1918.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Georges Pelletier D'Oisy was born in Auch on 9 March 1892. He enlisted for five years on 23 May 1910. He served as a Dragoon until 14 October 1912, when he entered pilot training. He graduated with Military Pilot's Brevet No. 284 on 18 June 1913, and was posted to Escadrille HF.19 on 1 July.
During World War I, Charles Rumsey served as a captain with Headquarters Troop, 77th Infantry Division and Fortieth Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers. His brother, Laurence Dana Rumsey, Jr. (1885–1967), was a pilot in the War with the famous Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
On 1 April 1918, he was returned to the rear for further training. He scored his first aerial victory on 16 May, with another in early August before he transferred to Escadrille Spa.159 on 17 August. He shot down two more German planes on August 31, 1918, and capped off his victory skein by shooting down a Fokker D.VII on 18 October 1918.
From June 1916 till March 1917, he underwent training in different aviation schools in Buc, Avord and Pau, and finally was breveted on 1 October 1916 at Buc Aviation School. Lowell joined the Lafayette Escadrille on 26 February 1917, going on to become one of the unit's most dependable fliers and patrol leaders.Hall, James Norman, Charles Nordhoff, and Edgar G. Hamilton. The Lafayette Flying Corps.
At some time during the summer, he had access to a Spad XII armed with a 37mm cannon, and may have scored with it.Spad XII/XIII Aces of World War I, p. 12. Guérin had run his total to 22 when he was wounded in action on 11 May 1918. After convalescence, he was given command of Escadrille 88, a Spad squadron on 7 July 1918.
After the outbreak of war, he joined the Aéronautique Militaire (French army air service), and served with the title Marechal des Logis, with Escadrille C9, flying Caudron G.4 reconnaissance bombers from Villers-lès-Nancy. On 7 April 1915, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre.Flight, 23 April 1915, p. 284 Salmet Mentioned in Army Orders In August 1915, a further citation was awarded to him.
He was wounded two times, and was also shot down in error by Russian artillery. In 1917 he was promoted captain. In Odessa Mroczkowski joined a Polish Air Force unit and from 1919 he served in an escadrille attached to the 10th Infantry Division. He worked as instructor in a flying school in Warsaw, then he was a test pilot in Centralne Warsztaty Lotnicze.
Hunter received strong critical acclaim for a television performance he gave in the debut episode of Playhouse 90 ("Forbidden Area", 1956) written by Rod Serling and directed by John Frankenheimer. Hunter's acting career was at its peak. William Wellman used him again in a war film, Lafayette Escadrille (1958). Columbia Pictures borrowed him for a Western, Gunman's Walk (1958), a film which Hunter considered his favorite role.
Upon recuperation, he applied for aviation service and earned his Military Pilot's Brevet on 14 August 1915. In October 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille 26.Nieuport Aces of World War 1, pp. 50–51 He scored his first victory on 12 March 1916, and by 14 September, he had six enemy airplanes and an observation balloon to his credit, along with five unconfirmed claims.
François Marie Joseph Laurent Victurnien de Rochechouart de Mortemart was born on 22 March 1881 in Paris, France. When World War I began, he was serving in the cavalry. He switched to aviation service, and graduated pilot training with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 29 May 1917. Assigned to Escadrille 23, he shot down seven German airplanes between 16 June 1917 and 19 February 1918.
Wounded and cited in orders. Légion d'honneur citation, 8 March 1917 Sous Lieutenant observer of Escadrille N62; observer of the first order. On 10 February 1917, during the course of a long range mission, he was attacked by three enemy planes; he downed one of them and put the others to flight, not returning until his mission was completed. Has downed four enemy planes since July 1916.
In June, they received Nieuport XXIVs. By September 1917, they had become entirely equipped with SPADs. They were redesignated Escadrille Spa.77.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 97 On 5 February 1918, the squadron, along with three others, had been incorporated into Groupe de Combat 17.
Although details of combat operations are lacking, Escadrille Spa.77 was obviously engaged; it was Cited in orders on 18 July 1918 for downing 22 German airplanes and 13 observation balloons. Their extensive photo reconnaissance missions were also lauded for producing 1,000 photos. Their second time being Cited in orders, on 9 October 1918, credited the squadron with destruction of 34 German airplanes and 25 observation balloons.
The groupe would be exchanged between armies half a dozen times during the course of the war.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918 By February 1918, the unit had become Escadrille Spa.84 because it was wholly outfitted with SPAD 13 fighters. It was Mentioned in dispatches on 10 September 1918.
The unit's operations during the early months of World War I are unknown except for a mention of St. Cyr. However, on 17 June 1916, while it was stationed at Malzeville, it re-equipped with Nieuports, changing its name to Escadrille N.102.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p.
Lucjan Żeligowski. There he was made the commanding officer of that division's improvised air escadrille, equipped with 9 planes (apart from Rayski's LVG these were a single Nieuport 11C1 and eight Anatra Anasal DS). After a brief period of struggles against the Bolsheviks alongside Denikin's Whites, the unit was withdrawn to Poland. At that time the newly reborn Polish army was badly lacking experienced pilots.
However, he was greatly disliked by his comrades. Besides having an abrasive personality, he was known to be a liar. Dennis Gordon wrote a book called Autobiographies of the Lafayette Escadrille published by the Doughboy Historical Society - POB 3912 Missoula, MT 59806. According to this book, Bert Hall did get four confirmed kills in the LS and several medals and was the squadron adjutant.
Taylor married retired USAF Brigadier General and New York City stockbroker, Paul Steinberg Zuckerman on 17 Mar 1930. He had served in the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I, and as a senior officer in World War II. They were married until his death on 3 Dec 1965. Their son, Buck Henry, went on to become a famous comedian and screenwriter of such hits as The Graduate.
Genet arrived in Le Havre, France on 29 January. He joined the French Foreign Legion and was sent for training in Lyon, where he became friends with Norman Prince. After months of lobbying, Prince was able to convince the French military to create the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of flyers that mostly consisted of Americans, with some French officers. Genet joined a year after its formation.
Also in the same year, Togo acquired five ex-German Air Force Fouga Magister armed jet trainers and seven EMB.326GBs from Brazil to form the Escadrille de Chasse. Togo's armed jet trainer fleet was upgraded in 1981 by the deliveries of five Alpha jets and by three piston engine Aerospatiale TB-30 Epsilons in 1986. The Fouga Magisters were returned to France in 1985.
In 1917, he transferred yet again, to Escadrille 84, and closed out his string with his seventh win on 21 August 1917. The much traveled ace would be temporarily withdrawn for a rest, then assigned to Escadrilles 15 and 31 before ending the war in 23. De Bonnefoy remained in the military after the war. He married Alice Louise Millevoye 6 March 1918 in Lyon.
Chicago Girl Is Engaged to > Former Commander of the Lafayette Escadrille. Mrs. Oliver M. Spencer of > Chicago and St. Joseph, Mo., has announced the engagement of her daughter, > Miss Sarah Spencer, to Commandant Georges Thenault, Assistant Military > Attache for Aeronautics of the French Embassy in Washington. mis Spencer > attended Miss Hall's school at Pittsfield, Mass., and is a member of the > Chicago Junior League.
The Normandie group entered the fight in April 1943, flying Russian-built Yak-1 fighters, and later Yak-9s and Yak-3s. Albert quickly proved to be one of Normandie's best pilots. His first kill was over a Focke-Wulf Fw 189 on 16 June 1943. In July he claimed 3 more, and he was given command of the 1st escadrille on 4 September 1943.
Holden dropped out of Princeton and went to France to join the fight. He was originally attached to French aviation's Escadrille 461 in April 1918 to defend Paris against German air attack. He then transferred to the 95th Aero Squadron in July as a Spad XIII pilot. He survived being shot down on 10 August before he scored his first victory on 29 September 1918.
200x200px Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons / Escadrille canadiennes de plaisance (CPS-ECP) is an organization of recreational boaters with about 26,000 active members. CPS is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Its volunteer instructors train recreational boaters in boating safety knowledge as well as their vessel handling and navigation skills. CPS offers boating safety courses yearly and provides qualification for the Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC).
" Photo of American members of the Escadrille Cherifienne, which carried out the bombardment of Chefchaouen, at a charity ball for the Association des Dames Françaises held at Majestic. Seeking "volunteers," Sweeny sent a telegram to a number of WWI veterans in the US in June 1925. By July, he had 17 volunteers, 12 of whom were pilots, including Paul Ayres Rockwell, had served France in World War I. The American volunteers were inducted into the French Foreign Legion in July, and their squadron was named Escadrille Cherifienne, 19th Squadron of the Moroccan Aviation Regiment. In a telegram to the French résident général in Morocco Hubert Lyautey, the Prime Minister and Minister of War of France Paul Painlevé said: "This American expression of solidarity seems particularly interesting at the moment and capable of bringing a share of American propaganda to our cause, strengthening American sentiment against the aggression of Abd el-Krim.
The squadron arrived at Issoudun on 28 December 1917, where it spent the month of January constructing hangars for the instructional school being built there. On 1 February it resumed training for combat at the front. On 11 February 1918 Major William Thaw, formerly with the Lafayette Escadrille, took command of the 103rd Squadron at the Ferme de La Noblette, near La Cheppe, followed on 18 February by the assignment of 17 former pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps.; later in 1918 the AEF standardized the Table of Organization and Equipment for pursuit squadrons at 18 pilots and 25 aircraft Combat operations began almost immediately in early March, using Spad VII fighters, and flying with the newly formed Groupe de Combat 21 (21st Pursuit Group) of the Aéronautique Militaire in support of the French 4th Army, and the squadron recorded its first aerial victory on 11 March.
Nieuport 11 of the Escadrille Américaine (later Escadrille Lafayette) The Nieuport 11 reached the French front in January 1916, and 90 were in service within the month. This small sesquiplane outclassed the Fokker Eindecker in every respect, including speed, climb rate and maneuverability. It featured ailerons for lateral control rather than the Fokker's wing warping, giving lighter, quicker roll response, and its elevator was attached to a conventional tail plane which provided better pitch control as opposed to the all-moving, balanced "Morane type" elevators of the Fokker. The Fokker's sole remaining advantage was its synchronized machine gun, which fired forward through the arc of its propeller. At the time, the Allies lacked a similar system, and the Nieuport 11's Lewis machine gunA few aircraft were at first fitted with Hotchkiss guns and, in Italian service, with the Fiat- Revelli until the Lewis was available in sufficient numbers.
On 17 March 1917, Fonck scored a second time, downing an Albatros in conjunction with his observer, Sergeant Huffer. By this time, Fonck had amassed over 500 hours flight time, an incredible amount in those early days of aviation. At age of 23, on 15 April 1917 ("Bloody April"), Fonck received a coveted invitation to join the famous Escadrille les Cigognes. Group de Combat 12, with its four escadrilles (or squadrons), was the world's first fighter wing. The then leading French ace, Georges Guynemer, was serving at the time in one of its escadrilles, N3, and had just scored his 36th victory. Fonck was assigned to another escadrille in the group, Spa 103. Flying the SPAD VII, he quickly made a name for himself, attaining flying ace status by 13 May. He picked off another target on 12 June, then went on hiatus until 9 August.
Having reconed the German units in the area, Gen. Szylling ordered the 10th Cavalry Brigade to slowly withdraw along the Beskids and organize delaying actions along the rivers and mountain ranges. Despite being badly outnumbered, the following day the Polish unit organized an ambush near Lubień and Sucha Beskidzka, in which the German tanks suffered additional losses. The same day the 24th Recce Escadrille composed of 6 PZL.
The Aerodrome website Retrieved on 27 March 2010. Lenoir then trained on single-seaters, and was posted to fly a Nieuport fighter with Escadrille 23 in early 1916. He scored his first fighter victory on 16 March 1916, and added eight more by 25 September, including shares with Jean Casale and Georges Lachmann. He was wounded twice that year, by shrapnel on 9 August and in aerial combat on 25 September.
One month later, on 20 May, he was assigned to 1er Groupe d'Aviation. He quickly moved on to Escadrille 8 as a pilot flying Maurice Farmans, as he was promoted to Caporal there on 5 June.. His fellow pilots gave him the nickname of "Marquis de Monferrato", in reference of the italian city of Casale Monferrato, but Jean Casale never had any nobility title, nor any link with this italian city.
On 7 August, he was promoted to enlisted Brigadier and forwarded to Avord and Pau for advanced training. On 1 January 1918, Pezon was assigned to Escadrille 90 as a Spad fighter pilot. On 16 March, he was promoted to Maréchal-des-logis. On 17 May 1918, he began his campaign against German aerial observers by teaming with Marius Ambrogi to destroy an enemy observation balloon near Juville.
In 1955, Tarascon was elevated to recipient of the Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur. He had originally been selected for the Légion d'honneur during World War I. His Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur citation of 15 November 1916 reads: > Adjudant pilot of Escadrille N62. Remarkable pilot by his devotion, skill, > coolness and initiative. He has distinguished himself for over a year during > the course of numerous reconnaissances, protections and pursuits.
He underwent advanced training at Dijon, Avord, and Chateauroux before being posted to Escadrille 57, a Nieuport squadron, on 18 February 1917. He scored his first aerial victory on 16 April 1917, destroying an enemy observation balloon to become a balloon buster. He was promoted to sergeant on 25 May 1917, and to adjutant on 1 October 1917. On 2 January 1918, he was commissioned a sous lieutenant.
Pilots of SPA 124 Escadrille Lafayette at Chaudun, France, July 10, 1917. Walter Lovell (September 9, 1884 – September 10, 1937) was a World War I volunteer pilot and an American serviceman. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Wallace D. and Josephine (Hastings) Lowell. Walter attended Newton High School (now Newton North High School) and graduated from Harvard College with Bachelor of Arts degree, Harvard College Class of 1907.
He did not get into combat until March 1916. He was posted to Escadrille 3 to fly Nieuport fighters in June 1916. Although he would later change from his Nieuport 17 to a SPAD VII, in both cases he adorned his aircraft with a Cross of Lorraine on the upper deck, the numeral '12' accompanying a stork on the fuselage, and the nickname 'Papa Dorne' on the side of the cockpit.
Guérin was cited for his service the first time in June 1915, when he had risen to soldat de 1e classe. He was cited a second time as a corporal, in July 1916. The following month, he began aviation training. He received Pilot's Brevet 4981 on 10 December 1916.Over the Front, p. 167. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 15, a Nieuport squadron on 25 April 1917.
He scored his first win on 25 September 1916, his last on 26 February 1918, and had two unconfirmed claims along the way. On 2 November 1917, he rose to command the squadron in the wake of the dual losses of Georges Guynemer and Alfred Heurteaux. He was promoted to Capitaine in May, 1918. He surrendered command of Escadrille 3 on 3 September 1918 because he was incapacitated with pneumonia.
Victor Régnier was an experienced soldier when World War I began, having served in the artillery from 1910 through 1912. He was recalled for the war, only to be wounded on 29 March 1915 By late summer, he had switched to aviation. He served originally with a bomber squadron, but then was assigned to Escadrille N.112 as a Nieuport fighter pilot. He was commissioned in September 1916.
André Julien Chainat was born in La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian, France on 27 June 1892. Chainat joined the French military on 25 October 1913 and was trained as an artilleryman. On 22 April 1914, he transferred to the 2eme Groupe d'Aviation and was posted to Escadrille B4, (the 'B' denoting the unit's use of Bleriots), on 20 July 1914, just in time for the beginning of the war.
During the early stages of World War I in France and Germany, the respective aviation services formed groupes and Gruppen. Beneath the level of the group was a unit of six to 16 aircraft: an escadrille or Staffel. Immediately above the French and German groups was the escadron or Geschwader. In the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), a squadron was usually composed of 18–24 aircraft.
The seven production aircraft and the prototype were all delivered to the French Navy, serving with Escadrille E7 at Karouba in Tunisia. During the early days of World War II, the aircraft carried out patrols in the Mediterranean. In an Italian air raid on their base on 12 June 1940, three of the four surviving aircraft were destroyed. It is not known what happened to the last aircraft.
Early on 22 August 1918, he arrived at Escadrille 154 to serve as a SPAD XIII pilot; at noon, he scored his first aerial victory, teaming with Paul Y. R. Waddington and Louis Prosper Gros to destroy a German observation balloon. On 7 September, he destroyed a balloon singlehanded. A week later, he teamed with Michel Coiffard to destroy a balloon over Gernicourt and another one at Cormicy.
Gustav Douchy was conscripted on 27 November 1913. He was assigned to aviation, and passed through two different units before being stationed at Nancy as an aircraft mechanic on 29 January 1914. On 11 May 1915, he began pilot's training at Avord. On 15 July, he received his Military Pilot's Brevet. On 28 August 1915, he was promoted to Corporal. On 24 October 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille 38.
The 1st Squadron () is a fighter squadron in the Air Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is part of the 2nd Tactical Wing and operates F-16 Fighting Falcons. The 1re Escadrille de Chasse was the first fighter squadron of the Belgian Air Component. The squadron was founded during World War I, reorganized into a dedicated fighter unit, and became part of a fighter wing before war's end.
It was also a participant in the 1994 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland, being the only high school band chosen to play at the Dublin Lord Mayors Ball; the 1995 and 1999 Texas Gubernatorial Parades; and the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. The Allen Eagle Escadrille won the 4A State Marching Band Competition in back-to-back years in 1987 and 1988.
Jean Marie Luc Gilbert Sardier was born in Riom, France on 5 May 1897.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 217 On 8 September 1914, he volunteered to serve his country until war's end, and was accepted as a cavalryman. On 22 September 1915, he was posted to aviation's Escadrille 1.
Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 93 Escadrille Spa49 won a citation on 8 November 1918, for its victories over 32 German airplanes and two observation balloons. In the last three days of the war, it would score three additional victories. The squadron finished the war where it had begun it, with VII Armee..
Jules Charles Covin was born in Saint-Saulve, France on 18 October 1895. He began his military service on 2 December 1914, being posted to the 3eme Group d'Aviation. His success in pilot's training was rewarded by Military Pilot's Brevet No. on 30 January 1915. His second flying assignment, on 28 August 1916, was to Escadrille 52, with whom he scored his first aerial victory, on 10 November 1916.
Franks & Bailey, p. 166. Gros was posted to Escadrille 154 as a Spad pilot on 1 January 1918. He was a team player, sharing seven victories between 3 April and 22 August 1918 with such other balloon buster aces as Paul Y. R. Waddington, Paul Barbreau, Paul Petit, Jacques Ehrlich, Théophile Henri Condemine, and Michel Coiffard. A ninth victory is ascribed to him, but no details are available on it.
The remains of the first aircraft shot down by Greim 10 October 1915. The Pilot and observer of Escadrille MF 63 were killed.The Aerodrome Forum On 10 August 1915, Greim transferred to the German Air Service (Fliegertruppe).Franks et al 1993, pp. 119-20. On 10 October 1915, while flying two-seaters in FFA 3b as an artillery spotting observer, Greim claimed his first aerial victory: a Farman.
He had a supporting role in Naked Gun (1956), and The Monster That Challenged the World (1957). He made Trooper Hook (1957) and Gunsight Ridge (1957) with his father and was one of several young names in Lafayette Escadrille (1958) and The Restless Years (1958). He later briefly hosted Country Style, USA (1957–59), an Army-produced recruiting television program filmed in Nashville, Tennessee, featuring various country music entertainers.
Both of his wives, Sophia Isabella McLean and Florence Dockery were white. Dockery was the daughter of a well-to-do Apex family. James Rogers McConnell, a resident of Carthage (14 March 1887 – 19 March 1917) flew as an aviator during World War I in the Lafayette Escadrille and authored Flying for France. He was the first of sixty-four University of Virginia students to die in battle during that War.
At the end of war, he remained in Military Aeronautics. At the end of the war, Frédéric Geille finally remained in the army. Designated definitely as a Sous- Lieutenant, he went to Poland in the corps of the Escadrille SAL 39, with the Blue Army of general Józef Haller, then engaged against Soviet Russia. There, the young () officer showcased « evidence of an energy at all obstacles and at great tenacity ».
In May 1918, as the Russian Revolution raged on, Argeyev returned to France due to the hostile attitudes of the Bolsheviks towards the Tsar's officer corps. Enlisting once more in the Armée de l'Air, he was assigned to Escadrille SPA.124, where he would spend the rest of the war. His first victory came only days after joining the squadron, when he downed an LVG C.II on June 1, 1918.
During the Algerian War, the « 3 » patronized two escadrilles. In March 1956 until June 1957, pilots flew on SIPA S.111 and EALA 1/71. Passing on the T-6, the Escadrille became the EALA 19/72, sponsored by the « 3 » until the relieve of the 13e Escadre in June 1958. The EALA 4/72 was sponsored and partnered with the 9e Escadre from July 1956 until September 1958.
The following day Strzembosz and Januszewicz scored another two victories, this time over a Bf 110 and Ju 87, respectively. On September 6 Januszewicz scored yet another Ju 87. On September 7 the escadrille was evacuated to eastern Poland and was stationed in the Kierz airfield near Lublin. It briefly operated from the airfield of Ostrożec near Łuck, but returned to Lublin area the following day (Strzelce and Werba airfields).
De Bonnefoy was a pre-war cavalryman who volunteered for aviation as soon as the war began. His first flying assignment was to Escadrille 101 to pilot a Voisin. He was removed from the front for a spell as an instructor, then successively assigned to two Nieuport squadrons, Escadrilles 68 and 65. He scored his first aerial victory on 2 July 1916, and gradually accumulated five by 5 November 1916.
Karubin after graduating from Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors was assigned to the 111th Fighter Escadrille. On 3 September 1939 he shot down his first plane, a Bf 110. On 23 January 1940 he arrived in France via Romania and Greece. He served in the Krasnodębski section of the Groupe de Chasse et de Défense I/55, on 3 June he downed a Do 17 or a Do 215.
On 1 November 1916, the temporary Groupement of the four original units was formalized as Groupe de Combat 12; it became more commonly known as les Cigognes (the storks). Once again, Escadrille N3 was cited, this time by Marshal Ferdinand Foch, for scoring victories over 36 enemy aircraft between 19 August and 19 November 1916. The following March, it would be again cited, this time for downing 128 enemy machines.
All seven units were placed under command of Brocard. On 1 November 1916, the original four squadrons, including Escadrille N.103, were consolidated as Groupe de Combat 12 (GC 12), under the continuing command of Brocard. The SPADs in GC 12 bore insignia of storks in different phases of flight and were known as "Les Cignones." On 28 January 1917, the unit was posted to the Xe Armée.
Jacquet was the son of a wealthy landowner. He joined the Belgian Army as a cadet in October 1907, and was educated at the Royal Military Academy; he was commissioned on 25 June 1910 and then assigned to the 4ème Régt de Ligne. He qualified as a pilot on 25 February 1913 with Brevet No. 68, and at the outbreak of war was serving with the Escadrille Demanet (I) in Liege.
A 1/6 scale radio-controlled model of a Sopwith 1½ Strutter was constructed by Proctor Enterprises to appear in the ABC television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode "Attack of the Hawkmen" (1995) produced by George Lucas. A replica Sopwith 1½ Strutter featured in the 2006 film Flyboys, a drama about the Lafayette Escadrille. The replica, built in 1992, was purchased from a private museum in Alabama.
After almost three years in captivity in various German POW camps Garros managed to escape on 14 February 1918 together with fellow aviator lieutenant Anselme Marchal. They made it to London via the Netherlands and from there he returned to France where he rejoined the French army. He settled into Escadrille 26 to pilot a SPAD, and claimed two victories on 2 October 1918, one of which was confirmed.
Rather unusually, he earned a Civil Pilot's Brevet on 2 October 1916. Details of his ensuing Military Pilot's Brevet are not known. However, once trained, he was posted to Escadrille N.77. He must have arrived at his new posting before 3 May 1917, as he scored his first aerial victory the day before. He would score two more before he was promoted to Lieutenant on 6 July 1917.
Pietrzak joined the Polish Air Force in 1933, as a member of the 4th Air Regiment where he was flying as a pilot of the Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille and during the Invasion of Poland, he was an instructor in the Central Flying School Centrum Wyszkolenia Lotnictwa nr 1 later flew fighters with the Free French Air Force's GC III/9 squadron. He joined No. 306 Polish Fighter Squadron as a Sergeant Pilot in August 1941, flying Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires, and was commissioned the following year, eventually becoming a squadron leader. On 31 December 1942 while flying a Spitfire Mk IX (Serial No. EN128) he scored the 500th victory for the UK-based Polish Air Force in the war and was later decorated by Polish President Władysław Raczkiewicz. After starting a second tour with 306 Sqn he joined 315 Polish Fighter Squadron from July 1944 until October 1944, flying P-51 Mustang IIIs. He was awarded the DFC in August 1944.
The airfield of La Noblette was used by the French Air Services since summer 1915, on the northeast side of the village. At the end of 1917, the French SPA 124 escadrille which had hosted the American volunteer pilots since April 1916, was part of the "Groupe de Combat no 13", working for the French fourth army, in the Champagne area. It became "Escadrille Lafayette", while a new SPA 124 with French pilots was created, but was soon disbanded sometime in February 1918 and its pilots joined the 103rd Aero Squadron arriving at La Noblette on 13 February after its ground troops had been at Issoudun Aerodrome where they had arrived on Christmas Eve, 1917. The 103rd was incorporated in the French "Groupe de Combat no 21", still working for the French fourth army, until 10 April, when it moved further west at La Bonne Maison Aerodrome near Fismes, this time flying missions for the French sixth army.
During World War I Barbaza served in his regiment until 15 January 1916, when he was transferred to the Aéronautique Militaire as a trainee pilot. He was awarded military pilot certificate no. 3060 at the military flying school at Buc on 25 March 1916, then received further instruction at the military flying school at Avord, and the aerial gunnery school at Cazaux, before completing his training at Pau on 30 June 1916. He was posted to Escadrille N 38 at the end of July 1916, but was transferred to Escadrille N 77 on 10 September 1916. He forced an enemy a two-seater to land south of Étain, Meuse, on 25 October 1916, for which he received a citation on 27 December, and on 10 December he destroyed an LVG over Autry, Ardennes for his first credited victory. Barbaza was promoted to adjudant on 25 August 1917, and was commissioned as a temporary sous-lieutenant on 26 January 1918.
Later, the Escadrille d'Entraînement (Training Unit) was added. All squadrons were initially based at Ouagadougou. In mid-1984, Libyan military aid brought eight Mikoyan- Gurevich MiG-21 jet fighters, along with two MiG-21U combat trainer versions. These ex-Libyan Air Force' MiG-21 Fishbed' fighters were based in Ouagadougou, although they were actually operated by the Libyan Air Force on loan by Libya, and were removed in 1985 without seeing combat. A single MiG-17F Fresco that was also operated by the FABF did see combat service in the Agacher Strip War in 1985–86. In 1985, the FABF also acquired two ex-Soviet Mi-4 transport helicopters from an unknown supplier, followed by an additional two Mi-4s. The Mi-4s were operated by the FABF until the late 1980s, when they were taken out of service. Five Mi-8/17 transport helicopters were later added to the Escadrille d'Hélicoptères.
On the rebel side, General Escobar hired a number of American pilots for $1,000 a week, including Art J. Smith, Pete Stanley, Jack O'Brien, Patrick Murphy and Richard H. Polk, one of two professional revolution followers who made a career of "revolution hopping" across Latin America. Later on these five men were joined by Phil Mohun, another experienced combat veteran that deserted the federal air force to join the revolution and who would eventually emerge as a key member of the rebel air force, which was aptly named the "Yankee Doodle Escadrille". Overall command of the Yankee Doodle Escadrille was given to General Gustavo Salinas, a cultured man who was educated and learned to fly in the United States and who was a veteran of some of the other the Mexican revolutions of the 1920s. The rebel air force consisted of just ten aircraft, all civilian types converted for military use, except for one captured "Corsair".
André De Meulemeester joined the Belgian Air Service in January 1915. In October 1916, he was assigned to 1ère Escadrille de Chasse as a Nieuport 17 pilot dubbed Sergeant Mystère. He had a victory claim unconfirmed on 1 February 1917, and scored his first official one on 30 April. By the time he scored his sixth and last Nieuport-borne win, on 4 November 1917, he had also accrued nine unconfirmed claims.
On 7 March 1917, Marquis Casale was honored with an appointment as Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. On 24 June, he received a temporary commission as Sous Lieutenant. He also added four more aerial victories scattered through 1917, with his ninth coming on 21 September. Having been decorated with the Légion d'honneur and the Médaille militaire, as well as commissioned, he transferred to Escadrille 156 on 6 March 1918 to fly a Spad.
Four citations. citation, 5 October 1918 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur A very brave non-commissioned officer. A pilot of the first order who gained ten official victories and never ceased to distinguish himself in his Escadrille by his spirit of initiative and remarkable dash. On 30 March 1918, he descended to within less than 30 meters of the station at Château-Salins, to strafe a train transporting enemy troops, killing 17 and wounding 28.
Larner was too young to join U. S. aviation, so he dropped out of Columbia University and began pilot's training at the private Curtiss Flying School in Buffalo, New York. He joined the French air service in July 1917. In December, he was assigned to Escadrille Spa.86. He used his Spad to down two enemy planes a week apart, on 18 and 25 March 1918; the latter victory was shared with Frank Hunter.
From 1951 to 1959 the Escadrille 1 used its first jet aircraft, the De Havilland D.H. 100 Vampire, at the Payerne Air Base. In 1955, the return to Dübendorf and the change of name back to Fliegerstaffel 1 took place. Near the main entrance of the Dübendorf Air Base is located a monument with the emblem of Fliegerstaffel 1, Vogel Rokh. In 1959, the Hawker Hunter was re-trained on the wartime airbase.
Lafayette Escadrille, also known as C'est la Guerre, Hell Bent for Glory (UK) and With You in My Arms, is a 1958 American war film produced by Warner Bros. It stars Tab Hunter and Etchika Choureau and features David Janssen and Will Hutchins, as well as Clint Eastwood, in an early supporting role. It was the final film in the career of director William A. Wellman and is based on his original story.
Text of award of the Médaille militaire A pilot of admirable experience, endurance, willingness and exemplary courage, who has given since his arrival at the escadrille the full measure of his undoubted qualities of audacity and skill. He has effected numerous protection missions and had several combats during the course of which he has downed three enemy planes. On 12 December 1917, he reported his fourth victory. Cited in orders four times.
On 1 March 1938, he joined the Aviation Militaire Belge (Belgian Army Air Force). On 26 March 1939, he was commissioned as sergeant-pilot, and on 1 March 1940 he signed for a further three years' service. Donnet flew Renard R.31 reconnaissance aircraft with the 9/V/1Aé (9th Escadrille of the First Aviation Regiment) at Bierset. After the German invasion on 10 May 1940, he flew sorties during the 18-day campaign.
Albatros D.III (Oeffag) series 253 of Polish 7th Air Escadrille A captured Albatros D.III paraded through London, November 1918 After the Armistice, in early 1919 Poland bought 38 series 253 aircraft from the factory, ten more were rebuilt from wartime leftovers. Poland operated them in the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–20 in two fighter escadrilles (Nos. 7 and 13). Due to rare air encounters, they were primarily employed in ground- attack duties.
Caudron R.4 near the Somme The R.4 performed well in the reconnaissance role and managed to shoot down a considerable number of enemy aircraft. In early use Escadrille C.46 had claimed 34 German aircraft brought down with its R.4s in an eight-week period, but it was clear that an improved ceiling and greater manoeuvrability were necessary. Production of the R.4 ended after 249 had been built.Davilla (1997), p. 166.
Wertheim graduated primary training with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 9 September 1916. After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille N.84 on 3 February 1917. On 5 December 1917, he was raised from the enlisted ranks to the rank of temporary Sous lieutenant. Wertheim shot down a German two-seated airplane with his SPAD on 16 February 1918, then downed a couple of Fokker Dr.1 triplanes on 31 March.
At his own request Battesti was transferred from reconnaissance to a fighter unit, joining Escadrille 73 in 12 March 1917 to fly Nieuport, and later SPAD single-seater fighters, as part of Groupe de Combat 12 'Cigognes'. He gained his first aerial victory on 24 April 1917, destroying an enemy aircraft over Sainte-Croix, and his second on 4 July over Berry-au-Bac. Battesti was promoted to lieutenant on 6 July.
He brought home a badly damaged machine from this sortie, and was honored for his effort with the Médaille militaire. He continued to score with his squadron, reaching six confirmed and three unconfirmed victories by 6 March 1918. His command was then switched to Escadrille 99. He used one of their Spads to shoot down his seventh victim on 4 June 1918, only to be promptly shot down himself and killed in action.
Flying with the French Lafayette Escadrille in World War I, American ace, Lieutenant Bert Hall (Bert Hall), is wounded in an aerial battle and forced to land behind enemy lines. After finding his German opponent dead, Hall exchanges uniforms with him and is taken to a German hospital to recover. In the hospital, Hall meets Edith Day (Edith Day), an old sweetheart from Kentucky. She was unable to escape Berlin when the war broke out.
Eventually Arpheuil's unit, now redesignated Escadrille SPA.151, was moved to the Oise after the start of the 1918 German Spring Offensive. On 27 May 1918 he claimed an aircraft shot down during a dogfight with five Germans, but was not credited. However, the following day he shot down an enemy biplane near Ressons-sur-Matz, and on 31 May he and Sergeant Thelot shot down an enemy two-seater over the French lines.
After convalescent leave, he suffered a relapse in January 1919, and was relieved of command of his escadrille on 28 February. At a military hospital in Nice he was diagnosed with chronic post-influenza laryngitis and pleurisy. After spending the year convalescing, or in various hospitals, on 4 December 1919 he was discharged from the Army on medical grounds. He died on 26 June 1920 at a sanatorium at Cambo-les-Bains.
The Groupe de Combat would support the British Royal Air Force's 3rd Brigade beginning 15 April 1918. From 5 May 1918 until war's end, the Groupe returned to supporting French units. Escadrille Spa80 ended World War I credited with aerial victories over 21 German airplanes and two observation balloons.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 98.
He trained further, at Avord and Châteauroux before being assigned to combat duty. On 22 October 1916, he was posted to Escadrille HF41 (the 'HF' denoting the squadron's use of Henri Farman observation aircraft). While with this squadron, he scored his first win on 13 April 1917, won the Médaille militaire on 5 May 1917, and was promoted to Adjutant on 5 November 1917. On 21 December, he was sent to fighter pilot's training.
On 15 December 1917, he would be posted to Escadrille 81. During May and June 1918, in consort with other French pilots, he would undergo the extremely hazards of balloon busting five enemy observation balloons.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 128 He is known to have won the Médaille Militaire and the Croix de guerre.
The 99th flew reconnaissance missions and directed artillery fire in support of U.S. Army, 5th Division's offensive against German soldiers entrenched at Frapelle.History of the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron. Prepared by Coy F. Cross II, 9th Reconnaissance Wing History Office] Members of the 99th Aero Squadron and French 1st Escadrille with a French Salmson 2A2, Dogneville Aerodrome, France, August 1918. From Dogneville, the 3rd Flight flew photographic missions more than 40 kilometers behind enemy lines.
Szaposznikow took part in the Invasion of Poland in the 111th Fighter Escadrille. On 1 September he damaged a He 111. After the September Campaign he crossed the border with Romania, then he came to France where he was posted to the Cebrzyński section of the Groupe de Chasse II/5. After the French capitulation he arrived in the United Kingdom. From 2 August 1940 he was assigned to No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron.
Adolf Pietrasiak was born in Kośmin near Puławy. In 1932 he entered the Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors in Bydgoszcz. Four years later he was assigned to Polish 122nd Fighter Escadrille in Cracow. During the Invasion of Poland, on 6 September 1939 Pietrasiak's PZL P.11 was damaged by his own side's anti-aircraft guns. In the morning of 18 September he crossed the border with Romania, then he came to France.
By the Autumn of 1917, the unit had been re-equipped with SPAD VII fighters, and was redesignated Escadrille SPA38. On 29 January 1918, the unit had raised its battle score to 51 German aircraft destroyed. For this feat, the unit was cited, and its members granted the right to wear the Fourragere of the Croix de guerre. Later in the Spring of 1918, more modern SPAD XIIIs would replace the SPAD VIIs.
Henry Gibson recalled that Putnam approached him at his tent and said, "I am going across the seas to get in the big fight." He did indeed, by way of a cattle boat, and joined the French Foreign Legion on May 31, 1917. He was transferred to the air service and trained at Avord. Putnam was assigned to Escadrille SPA 94 on 12 December 1917, and was posted to SPA 156 on 7 February 1918.
At some point, Weismann learned to fly, as his commanding officer in Escadrille BR.132, Jean-François Jannekeyn, often flew with him as the observer. On 22 June 1918, Weismann shot down two German airplanes; he downed another on 22 August. Then, on 14 September 1918, with Jannekyn manning the observer's guns, the duo found themselves one of four Breguet bombers fending off German Fokker D.VII fighters. Four Fokkers fell to the bomber formation.
He was Mentioned in dispatches twice before being awarded the Médaille militaire: > Médaille Militaire > A very adroit and courageous pilot, who has taken part in twenty long > distance bombardments. Attacked by two enemy planes on 22 July 1916, he > downed one of them. Already cited twice in orders. Médaille Militaire > citation, 31 July 1916 After another Mention in Dispatches, Vial was transferred to Escadrille F.123 as a Farman pilot on 24 January 1917.
The "Groupe de bombardement 3" (GB.3) - a bomb squadron of the four Escadrilles PS.125-128, which operated on the Western Front was equipped with the aircraft. The aircraft of the last delivery series, which went to the Escadrille PS.128, received an undercarriage with four wheels to improve the ground handling. At the time of delivery to the escadrilles of the Aéronautique Militaire, the PS-7, constructed in 1915, was already obsolete.
The Cameroon Air Force was established on 1 January 1961 as National Squadron (Escadrille Nationale), one year after gaining independence.Erwan de Cherisey. Siły Powietrzne Kamerunu [Cameroon Air Force], "Lotnictwo" 7-8/2017, p. 78-88 (in Polish) The French supplied the first equipment, which was three Max Holste MH.1521M Broussard. In 1964 the air force was renamed National Aviation (Aviation Nationale), and in 1966 Cameroon Air Force (Armée de l'Air du Cameroun).
Having earned Military Pilot's Brevet No. 520, he was posted to Escadrille N.69 as a Nieuport fighter pilot on 11 October 1915. On 8 March 1916, he shot down a LVG reconnaissance airplane for his first victory. On 1 April 1916, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur; three days later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. After two more victories in September 1916, he was appointed to command the squadron on 25 January 1917.
Bouyer joined the French infantry on 15 December 1911. On Christmas Day, 1914, he transferred to flying service as a bombardier assigned to the defense of Paris. When he was forwarded to aviation training, he earned Pilot's Brevet No. 5957 on 25 March 1917. On 16 May, he was posted to Escadrille N49 (the 'N' denoting the squadron's use of Nieuports). He scored for the first time on 25 June 1917, downing an LVG two-seater reconnaissance plane.
On 6 April 1917, he reported to Escadrille 48 as a SPAD pilot. On the 26th, he began a string of ten victories while teamed with such other aces as Jacques Roques, Gilbert de Guingand, Armand de Turenne, and René Dousinelle. By his eleventh victory on 17 June 1918, he had been proposed for the Légion d'honneur. He was killed in action on 28 June 1918 by Venezuela's pioneer aviator, Carlos Meyer Baldó, before it could be awarded.
Herisson entered the French cavalry on 1 September 1914. On 30 November, he was promoted to enlisted Brigadier. On 6 April 1915, he was promoted again, to Maréchal-des-logis. On 1 September, he entered pilot's training at Étampes. He received his Pilot's Brevet, No. 2069, on 12 December, and was retained on instructor duty until the following August. On 30 August 1916 he reported to Escadrille F20 (the 'F' denoting the Farmans in use in the squadron).
By the 1930s Steyer had already begun his career as a writer. He translated a number of articles on naval issues and had them published in a variety of newspapers. He also published a series of maritime novels under the pen-name of Brunon Dzimicz. Among his works are Samotny krążownik (Lone Cruiser, 1934), Skaza marynarska (Seaman's Taint, 1937), Eskadra niescalona (Unintegrated Escadrille, 1939), Przygody mata Moreli (The Adventures of Corporal Morela, 1947) and Samotny półwysep (Lone Peninsula, 1957).
In 1906, Lufbery, along with his middle brother, Charles took a trans-Atlantic liner to the US to search for his father, not knowing that his father had left on an ocean liner heading the opposite direction to France.Lafayette Escadrille: America's Most Famous Squadron. p. 37. However, he managed to visit other family members in Connecticut. He ran away from his grandparents' home at 17, and travelled to such places as Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, the Balkans, and Turkey.
On 15 February 1917, its patrol of seven would be the first Belgian air formation larger than a pair. The 5me would be credited with 15 aerial victories, at a blood cost of two Belgian pilots KIA and one WIA. In March 1918, it would be reorganized into the 10me Escadrille and become part of Belgium's first fighter wing, the Groupe de Chasse. In this incarnation, the squadron was credited with 11 verified aerial victories out of 22 claims.
Note: When a French squadron upgraded its equipment, it eventually changed its unit designation to reflect the new equipment. Thus, Barbreau originally flew in Nieuports. The squadron eventually upgraded its equipment to SPAD S.VII fighters, and subsequently changed its name to Escadrille SPA 154. Under the command of Michel Coiffard SPA 154 specialized in attacking enemy observation balloons, with Barbreau sharing their success, as he became a balloon buster, destroying eight between 2 June and 8 August 1918.
Walker gives her the metal bracelet he is wearing with WHST ENGRAVED on it Renée sees him off, in the rain. A German pilot spots Walker from above, but his guns jam. Walker drops by the Espadrille's barracks to take a nap in his friend's bed, and Wellman invites him to come on the afternoon flight: Walker is finally able to fly a mission with the Lafayette Escadrille. An elaborate dogfight proves that he is a superb fighter pilot.
Wacław Król graduated from the Polish Air Force Academy of Dęblin in 1935 and joined the Polish Air Forces. A deputy commander of the Polish 121st Fighter Escadrille, he scored his first aerial victory on the very first day of World War II (a Henschel Hs 126, shared with Corporal Paweł Kowala). During the Nazi and Soviet invasion of Poland, he downed one additional Heinkel He 111 bomber. After September 17 he escaped with his unit to Romania.
Jean Marc Chaput was born in 17 September 1893 in Paris.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 131-132 He served in the army infantry beginning in 1913. He transferred to aviation in 1914. He qualified as a pilot by February 1915, was assigned to Escadrille 28, and scored his first victory on 12 June 1915 while piloting a Caudron.
Morgan was born Count Sanche Charles Armand Gabriel de Gramont in Geneva. He is the son of Gabriel Antoine Armand, Count de Gramont (1908–1943), a pilot in the French escadrille in England during World War II. Gramont is an old French noble family. After his father's death in a training flight, Morgan began to lead two parallel lives. He attended Yale University (where he was a member of Manuscript Society) and worked as a reporter.
Captain Norman Craig (Ormer Locklear) returns from the Lafayette Escadrille as a shell-shocked veteran, suffering from amnesia. Seeing him wandering around San Francisco, his girlfriend Virginia Ames (Louise Lovely), with the help of Dr. Wayne Leveridge (Sam De Grasse), devises a plan to help him restore his memory. Her family hires Craig to pursue a pair of supposed Russian thieves after the Ames jewels. The doctor, however, has plans to steal the jewels and wants Virginia for himself.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Gilbert Jean Uteau volunteered for military service as an artilleryman about a year after World War I began, on 10 July 1915. The next notice of Uteau in the archives is his posting to Escadrille Spa.315 on 24 November 1917. Flying in defense of Belfort,Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p.
Soon after he married Juliet Perry, with whom he had a son and a daughter. His law practice was interrupted by World War I. Dixon enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Corps as a volunteer. As a second lieutenant, Dixon was assigned to the French escadrille as an aerial observer and machine gunner. In July 1918 he was wounded when his plane was shot down over Soissons, France, which in turn required his leg to be amputated.
When their commanding officer, Didier Lecour Grandmaison, his replacement, Marcel Bloch led it as it re-equipped again, this time with Caudron R.XI three seated bombers. The unit designation reverted to Escadrille C46 on 17 February 1918. The squadron operated as part of Groupe de Combat 15 in the Champagne region until 14 May 1918. Then, for the last months of the war, the squadron was bundled along with other squadrons into ever-larger makeshift aviation units.
The name Kościuszko's Squadron or Kościuszko's Escadrille, is taken from the Polish hero Tadeusz Kościuszko. The name has been borne by several units of the Polish Air Force throughout its history. The unit insignia was designed by Eliott Chess, an American pilot serving with the Polish Army during the Polish-Soviet War. In order to encourage the recruitment of Americans of Polish descent, the Polish military set up a unit called the Polish-American Air Group.
In their first year on the front they claimed 86 kills (77 confirmed, 9 'probables') and 16 enemy aircraft damaged, for the loss of 25 Yak fighters. In 1944 the groupe was expanded to become a régiment, with a fourth escadrille joining its ranks, with the reinforcement by numerous pilots hailing from North Africa. After completing training on the more advanced Yakovlev Yak-9D fighter at Tula, the expanded regiment rejoined front line operations for its second campaign.
In mid July, he transferred to the single seater fighter unit 1ère Escadrille de Chasse (1st Pursuit Squadron). He received the last remaining Nieuport 16 in the squadron; everyone else had upgraded to Nieuport 17s. When Hanriot HD.1s were offered to the squadron, he was the only pilot to initially accept one. His enthusiasm for the aircraft type prompted other pilots to also move over to Hanriots. King Albert I. On 19 August Coppens was promoted to Adjutant.
He competed in the 1914 Aerial Derby starting from Hendon Aerodrome with a Morane-Saulnier monoplane equipped with an 80 hp Le Rhone engine. Although he completed the course in the fastest time, he was disqualified for missing one of the control points. In 1917 he served with Escadrille M.F. 88 at Salonica. He would receive the Croix de Guerre, the Médaille Militaire, the Legion of Honour, and the Gold Medal of the Aero Club of France.
They were cited for this on 7 February 1918. On 18 July 1918, they were again cited for destruction of enemy aircraft--20 airplanes and an observation balloon. Their final citation came after war's end, on 18 December 1918, crediting them with 19 more victories; it entitled the escadrille's members to wear the fourragere of the Medaille Militare. Escadrille 62 was credited with a wartime record of 68 destroyed enemy airplanes and seven downed observation balloons.
By August 1925, Le Brix was serving in French Naval Aviation's Escadrille (Squadron) 5.B.2 and taking part in the Rif War, flying missions over Spanish Morocco in a Farman F.60 Goliath. He flew geographic survey missions over the Sahara Desert in southern French Morocco until 1927, pioneering the use of maritime navigation techniques not yet in wide use aboard aircraft. For his service, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor.
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur "Marty, Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine, lieutenant (Active) of the 21st Regiment of Light Cavalry, pilot of Escadrille N77, pursuit pilot of the first order who demonstrates with each new day his mastery of combat. On 2 May 1917, 28 June 1917 and 3 July 1917, he downed his first three enemy planes. Cited twice in orders." Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur citation, 2 July 1917 Marty also won the Croix de guerre.
On 21 August 1914, Gasser volunteered for military service until war's end. As a soldat de 2e classe, he was posted to artillery service. On 7 March 1915, he was promoted to enlisted Brigadier; 10 February 1917 saw his further promotion to Maréchal-des-logis. On 25 May 1917, Gasser began pilot training at Dijon. Once awarded Military Pilot's Brevet No. 8126 on 22 August 1917, he polished his skills at advanced training before assignment to Escadrille 87 on 1 January 1918.
The rest of the summer passed without results for Orlov. On 16 September 1916, he led his unit to a new base near Vychulki Farm. From there, he scored another in October (sometimes reported as a victory on the Julian calendar date of 24 September). On 13 November, he was then posted on exchange duty to the Western Front to study French aerial tactics. He sailed on a weeks-long voyage from Murmansk to Brest to join the famous Stork Squadron, Escadrille 3.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Georges Raymond was born in Lyon, France on 19 June 1887.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 210-211 Originally a cavalryman, Raymond trained as a pilot and was posted to Escadrille 3 in May 1916. Raymond scored his first four victories flying a Spad VII, then switched to a Spad XIII for his fifth.
The escadrille was stationed in Champagne when he joined it; shortly thereafter, it moved to the Somme. When the squadron left the Somme in August 1915, it bounced around a bit before being assigned to the building Battle of Verdun. Though little information survives, Pulpe's two victories while flying a Morane-Saulnier L over Verdun were among some of the first aerial victories in history. He was awarded both the Croix de guerre and the Medaille Militare on 29 October 1915.
The citation for the latter referred to "air combats", though with no specific mention of his two victories. The Croix de guerre seemed to have been awarded for completing a bombing run while under attack from an enemy fighter. In the meantime, on 20 September, Escadrille 23 began re-equipping with a melange of early Nieuport 10s, Nieuport 11s, and Nieuport 12s. As ground combat escalated into the Battle of Verdun during February 1916, the corresponding aviation activity became intense.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Jean François Jannekeyn was born in Cambrai, France on 16 November 1892. Jannekyn served as a cavalryman before his transfer to aviation service during World War I.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 179 - 180 Transferring in 1917, he served as an aerial observer. On 23 May 1918, he took command of Escadrille BR.132, a bomber squadron.
After advanced training, he was posted to Escadrille 112 on 24 April 1917.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 132-133 Chavannes and his friend Lionel de Marmier were chosen to share a new "cannon Spad", the SPAD XII, when it came out in mid-1917. The letters "M" and "C", representing their last names, were intertwined in paint on the side of its fuselage.
The Militia board authorized the Pennsylvania National Guard 103d Observation Squadron in June 1924. The 103d was founded and eventually commanded by Major Charles J. Biddle, who had flown in World War I as part of the famous American volunteer Lafayette Escadrille. This new National Guard squadron was based on the sod fields of Philadelphia Airport as a unit in the Army 28th Division. The pilots of the 103d flew a wide variety of observation aircraft for the next 18 years.
During one such sortie, Krasnodębski's wing shot down a German Dornier Do 17, which toppled down to the ground in flames, killing the German crew. On 3 September six PZL P-11c of Polish 112th Fighter Escadrille, headed by Krasnodebski took off against German Bf 110 fighters. In combat over Wyszkow, Krasnodebski was shot down and forced to bail out. The German pilot who shot him down then aimed to finish off Krasnodebski while he slowly glided down in his parachute.
Injuries from a car crash in December got him a month's respite as an instructor before he returned to flying combat with Escadrille 65. He still flew a Nieuport (a Nieuport 25), even though the squadron had re- equipped with SPADs. By May 1918, he had 35 victories, including a shared victory each with Jacques Gérard and Eugène Camplan, and was raised to Officer of the Légion d'honneur. By August 1918, he finally received a Spad XIII, and resumed his winning streak.
He was credited with his first aerial victory there on 8 August; there may have been a second, but details are not available. At any rate, he earned two Mentions in Dispatches and five foreign decorations before moving south to Italy, where he scored again on 30 October 1917. In May 1918, he was moved back to France to join Escadrille Spa69 (the 'Spa' denoting the squadron's use of Spads). On 10 July 1918, Bonneton shot down his third enemy airplane.
Flying for France (1918) Grosset and Dunlop, 15. On May 13, 1916, McConnell participated in the unit's first patrol. Thirty- eight pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille flew Nieuport biplanes that traveled at Operating from Luxeuil Field in eastern France, McConnell's group typically set off each day at dawn, clad in fur-lined outfits for two-hour patrols. Only after the Battle of Verdun were the planes equipped with machine guns; prior to this, pilots simply fired machine guns single-handedly while steering.
Buck Danny crosses over several times with Tanguy et Laverdure. Buck is first shown on his own in the adventure Escadrille des Cicognes, talking with two Australian pilots in the canteen of a USAF base in Europe. Buck and his sidekicks also appear in some of the illustrations for the adventure Canon Bleu Ne Rèpond Plus. In this story the two French pilots meet Buck Danny and his US Navy squadron of F-8 Crusaders in the US base of Thule.
After repeated breakdowns, Mariotte conducted her testing of the diesels from 23 October to 11 December and she was finally commissioned (armament définitif) on 5 February 1913 after a complete overhaul of her propulsion system.Caresse, pp. 81, 83–84 The boat was assigned to the 2nd Division (escadrille) of the Light Squadron of submarines on 16 January and she joined them at Calais on 11 February. Mariotte visited Brest on 20 February and was inspected by Rear Admiral Charles Eugène Favereau.
The following day, 1 May, he and Sergeant Letu brought down another two-seater over St-Léger-au-Bois. He received his second citation on 19 June, and on 3 July as made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. His third aerial victory earned him a third citation on 14 July. Arpheuil shot down an enemy two-seater solo on 20 July, receiving his fourth citation on 9 August. On 13 September 1918 Arpheuil was appointed commander of a new unit, Escadrille SPA.
Conrad L Hall was born on June 21, 1926 in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. His father was James Norman Hall, an ace pilot and captain in the Lafayette Escadrille that fought for France in World War I. James also co-wrote Mutiny on the Bounty. His mother was Sarah ("Lala") Winchester Hall, who was half Polynesian. Growing up during the relative infancy of cinema, Hall never was around cameras, and the idea of going to the movies was a foreign concept.
He served with that unit on the front until January 1920. Three months afterwards he was promoted to the rank of Major and given a new assignment: command of a newly formed 21st Air Escadrille. Although composed mostly of badly trained pilots and insufficiently manned, the unit proved to be one of the most successful air units of the war and during the battle of Warsaw Rayski was given command of the entire 3rd Air Squadron. He held that post until May 1921.
During its existence the official name changed from Section Air der Forces armées Republic of Togo in 1964 to Escadrille Nationale Republic of Togo in 1973, to Groupement Aerienne Republic of Togo (GAW) in 1980, and finally to Armée de l'Air Republic of Togo in 1997. At present its operations are concentrated in the Lomé Transport Base at Lomé Tokoin Airport, where the transport aircraft are based, and the Niamtougou Fighter Base at Niamtougou International Airport, where the combat units are located.
He transferred to aviation in 1917, receiving his Military Pilot's Brevet on 17 June. He went on to advanced training at Pau. From there, he joined Escadrille N152; he was eventually to become its highest-scoring pilot. Originally, he flew a Nieuport with his own personal touch - a Sacré-Coeur banner streaming from his headrest. He opened his list on 27 March 1918, after his squadron re-equipped, flying his newly acquired Spad XIII to shoot down a German observation balloon.
Themes of friendship, racial prejudice, revenge and love are also explored in the film. The film follows the enlistment, training, and combat experiences of a group of young Americans who volunteer to become fighter pilots in the Lafayette Escadrille, the 124th air squadron formed by the French in 1916. The squadron consisted of five French officers and 38 American volunteers who wanted to fly and fight in World War I before the United States' entry into the war in 1917.Sherman, Steven.
In writing the original drafts that formed the basis of the final screenplay, Tony Bill made an effort to incorporate the real-life adventures of a number of American World War I expatriates who served in both the Lafayette Escadrille and the Lafayette Flying Corps, although pseudonyms were used throughout.Farmer 2006, pp. 18–19. The casting of Franco in an action feature at the time was considered a "stepping stone" to his rise as marquee player and movie star.Farmer 2006, pp. 19–20.
While intended as a crew trainer, a shortage of coastal reconnaissance aircraft resulted in NC.470s being drafted into this role, with three NC-470s and the sole NC-471 being used together with three CAMS 55 flying boats to equip Escadrille 3S4 at Berre in August 1939.Green 1968, p.19. The NC-470 was also used by the aircrew training school at Hourtin. Fourteen aircraft were captured by Germany during the occupation of Southern France in November 1942.
Noguès was born in Rennes, to Marthe Vallée and Émile Noguès; his father was a Colonel in the artillery. He taught himself to fly in 1909, and served in various French air squadrons during World War I, receiving command of Escadrille 73 in March 1918. During the war he received both the Croix de Guerre, multiple citations, and the Legion of Honour (the highest decoration in France). Toward the end of the war, 29 July 1918, Noguès married Magdalene Gicquel.
Gond then switched to aviation duty, becoming an aerial observer in September 1915. After gaining flight experience, he was trained as a pilot and flew a Caudron G.4. After he completed advanced training, he was appointed to the French Military Mission to the Kingdom of Romania after that nation's entry into World War I on 27 August 1916. During the year he served in Romania, Gond was an inspirational, courageous, and diplomatic leader of the French aviation effort, Escadrille Franco-Roumaine N3.
Leps commanded Escadrille 81 until its disbandment on 31 December 1919. He returned to service for World War II, was assigned as a major to Groupe de Chasse No. 21 under General Armand Pinsard. He was very seriously wounded by a German bombing on 6 June 1940, and took no part in any military action during the remainder of the war. For his service, he earned a promotion to Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, the 1939-1945 Croix de Guerre, and a final promotion to lieutenant colonel.
SPAD S.A-2 "Ma Jeanne" The S.A had a short and inauspicious career in the French Aviation Militaire, and it was quickly replaced in service by less dangerous aircraft. Contemporary sources indicate that it was seldom used. Few details are available concerning the careers of the 42 S.A-2 airframes delivered, and it never supplied the entire equipment of an escadrille. The Imperial Russian Air Service operated the SPAD S.A-2 and S.A-4 for a longer period of time due to a shortage of available aircraft.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Charles Alfred Revol-Tissot was born on 2 June 1892 in Paris.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 212 His youthful interest in aviation led him to learn to fly; he received Civil Pilot's Licence No. 1248 on 1 March 1913. When World War I began the following year, he ended up as a pilot in Escadrille BL.3.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Maurice Joseph Emile Robert was born in Maubeuge, France on 19 January 1893.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 213 Robert began his military service on 7 April 1913 as an artilleryman. On 16 August 1914, as World War I roared into being, Robert was transferred to aviation duty, being posted to Escadrille DO.22, a Dorand DO.1 squadron.
These are the opposites of the two stars' portrayals of their best-known TV characters: cynical, easy- going Bret Maverick and hip "Kookie" of 77 Sunset Strip. Darby's Rangers was filmed, economically, on the studio backlot. The supporting cast includes: Murray Hamilton, Adam Williams, Corey Allen, and William Wellman Jr. French actress Etchika Choureau (née Jeannine Paulette Verret) made her Hollywood début in this film, and acted in Lafayette Escadrille, then returned to Europe. Francis De Sales had an uncredited role as a captain.
By 1910, Massenet-Royer de Marancour was already a professional soldier. He was appointed Sous lieutenant on 1 October of that year. His interest in flying led to him gaining a Civil Pilot's Brevet on 6 February 1914, followed by his qualification for a Military Pilot's Brevet on 23 April. On 27 May 1914, he was sent to command Escadrille BLC.5. On 2 August 1914, he was promoted to Capitaine. Massenet-Royer de Marancour was appointed to the Legion d'honneur on 13 July 1915.
Raoul Lufbery was born at Avenue de la Poudrière in Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France to American Edward Lufbery and a French mother. Lufbery's paternal grandfather was Charles Samson Lufbery, who had emigrated to the United States from Great Britain in the mid-19th century and settled in New York. Lufbery's father, Edward moved to Chamalières in 1876, joining his elder brother, George and soon meet a local Frenchwoman, Anne Joséphine Vessière, who would later become his wife.Lafayette Escadrille: America's Most Famous Squadron. p. 36.
During World War I, he helped organize the Lafayette Escadrille along with William K. Vanderbilt and Dr. Edmund Gros, also a founder of the American Hospital of Paris and organizer of the American Ambulance Field Service. Later, General Maunoury gave him charge of the aerial reconnaissance of the site of the First Battle of the Marne. In 1918, he went to London as chief of the French Air Force mission. By the end of the War, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant colonel.
Friedrich Wilhelm "Fred" Zinn was a volunteer American aviator of German descent who flew with French Armée de l'Air forces in World War I and an early pioneer of aerial photography for wartime reconnaissance and Military intelligence.Walt Brown, Jr., An American for Lafayette: The Diaries of E.C.C. Genet, Lafayette Escadrille. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1981)Edwin W. Morse, America in the War: The Vanguard of American Volunteers in the Fighting Lines and in Humanitarian Service, August, 1914—April, 1917. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919.
On 16 May, he was then reassigned, to the only French air squadron on the Italian Front, Escadrille 561, which was tasked with air defense of Venice. Using a mixture of Nieuport and Spad fighters emblazoned with a dogs-head insignia, Lévy scored his second win on 21 June 1918, scored a double on 20 July, and became an ace on 5 August. On 16 September, he became a balloon buster, destroying an Austro-Hungarian observation balloon and being shot down in the process.
In 1924, the Fliegerkompanie 1 was set up and started with the Häfeli DH-5 and Fokker D-VII to operate from airfields at Lucerne, Payerne, Seedorf and La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1933, the Fokker CV was added, and the C-3603 in 1942. The renaming into Fliegerstaffel 1 took place 1945 and but soon the name changed into the French designation Escadrille 1 in 1946, after moving to Payerne. Until 1951 the aircraft used was the Morane D-3800 was in use.
Originally constructed in 1929 between Knokke and the Zwin natural reserve. Initially serving civilian aviation, both by private pilots and airlines such as Sabena, it became a Belgian Air Force field by the late 1930s. At the outbreak of the German invasion of Belgium in May 1940, it was home to 6e Escadrille (Squadron) of 3rd Group flying Fairey Foxes tasked with firing exercises over the North Sea. The squadron was evacuated prior to the airfield being attacked by the German Luftwaffe on 10 May.
While flying a Voisin III, Sergeant Joseph Frantz and Corporal Louis Quénault of Escadrille V.24 shot down a German Aviatik B.I flown by Oberleutnant Fritz von Zangen and Sergeant Wilhelm Schlichting of FFA 18 over Jonchery, near Reims on October 5, 1914.Grosz, 2003, p.4 This was the first time an aircraft had been brought down with small arms fire from another aircraft. Quénault fired two 48-round magazines from an Hotchkiss M1909 machine gun at the Germans who returned fire with rifles.
The Lufbery Circle, or Lufbery Wheel, also spelled "Lufberry" or "Luffberry", is a defensive air combat tactic first used during World War I. While its name derives from the name of Raoul Lufbery, the leading fighter ace of the Lafayette Escadrille, he did not invent the tactic; how it acquired this name is not known, although it may be from his popularization of it among the incoming U.S. pilots he trained. In non-American sources it is in fact usually referred to simply as a "defensive circle".
Among others, they first operated in Bessarabia, while they were later used to conduct bombing missions targeting Kiev and Odessa. Some of the bombers were lost on these missions, mostly due to anti-aircraft fire. Because of a lack of spare parts, the remaining planes were withdrawn from the front in October 1941; after this, the type was mainly used for training. During April 1944, the 76th escadrille returned to combat, with nine aircraft, but it was withdrawn from the front on 3 May 1944.
Gwiaździsta eskadra told the romantic story of love between a Polish girl and an American volunteer pilot in the Polish 7th Air Escadrille (better known as the Kościuszko Squadron) during the Polish-Soviet War of 1919–1921. The story was inspired by the actual life of Merian C. Cooper, a Polish Air Force officer during the war, but much better known for his later career as an adventurer, director, screenwriter and producer. Cooper fathered Polish translator and writer Maciej Słomczyński during his time in Poland.
In January 1916, having been ruled unfit for infantry service due to his injuries, Argeyev requested a transfer to the Armée de l'Air. After training at Pau, he was enlisted as a pilot on January 30, 1916. After having accumulated flying hours on the Western Front with Escadrille N48, he returned to Russia and was made a Captain of the Imperial Russian Air Service, assigned to the 12th Fighter Detachment on October 20, 1916. A Nieuport 17, as flown by Argeyev on the Eastern Front in 1917.
500 heavily armed paratroopers of the French 2nd Colonial Parachute Regiment (2ème RPC), hastily redeployed from combat in Algeria, jumped over the al-Raswa bridges from Nord Noratlas 2501 transports of the Escadrille de Transport (ET) 1/61 and ET 3/61, together with some combat engineers of the Guards Independent Parachute Company. The paratroopers swiftly secured the western bridge at the cost of two soldiers, putting Egyptian positions out of action with bazookas and mortars, and F4U Corsairs of the Aéronavale 14.F and 15.
12 Curtiss P-40 Warhawks to the Free French Fighter Group GC II/5 During World War II, Willis served in the U.S. Army Air Force as a Major in Africa, England and France. He left the Air Force after the war as a Colonel. Willis was successful in convincing the U.S. government to transfer 12 Curtiss P-40 Warhawks to the Free French Fighter Group GC II/5 based in North Africa. These aircraft were painted with the Lafayette Escadrille insignia emblazoned on their fuselages.
All RWD-15 were initially used in Poland. Two aircraft were formally subordinated to the Polish Air Force (the 1st Aviation Regiment in Warsaw) - one bought by the Presidential Chancellory and belonging to the Staff Escadrille, and the other in air ambulance variants RWD-15S. One aircraft (registration SP-KAT) was completed as a long-range variant, with fuel tanks in place of rear seats, owned by the LOPP paramilitary organization. It was planned to fly it to Australia in marketing goals, with Maj.
Sergent Paul Joannes Sauvage (5 February 1897--7 January 1917) was a French World War I flying ace credited with 8 confirmed and 6 probable aerial victories. He was originally posted to fly a Nieuport for Escadrille N 65, and scored his first victory with them on 16 July 1916. He became the youngest French ace on 2 October at age 19 years and 239 days, and held that distinction until his death by anti-aircraft fire on 7 January 1917.Nieuport Aces of World War 1, p.
In 2018, the government of France decorated McPeak (Legion of Honor, Officer class) in connection with his prior service as U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff and in recognition of his Chairmanship of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). His leadership was essential in the restoration of the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, outside Paris. The monument had fallen into disrepair, but has now been renovated and has become an ABMC property, insuring its future maintenance. McPeak was a technical advisor to Ken Burns and Lynn Novick in their award-winning documentary, The Vietnam War.
Roques was recalled to serve in the air force on 25 August 1939, with the rank of captain. Posted to Base airenne 112 at Chartres, he served as second-in-command of the 2e escadrille of Groupe de Chasse I/1, then as second-in-command of the entire Groupe from 10 January 1940. He was discharged from the air force on 31 July 1940, following the fall of France, but became an active member of the French Resistance for the rest of the war. Roques died in Paris on 24 May 1988.
Warner Brothers had had a financial and critical hit in Battle Cry, and wanted to repeat the success with Major James Altieri's biographical account of Darby's Rangers, The Spearheaders. Altieri was known to Warner Brothers, as he had been technical advisor on Force of Arms (1951). Director William Wellman's reputation for superb war films lay in The Story of G.I. Joe and Battleground. He was hired on condition that Warner Brothers finance his dream project, Lafayette Escadrille, about his (Wellman's) own World War I French Foreign Legion air squadron.
Having joined the Naval Reserve in 1934, during World War II Parsons was an instructor at Pensacola Naval Air Station, and served aboard an aircraft carrier and a seaplane tender, and took part in the Solomon Islands campaign, earning the Bronze Star among other decorations. He joined the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander and ended the war as a Rear Admiral. The French government awarded him the Légion d'honneur in 1961. He died at 75 in 1968, the last of the Lafayette Escadrille flying aces, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
The ground based missile air defence units are also company- (in this case battery-)equivalent squadrons (Staffeln). The French Air Force equivalent of an aviation squadron is the Escadron (divided into flights called Escadrilles). (The Spanish Air Force and some air forces of other Spanish-speaking countries follow that tradition (with a squadron called Escuadron and a flight called Escuadrilla), so does the Brazilian Air Force with Esquadrão and Esquadrilha respectively). The Royal Canadian Air Force and the Belgian Air Component on the other hand use Escadrille as the equivalent of a squadron.
Jan Kazimierz Daszewski (5 April 1916 – 4 April 1942) was a fighter pilot in the Polish Air Force in World War II. Jan Daszewski was born on 5 April 1916 in Kiev. He trained at the "School of Eaglets" in Dęblin. In 1938 he was posted to 112 Fighter Escadrille and participated in the September 1939 campaign in Poland, claiming a Ju 87 destroyed. Via Romania he escaped to France and in May 1940 he was posted to ECD I/55 flying the Bloch MB 152, where he claimed a He 111 destroyed.
At the start of World War I, Belgium was neutral. An overwhelming invasion by the German army left Belgium partially occupied by the end of 1914, with its preserved territory shielded by deliberate defensive flooding at Nieuwpoort by the Belgians. As a result, the Aviation Militaire Belgium was based in the diminished remnant of a small country, and performed largely in a static defensive mode. In March 1918, the 11ème Escadrille de Chasse was founded as a dedicated fighter squadron capable of being included in combined Allied operations.
At the start of World War I, Belgium was neutral. An overwhelming invasion by the German army left Belgium partially occupied by the end of 1914, with its preserved territory shielded by deliberate defensive flooding at Nieuwpoort by the Belgians. As a result, the Aviation Militaire Belgium was based in the diminished remnant of a small country, and performed largely in a static defensive mode. Only in March 1918, when the unit reformed as the 10me Escadrille, did it become a dedicated fighter squadron capable of being included in combined Allied operations.
The Surcouf chose on June 18, 1940, to join the Free French Naval Forces in England. The Surcouf was assigned to the protection of convoys in the Atlantic near Bermuda, but the MB.411 stayed in England. It made a few flights on the coast of Devon and was damaged in Plymouth in April 1941 during a Luftwaffe bombing raid. The first MB.411 remained in France and was assigned to Fleet Squadron Aeronavale Escadrille 7-S-4 in St Mandrier and was scrapped by the Nazis in France.
Zinn transferred to the French Aéronautique Militaire on February 14, 1916. He served as gunner and bombardier with Escadrille F-14 from December 12, 1916, until October 21, 1917, often augmenting his bombing duties by taking reconnaissance photographs of enemy lines before returning to base. Zinn was one of the first aviators to attempt to photograph enemy troop positions from the air to assist commanders on the ground. This had previously been done from manned balloons, but they were vulnerable to enemy fire and had to be kept behind the lines.
Earlier in February, the squadron had arrived from training with 3rd AIC on Issoudun Aerodrome at "La Noblette" aerodrome where the American pilots of the "Escadrille Lafayette" joined it, operating as part of the "Groupe de Combat no 21" in support of the French 4th Army. After the start of the German Spring offensives, 103rd Aero Squadron left GC no 21 and flew to La Bonne Maison, with the French 6th Army, then moved to Flanders on 30 April with French "Détachement d'Armée du Nord" during the Battle of the Lys.
Future, success for women's football in Africa is dependent on improved facilities and access by women to these facilities. Attempting to commercialise the game and make it commercially viable is not the solution, as demonstrated by the current existence of many youth and women's football camps held throughout the continent. There are local women's competitions in the country, with two levels of league competition. At the end of the season, teams are relegated and promoted between the two divisions. The 1979 first division was won by SS Escadrille.
In the years before World War I, a love affair takes place between an American pilot named Jack Ames (Jack Whiting) and a French spy named Madeleine Aubert (Irene Delroy). Madeleine leaves her American fiancé to join her father (John St. Polis), another French spy, at an estate in Germany. Her father instructs her to accept the invitation of a Prussian officer, Eric von Coburg (Bramwell Fletcher), to live at his estate for a month. Jack, believing that Madeleine no longer loves him, joins the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of French and American flyers.
In 1959, Palen found a farm for sale near Rhinebeck, New York. This property included a small farmhouse in which an unsolved murder had taken place. Around this time, Palen earned money through the rental of some of his aircraft to a company in California that was filming the World War I movie Lafayette Escadrille, starring Tab Hunter. Between his savings from his employment at Texaco as a mechanic and earnings from the film deal, he was able to purchase the property by paying the back taxes owed on it.
"Lafayette Escadrille Remastered Edition, Warner Archive Collection." DVD Savant, January 14, 2012. Retrieved: March 12, 2012. Warner also insisted Wellman make Darby's Rangers as a condition of financing Lafayette Escadrille.Nat Segaloff, Final Cuts: The Last Films of 50 Great Directors, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 312–314 The use of mocked-up Nieuport 28 and Thomas-Morse Scout fighters along with other period aircraft such as one real Fokker D.VII and the ubiquitous Travelair "Wichita Fokkers" were "lifted" from Wellman's earlier 1938 production, Men with Wings, an early color feature also directed by Wellman.
The 103rd Aero Squadron was an aviation pursuit squadron of the U.S. Air Service that served in combat in France during World War I. Its original complement included pilots from the disbanded Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps. One of those pilots, Paul F. Baer, became the first ace of an American unit in World War I.See note below. Baer's fifth victory, as recognized by the Air Force Historical Research Agency, occurred 23 April, more than a month before the fifth of Douglas Campbell. Campbell at that date still had only a single victory.
At all times, he shunned being considered a > hero, and when a friend said to him jokingly that his fear of publicity > amounted to conceit, he replied, 'Conceit it may be, but I've always taken > serving France so seriously that I hardly ever want to talk about it.' Bluethenthal's remains were repatriated to the United States in 1921. He was buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington. His grave marker includes the squadron insignia of the Lafayette Escadrille which—unusual for a Jewish cemetery—bears a swastika on the headband.
During World War I, American ace pilot Lieutenant Steve Warner (Warner Baxter) leads a group of replacements for the French Lafayette Escadrille. Captain Andre DeLaage (William Stack) is in charge but he has lost many pilots shot down by the German ace known only as "The Baron" (Arno Frey). Steve falls in love with Aimee (Conchita Montenegro), a French girl. After a German air raid, the flyers keep the only bottle of bourbon calling it the "bottle of death" to be used only to toast the downing of German pilots.
In 1914, as World War I began, he joined the Service Aéronautique of the French Army as a volunteer, being assigned to the Escadrille les Cigognes as a French and Peruvian officer. He flew numerous reconnaissance flights over Belgium until he was wounded. Bielovucic was awarded the Legion of Honour, as well as the Croix de guerre with a bronze palm and a number of Belgian and Peruvian medals. Later on he worked as the head of an engine testing team in Bellanger and then as the principal of an aviation school in Reims.
A Romance of the Air is a 1918 American silent drama film based on the book En L'air (1918), by Bert Hall, one of America's first combat aviators, flying with the famed Lafayette Escadrille in France before the United States entered World War I."Catalog: 'A Romance of the Air'." AFI, 2019. Retrieved: July 21, 2019. Directed by Harry Revier, the film was heavily influenced by the exploits of Hall, who was featured in the film and took an active role in promoting and marketing A Romance of the Air.
Médaille militaire citation, 4 August 1916 Adjudant observer of Escadrille C43; remarkable photographer observer showing skill, courage and sang-froid. He distinguished himself during the period 1 to 10 July 1916, during the course of which he demonstrated exceptional qualities of spirit and courage. Has executed in very bad weather all the missions assigned to him, often at very low altitudes, in spite of violent fire from infantry and artillery. Attacked twice by enemy planes, on 1 and 3 July, he attacked them causing them to flee, then completed his mission.
All of the aircraft returned with holes in the wings, attesting to the accuracy of enemy anti- aircraft artillery. Officers of the 3d flight, 99th Aero Squadron with offierc of the Escadrille Sal No. 1 (French) at Dogneville Airdrome, France, August 1918. Missions in the Toul Sector were of brief duration and on 1 July, the squadron was ordered to Luxeuil-les-Bains Aerodrome and transferred to the V Corps Observation Group. Being the first American Aero Squadron to arrive at Luxeuil, the squadron was given an unusually cordial reception.
In addition to the boardwalk and era-style tent similar to those used by the Lafayette Escadrille, the gallery has reproductions of an Albatros D.Va, a Fokker Dr.I and Fokker E.III Eindecker, and authentic examples of a SPAD VII.c.1, Nieuport 28, and Sopwith Pup. The fabric skin of the Sopwith Pup was left off to make visible the complex structure and craftsmanship that went into the original aircraft, as well as these museum reproductions. Among the many displays is a model of the synchronization gear first developed for the Fokker Eindecker.
Its development was enthusiastically supported at a political level by WWII fighter ace and French war hero Pierre Clostermann, a close friend of Max Holste. Clostermann wrote a faction novel, "Leo 25 Airborne", based on his experiences flying Broussards with Escadrille ELO 3/45 in Algeria. The first production aircraft made its maiden flight on 16 June 1954, and 363 were built before production ended in 1961. Its similarity to the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver in looks, capability and performance lead it to be nicknamed "the French Beaver".
On 18 October 1916, he scored his first aerial victory, over an enemy observation balloon. The enterprising Piccio persuaded a nearby French escadrille into "loaning" him the latest in anti- balloon firepower, Le Prieur rockets-the loan being conditional upon French pilots partaking in the balloon busting expedition. Somehow, the flight line chauffeur was uncharacteristically late with the French pilots that day, and Piccio departed before their arrival. The subsequent victory won Piccio a silver medal for Military Valor for the hazardous combat duty of shooting a German observation balloon down in flames.
Genet was reburied at the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery in 1928 When Genet left for France in January 1915, he had left the Navy without permission. This decision weighed heavily on him as time wore on, since he could be classified as a deserter. The US was not yet formally in the war and his involvement in the French military was therefore not an official assignment by the US military. While the Navy did not attempt to seek Genet out, he felt unhappy over his absence, fearing the loss of his citizenship.
On the Air Force buses that ferried the pilots out to the airfields before dawn, pilots who had engaged a MiG could sit while those who had not had to stand. Glenn later wrote, "Since the days of the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I, pilots have viewed air-to-air combat as the ultimate test not only of their machines but of their own personal determination and flying skills. I was no exception." He hoped to become the second Marine jet flying ace after John F. Bolt.
One man asked to be moved back to his infantry unit, where "he could be safe." The first pilot to be killed in action was Victor Chapman. Edmond Genet became the first American casualty of World War I following the U.S. entry into the war. Other Americans had died previous to the U.S. declaration of war, but since Genet had been active in the Escadrille since before the U.S. entry into the war, his death only a few days after the U.S. declaration of war made him the first official U.S. casualty.
The prosperous times come to an end with the depression of the 1890s. Overextended because of poor judgement by their son-in-law, the Standish National Bank is forced to close because of a run on its deposits. Caroline tells Standish they have lived through this before. Lennox commits suicide just as his son and Caroline and Roger’s grandchild, Roger Standish Lennox, is born. The young boy grows up in a world of technological marvels, and after America’s entry into World War I joins the Lafayette Escadrille and becomes a decorated fighter pilot.
From there, he went on to appear in several feature films, including: These Wilder Years, Lafayette Escadrille, Tea and Sympathy, and South Pacific. He appeared in several episodes of various television series throughout the late 1950s. In 1958, Mr. Laughlin appeared in a small but memorable role in South Pacific, the movie version of the James Michener book and Rodgers and Hammerstein musical as a Navy pilot, Lt. Buzz Adams. In 1959, he was cast as young Tom Fowler in the episode "The Fight Back" of the NBC Western series, Riverboat.
At Epiz, being near the front lines, the squadron continued with practice formations and an occasional alert when enemy aircraft were seen or rumored to be in the vicinity. On 31 May, the 27th and the 147th squadrons moved to the Croix de Metz Aerodrome, near Toul. There the squadrons re-joined with the 94th and 95th which were already operating over the front along with part of the French 122d Escadrille. There, the four AEF squadrons were formally organized into the 1st Pursuit Group on 1 June.
After the war, when Poland regained independence, Garsztka broke through the border to Poland and on 7 December 1918 joined the Polish Air Force. At first he was made an instructor pilot in Warsaw as he was skilled in German aircraft pilotage, but he asked to be sent to the front. At that time, the Polish forces were fighting with Ukrainian forces for control of Lwów (Lviv) and the surrounding area. On 9 May 1919 Garsztka was sent to the 7th Air Escadrille (later known as the Kościuszko Squadron) in Lwów.
Lieutenant Robert Banks (Buddy Rogers), a young American aviator in the Lafayette Escadrille, on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon (Jean Arthur), a young American living abroad. Their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures von Baden, nicknamed the "Grey Eagle" (Paul Lukas), and takes him to Allied headquarters in Paris, to obtain intelligence on German plans. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by von Baden.
The Type H was the major production version of the FBA series and was operated by several air arms during the latter part of the First World War. The great majority served with French and Italian forces. The Escadrille des Hydroviators of the Belgian Air Force was also equipped with the type and one survives on display in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History in central Brussels. Four ex-Italian, Isotta Fraschini powered Type Hs were used by the British Royal Navy as training machines.
On June 1, his leader was wounded and "Marin" replaced him at the head of the first escadrille (approx. a squadron of 12 fighters) of GC I/5. After the armistice, GC I/5 was evacuated to Saint-Denis-du-Sig and later to Rabat, Morocco, but did not see much action against the British. After Operation Torch, French forces in North Africa joined the Allied forces, and Marin la Meslée's unit left for Tafaraoui, Algeria in September 1943 to receive American equipment that eventually materialized as P-39 Airacobras.
Georges Guynemer's original SPAD S.VII, nicknamed "Vieux Charles", preserved at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace It originated as an ad hoc group, Groupement de Combat de la Somme. Four escadrilles were consolidated in this group--Escadrilles N3, N26, N73, and N103. Founded on 16 April 1916 to fight in the Second Battle of the Aisne, the makeshift group also had three other escadrilles temporarily assigned--N37, N62, and N65. The group was placed under command of Capitaine Felix Brocard; he was promoted from command of Escadrille 3N.
A single prototype was followed by two aircraft to compare different engine installations, one with air-cooled radials and the other a liquid-cooled V engine; in the end, the French Navy ordered some of each. Eventually, 15 escadrilles were equipped with CAMS 55s of various subtypes, replacing the Latham 47 in some units, and in turn being relegated to secondary duties when the Breguet Bizerte became available in 1936. Twenty-nine remained in service at the outbreak of World War II, with the last examples serving with Escadrille 20S in Tahiti until January 1941.
When one of them-- Blood Alley—caught the eye of director William Wellman, he hired Fleischman to adapt it to the screen. This both led to a move to Santa Monica, California, where Fleischman lived the rest of his life, and began a decades-long involvement with Hollywood. After Blood Alley was filmed, starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall, Wellman used Fleischman on several other projects, including Lafayette Escadrille, based on Wellman's own experiences as a World War I pilot. Fleischman adapted his own novel Yellowleg for the screen, released as The Deadly Companions, the director Sam Peckinpah's first feature.
After a five-month- long journey through India, Africa and the United States he reached Britain in February 1943. The commander of the Free French Air Force, General Martial Valin, introduced him to Charles De Gaulle, who assigned him to recruit volunteers for the Normandie squadron, a Soviet-based Free French Air Force unit which took part in the combat operations on the Eastern Front. Pouyade was sent in May 1943 to the Soviet Union to participate in the fighting as chief of an escadrille in the unit, arriving in June 1943.Aleksandr Prokhorov (chief editor).
This small air force operated six Warriors with marks BF-8421 (c/n 049), BF-8424 (c/n 254), BF-8431 (c/n 116), BF-8451 (c/n 206), BF-8477 (c/n 134) and BF-8479 (c/n 136); these Warriors were sold from the Philippines via Belgium in 1986, and were complemented by other four new Warriors coming directly from Italy, and employed during the Agacher Strip War with Mali in 1986. These aircraft were in service with Escadrille de Chasse (EdC – Fighting Squadron) in Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso (FABF – Burkina Faso Air Force).
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Gabriel Joseph Thomas was born on 4 January 1896 in Ligré, France.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 221 - 222 On 9 November 1914, Thomas enlisted in the French military for four years and was assigned to 2e Groupe d'Aviation. On 11 July 1915, he reported for pilot's training; on 5 October he graduated with his Military Pilot's Brevet. On 8 October, he received orders for Escadrille 98 T in the Dardanelles.
Lieutenant Remington D. B. Vernam (March 24, 1896 - December 1, 1918) was an American pilot who had enlisted in the French air service during World War I, and was transferred to the United States Army Air Service after American entry into the war. He attained ace status when he shot down three enemy observation balloons and three enemy planes. He shared his first victory, a balloon on 12 August 1918, with Charles Lefevre while with Escadrille 96. His remaining five victories were scored between 10 and 30 October 1918 while flying with the 22nd Aero Squadron.
On 25 January 1918, he was promoted to Sergeant. He used a Nieuport to score his first two wins on 27 March 1918, sharing the victories with Charles J. V. Macé and Laurent B. Ruamps. Escadrille 90 upgraded to Spads, and Bizot used one for the remainder of his victories, which ran from 30 July through 29 October 1918. He teamed with fellow aces Jean Andre Pezon and Marius Ambrogi, as well as other French pilots in this series of assaults, which brought down seven observation balloons and put Bizot solidly on the list of balloon busters.
Before World War II Chudek served in Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille. After the Soviet invasion of Poland he crossed the border with Romania, then he came to France and finally, on 27 June 1940, arrived in the United Kingdom. After a brief exchange rate, he has been assigned to an auxiliary unit of the RAF as a pilot distributing new or refurbished aircraft at airports across the UK. In June 1941 he was transferred to No. 55 Operational Training Unit and began training on Hurricane. In July he was assigned to No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron where he flew Spitfires.
Auger volunteered to join the 11ème régiment d'infanterie on 24 October 1907 as a reservist, and on the outbreak of World War I he was mobilized into the 31ème régiment d'infanterie. He was wounded in action on 31 August 1914, and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur on 8 November. He transferred to flying service on 25 January 1915, receiving military pilot's certificate No. 928 at the military flying school at Pau on 11 May 1915. He was posted to Escadrille 11 on 11 May 1915, only to be wounded again on 8 July.
On 2 August 1918 a citation described him as a "pilot officer of unusual skill and energy" and noted that on 19 July, he reported his fourth victory by shooting down an enemy fighter aircraft that crashed into the French lines. On 26 August 1918 Achard was appointed commander of escadrille SPA.150, and on 18 October he was once again cited for shooting down in flames an enemy triplane. He was also attacked by a patrol of enemy monoplanes, probably shot down one, and although wounded and having his aircraft seriously damaged, managed to regain the French lines.
In the original cut of the film Tab Hunter's character died at the end. However this was poorly received at previews and a new ending was shot in April–May 1957 where he lived. While the aviation scenes in Lafayette Escadrille were well received (William Clothier filmed the spectacular aerial sequences, evocative of those he shot in Wellman's earlier silent classic Wings), critics said the film falls far short of the classic status of the 1928 Oscar winner. The flying sequences were not enough to overcome a mediocre story and flat acting, aspects roundly panned by critics.
An additional 22 sorties were flown with the 1st on the 16th. On the 17th, the squadron lost its second pilot when Lt. Blodgett, returning from an escort patrol with the 1st had an engine failure and crashed into the ground a few miles from the field. Also on 17 May, the squadron claimed its first official air victory when Captain Peterson, a former Lafayette Escadrille flyer, attacked two German biplanes in the region of Saint-Mihiel and attacked them both. He saw the first plane go down, but was attacked by the second enemy plane.
In adapting the play, the production company (Fox) agreed in writing when they purchased the rights to the play not to make any changes "which shall in tone or form discredit the honour of Germany." Screenwriter Byron Morgan further stated the play was based on the experiences of officers and men in a German flying squadron and those of his co-writer, Ted Parsons, who had been a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. The introduction of a new comic character with Andy Devine as Sgt. "Ham" Davis was the only major departure from the tone of the original play.
Deliveries to reconnaissance squadrons commenced in late 1916, replacing obsolete Voisin III and V types. However, changing priorities resulted in production being curtailed as the Hispano- Suiza engines were desperately needed for SPAD VII fighters, and several units including Escadrille 102 and 103 that had planned on operating the Nieuport 14 became fighter units instead, operating the Nieuport 17.Davilla, 1997, p.374-375 With production halted prematurely, the remaining machines were relegated to training duties and as unit hacks once improvements had been made to their side-mounted Hazet radiators that had been the source of some problems.
Tadeusz Kotz was born in Grabanów as Tadeusz Koc on 9 August 1913 to a family of wealthy farmers. After school he entered the cadet flying school in Dęblin. Later, he served in the Polish Air Force as a fighter pilot. During the Invasion of Poland in 1939, Kotz fought with the Polish 161st Fighter Escadrille air unit of Łódź Army. He shot down his first enemy Messerschmitt on 2 September 1939, and also shared in the destruction of a Junkers Ju-86 while piloting a PZL P.11 airplane. On 16 September he shot down a Soviet reconnaissance bomber Polikarpov R-5.
The airfield was created in 1914 in order to train French and Allied military pilots (fighters and bombers) and still exists as Base Aérienne 120 "Commandant Marzac". Most of the American volunteer pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille came to the Cazaux camp to achieve their training as war pilots. When the U.S. entered the war, the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) had several units based here, including the 36th Aero Squadron, two Balloon companies (36th and 45th) and Artillery observers. A former French then Russian camp located from the airfield was "Camp Hunt", where infantry and artillery troops were trained before joining the Front.
After suffering a serious back injury from a landing mishap, McConnell took time to write about his experiences in the war. Flying for France goes in depth about his personal experiences with the Escadrille from his training period to his participation in the Battle of Verdun. McConnell expresses the strict rules and regulations that were put in place, but also notes the large amount of freedom gained after, "save when he is flying or on guard, his time is his own." When the war began, most people doubted the possibility of an American entering the French aviation service.
On 15 February 1915 he was finally accepted into basic training to learn how to fly. He trained at St. Cyr and then at Le Crotoy on a Blériot Penguin, a reduced-wingspan "flightless" version of the famous Blériot XI aircraft that gave the sensation of flying while still on the ground. He completed his pilot training in May 1915 and then flew Caudron G III observation aircraft with Escadrille C 47. On 25 May 1916 Fonck's observer was killed by an anti-aircraft shell burst, a fate that almost befell Fonck a few weeks later.
The unit accordingly received the first SPAD, and to singularize the aircraft of his escadrille at the corps of GC 15, Captain Feierstein decided to replace the individual white letters painted in a white circle on the sides of the Nieuport by a Condor in flight. This volatile colors and forms numerous times. After having participated to operations in Champagne, SPA 37 (since May 1917) operated on the Verdun front () from July 26, 1917 until February 10, 1918. Captain de Bonnevay, which assumed command of the unit on December 20, 1917, was replaced on February 5, 1918 by Captain Paumier.
Edmond Charles Clinton Genet (November 9, 1896 – April 17, 1917) was the first American flier to die in the First World War after the United States declared war against Germany, shot down by anti-aircraft artillery on April 17, 1917. Genet had deserted from the US Navy in 1915 to travel to France and fought for over a year with the French Foreign Legion in the trenches of eastern France. After six months of training, he joined the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of fighter aircraft that mostly consisted of Americans. Genet was killed less than four months later.
In September, after the Plattsburgh encampment was over, Bolling began preparations for organizing an aero company for the guard. He secured the services of three additional flying instructorsOne of the instructors was a fellow guardsman, Lieutenant Alexander Blair Thaw II, whose brother William Thaw was then flying with the Lafayette Escadrille. and began recruiting personnel. He received $12,500 in funding from the Aero Club of America (ACA)The American Aero Club had instituted a subscription fund, called the "National Aeroplane Fund," in May 1915 to "develop aviation corps for the militia" after the apparent success of similar efforts in Europe.
Only then did he permit himself any rest or to go to the hospital to have his appendix removed. Starting December 1, 1917 until the November 1918 armistice, Crehore, badge #8983, served at the front with the Escadrille SPAD 94. They were known as "The Grim Reaper", painting its likeness prominently on the entire side of each of the Squadron 94's planes. Crehore earned verified credit with the downing of two enemy aircraft and was awarded France’s Croix de guerre with two palms for his fine record serving the French Flying Corps during the war. He was later awarded France’s Legion d’Honneur.
On 24 June 1916, Wintgens (possibly flying a Halberstadt D.II) achieved his seventh confirmed victory when he confronted a Nieuport 16, flown by the then-wounded Lafayette Escadrille American pilot Victor Chapman, who had been wounded by fellow Eindecker pilot Walter Höhndorf just a week earlier. Chapman was killed in the crash, the first American fighter aviator flying in World War I to lose his life in an aerial engagement. Shortly afterwards, on 1 July 1916, Wintgens became the fourth airman to receive the 'Blue Max', after he had completed the required (at the time) eight victories over enemy aircraft.VanWyngarden, p. 62.
On December 6, 1941, at Hamilton Field, near San Francisco, the crew of the Mary-Ann, a United States Army Air Corps B-17D bomber are ordered to fly across the Pacific to Hawaii. Master Sergeant Robbie White, the crew chief, is a long-time veteran of the Army Air Corps, whose son Danny is an officer and pursuit (fighter) pilot. The navigator, Lieutenant Monk Hauser Jr., is the son of a hero of the World War I Lafayette Escadrille. The pilot is Michael "Irish" Quincannon Sr., the co-pilot is Bill Williams, and the bombardier is Tom McMartin.
Ludwik Paszkiewicz was born in 1907, the son of Ludwik and Janina. He studied at the Warsaw University of Technology then at the Lviv Polytechnic. In 1931 after his graduation he began military service. After completing Cadet Reserve course in Mołodeczno, Paszkiewicz entered the Polish Air Force Academy. On 4 August 1934 he was promoted to second lieutenant (podporucznik). Then he was assigned to the Polish 112th Fighter Escadrille. In 1937, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant (porucznik). The same year, he married Maria Piwnicka, and one year later their daughter was born. In 1939, he became commander of his unit.
In 1916, FA 9b morphed into Kampfeinsitzerkommando (Combat Single-Seater Command) KEK Einsisheim, as the German Army struggled to find a tactical formation for its fighters. While flying with KEK E, Kissenberth was credited with his first three victories on 12 October. An Anglo-French bombing raid of some three French squadrons, 26 aircraft from the Royal Naval Air Service, and a contingent of four from the Lafayette Escadrille attacked the Mauser Rifle Works at Oberndorf am Neckar. Kissenberth blunted the assault, downing two of the invaders on his first sortie, and another on his next one.
For his combat leadership of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Northern Watch, Operation Southern Watch, Operation Southern Focus, Operation Iraqi Freedom, General Moseley was awarded the General H.H. Arnold Award, the Air Force Association's highest tribute to leadership. Additionally, the Air Force Association has awarded him a "Life Time Achievement Award" for his efforts in support of the restoration of the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in Paris, France. The Association has also named him a General Ira Eaker Fellow for "Principled Leadership" while serving as the 18thChief of Staff. Texas A&M; University recognized his accomplishments and dedicated services with their Distinguished Alumnus Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a former student.
In 1956, the 10th Parachute Division was sent to Egypt to take back the Suez canal during the Suez crisis. The 10th Parachute Division landed at Raswa. Raswa imposed the problem of a small drop zone surrounded by water, but Massu assured Andre Beaufre that this was not an insolvable problem for his men. 500 heavily armed paratroopers of the French 2nd Colonial Parachute Regiment (2ème RPC), hastily redeployed from combat in Algeria, jumped over the al-Raswa bridges from Nord Noratlas 2501 transports of the Escadrille de Transport (ET) 1/61 and ET 3/61, together with some combat engineers of the Guards Independent Parachute Company.
Detroyat's enthusiasm, problems with the MB.150, and the pressure of continuing German rearmament finally forced France to purchase 100 aircraft and 173 engines. The first Hawk 75A-1 (or H75A-1 n°1) arrived in France in December 1938 and began entering service in March 1939. A few months later, this aircraft was part of "Groupe de Chasse II/5 La Fayette" (heir of the Escadrille Lafayette that fought in France during World War I), wearing the famous Sioux Head on its fuselage side. After the first few examples, aircraft were delivered in pieces and assembled in France by the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre.
RAF and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) squadrons launched direct attacks on Vichy airfields, destroying many French aircraft on the ground. D.520s of GC III/6, II/3 and naval escadrille 1AC faced the Allies in air-to-air combat, where they claimed 31 kills over British and Australian planes, while losing 11 of their own in air combat and 24 to anti-aircraft fire, accidents, and attacks on their airfields. However, No. 3 Squadron RAAF — which had just converted to the new P-40 Tomahawk I — claimed five D.520s destroyed for the loss of one P-40 in air combat.Brown, Russell.
After the first dissolution of Czechoslovakia and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia by Nazi Germany, and after Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France declared war on Germany. The Czechoslovak government- in-exile obtained an agreement from the French Government for Czechoslovak airmen to be transferred from the Foreign Legion to the Armée de l'Air. Initiated at Châtres, Seine-et-Marne, Peřina flew a Curtiss H-75A.Frantisek Perina - Czechoslovakia's ace pilot who made his name in the Battle of France radio.cz - 5 August 2006 On 1 December 1939 Peřina was assigned to the 1ère Escadrille of Groupe de Chasse I, Escadre de Chasse 5 based at Suippes near Reims.
A Djibouti street in the 1940s A few defections from French Somaliland took place in 1941. Some air force pilots escaped to Aden to join the Escadrille française d'Aden under Jacques Dodelier, and Captain Edmond Magendie began training some non-commissioned officers who would become the backbone of the Bataillon de tirailleurs somalis (FR), which later fought in Europe. Some Free French sloops also took part in the blockade. The Commander- in-Chief, East Africa, William Platt, codenamed the negotiations for the surrender of French Somaliland "Pentagon", because there were five sides: himself, the Vichy governor, the Free French, the British minister at Addis Ababa (Robert Howe), and the United States.
While with this fighter squadron, he shot down two observation balloons and three enemy airplanes His fifth victory came on 7 June 1918; that same day, he was so seriously wounded that he had to be medically evacuated. On 17 August, he returned to his squadron; he was subsequently posted to Escadrille Spa.15. During the war, he was awarded the Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with three palmes, and the Légion d'honneur. In 1919 he married Edmée Bernard Le Saint, heiress of the Château Fortia, one of the most prestigious wine producing estates in the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the Vaucluse department of southern France.
In 1957, Eastwood played a cadet in West Point series and a suicidal gold prospector on Death Valley Days.McGilligan, p. 87 In 1958, he played a Navy lieutenant in a segment of Navy Log and in early 1959 made a notable guest appearance as Red Hardigan on Maverick opposite James Garner as a cowardly villain intent on marrying a rich girl for money. Eastwood had a small part as an aviator in Lafayette Escadrille (1958) and played a major role as an ex-renegade of the Confederacy in Ambush at Cimarron Pass (also 1958), a film Eastwood considers the low point of his career.
General de Rousiers entered the French Air Force Academy in September 1975. He graduated and was awarded his pilot wings in Tours on 30 January 1979. His first posting was Cazaux Air Base to attend the operational fighter course for the Mystere IV. In June 1979, he joined Escadron de reconnaissance 1/33 Belfort stationed at Strasbourg - Entzheim Air Base, flying the Mirage IIIR. Upon completion of all professional qualifications, he was appointed commander of an Escadrille of Escadron de reconnaissance 2/33 Savoie which was scheduled to transition of the Mirage F1CR. From May to July 1986, General de Rousiers led a Mirage F1 CR detachment in Chad.
P-40 of the 23rd FG in 1942. By 15 June 1942, under orders from Tenth Air Force, an advance cadre of pilots and aircraft had proceeded over the Hump to Kunming, China, for combat familiarization. Without ceremony, the 23rd Fighter Group was activated 4 July 1942, marking the first such activation of a United States fighter unit on a field of battle in World War II.Molesworth The 103rd Aero Squadron received its pilots in France in February 1918 from members of the Lafayette Escadrille and the Lafayette Flying Corps, although its enlisted members had been with the squadron since the summer of 1917. Maurer, Combat Squadrons, pp. 314–317.
WARNING: this page is called "Chaumont sur Aire" but the airfield is NOT related to this village, some 60 km further north. Chaumont-Hill 402, was a temporary World War I airfield in France, named after the height (402 m) of its highest point. It was located East South East of the city of Chaumont, in the Haute-Marne department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-eastern France, between the main road and the "Ferme d'Heurtebise", west of the village of Laville aux Bois (in April 1919, French escadrille VB 101 stayed a few days on the airfield called "Laville aux Bois" in French Army archives).
From May 22, 1917 to January 26, 1918, he was in training at the aviation schools of Avord, Pau, and Le Plessis-Belleville, being breveted pilot (Caudron) and promoted to corporal on September 30, 1917, and attaining a record as a skillful and courageous pilot. On January 28, 1918 he was sent to the front, assigned first to Escadrille Spad 74, transferring later to Spad 15 in the Groupe de Combat 13. In June he was promoted to sergeant. On July 8 he was part of a routine patrol of five Spads when they encountered 15 German Fokkers in the Soissons and Chateau-Thierry area.
The Group was equipped with (not so) obsolete Curtiss Hawk Model 75s. From surviving accounts of the squadron during the Battle of France the Hawk-equipped Group claimed 230 confirmed and 80 probable victories in H75s against only 29 aircraft lost in aerial combat.Lafayette Escadrille - Post WWI In addition to the French unis, Polish Air Force exiles flew Morane fighters with the "Groupe de Chasse III/1" from the airfield during the early spring weeks before the German offensive into France and the Low Countries. With the subsequent German Blitzkrieg and the breakout of the Wehrmacht at Sedan the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force was overwhelmed.
Originally named Baer Army Air Base (or more colloquially, Baer Field), the base was named after Paul Baer, a Fort Wayne native, born in 1894. Baer, a sixteen victory Flying ace, flew with the Lafayette Escadrille and the 103d Aero Squadron American Expeditionary Force Air Service during World War I. Bear was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Honor, and the French Croix de Guerre. Baer continued to fly after the war, opening air mail routes in South America, and participating in many aviation experiments. Baer was killed on 9 December 1930 in a Loening C-2-H amphibian while flying mail and passengers for Chinese Airway Federal, Inc.
In March 1940, one escadrille II/19 was on its way to Morocco in order to test the Douglas DB-7, upon which high command was counting to transform the bombardment group with. Passage on this new equipment took place between April and May, and at the middle of the month, the II/19 went came back and joined France, where the Germans had launched their grand offensive. On May 20, the group was found at an Aerial Base in Évreux. Two days later, the group's war missions commenced, in occurrence against columns of the enemy which was borrowing the route from Cambrai to Bohain.
This would be achieved by an attack on from the Nek by dismounted Australian light horsemen from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, in concert with an attack on Chunuk Bair summit by New Zealanders from the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, who would traverse Rhododendron Ridge, the Apex and the Farm. would be attacked by Gurkhas of the 29th Indian Brigade and the Australians of the 4th Infantry Brigade. The Allies had , mainly from 3 Wing RNAS at Imbros, which had replaced its Voisins with Farmans and Nieuport Xs; Escadrille MF98T had also been established at Tenedos. The Ottomans had , of which eight were stationed at Çanakkale.
A couple of days later the escadrille made way by Beauzée and was engaged in operations destined in containing the new German offensive in the Aisne and Somme. On May 29, 1918, the unit made movement towards Raray, where a bombardment endured the loss of three victims, out of which Captain Paumier. He was replaced by Captain Poupon while the Hunter Pilots () were hunting a Drachen (Observation balloon) in the sector of the Chemin des Dames. Unfolded on Roissy-en-France for reorganization, the unit was again at Champagne on June and July 1918 (Tenth Army), then on Marne, and on the north-east front in September (Tenth Army ().
Morane-Saulnier MS.406 N° 847, white 05 of Groupe de Chasse I/6, May 1940 During May 1938, the 2nd Escadrille of the 7th Groupes de Chasse at Rheims conducted operational testing of the type using a handful of pre-production M.S.406 aircraft. In spite of some accidents experienced, pilots were commonly pleased with the type's performance; in response to the accidents, improvements such as the strengthening of the undercarriage and the cabin hood were implemented during mid-1939. In spite of complaints regarding the forward fuselage exterior covering and motor attachments, no corrective actions were implemented to address these concerns. Production M.S.406s quickly followed the earlier examples.
Albatros D.III (Oef) fighters of the Polish 7th Air Escadrille at Lewandówka airfield in the winter of 1919-1920 The history of the Polish airforce began at the end of World War I. In 1918, some aircraft escadres were created within the Polish units in allied countries. In Russia, one escadre was created within the Polish I Corps of General Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, then disbanded along with the Corps in May 1918. In France, seven escadres were created within the army of General Józef Haller (three Breguet XIV: nos. 39, 59, 66, three Salmson 2: nos 580, 581, 582 and one Spad VII no.162).
Owing to a lack of aircraft supplies, Baker was stuck in Paris, and doubted he would ever get to the front. While in Paris, he was happy to continue seeing Scott, who had enlisted as a nurse and worked at a hospital in France. Baker was finally sent to the front in April and assigned to the 103d Aero Squadron, formed from former members of the Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps in January 1918. Baker helped to bring down an enemy plane for the first time in his career on May 21, but due to a complicated system of confirming kills, he was not given credit for it.
It was placed under the command of Major Raoul Lufbery, an ace pilot and veteran of the Lafayette Escadrille. As the first American squadron in operation, its aviators were allowed to create their squadron insignia. They used the opportunity to commemorate the United States' entry into World War I by taking the phrase of tossing one's "hat in the ring" (a boxing phrase to signify one's willingness to become a challenger) and symbolizing it with the literal image of Uncle Sam's red, white and blue top hat going through a ring. On 14 April, Lt. Douglas Campbell and Lt. Alan Winslow downed two German aircraft.
Meissner completed his aeronautic combat training in Tours and was commissioned a 1st lieutenant on 20 November 1917, after which he reported to the 94th Pursuit Squadron commanded by Major John Huffer on 8 March 1918. Among his colleagues in the unit were Eddie Rickenbacker and former members of the Lafayette Escadrille. Piloting a French-made Nieuport 28, Meissner scored his first aerial victory over the Forêt De La Rappe on 2 May 1918; he was fortunate to survive, given the fabric was shredding off his top wing even as he scored. At any rate, the feat earned the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre.
Among pilots was World War I Ace Mieczysław Garsztka and Harvard graduate Edmund Pike Graves. Number of aircraft was variable, in May 1919 it possessed 3 fighters Fokker D.VIII (E.V), 3 reconnaissance Hansa-Brandenburg C.I and 1 LVG C.V. In June 1919 the escadrille was converted into fighter unit, then in September it was withdrawn into reserve. In October 1919 the commander became Ludomił Rayski. In late 1919 eight American volunteers, including Major Cedric Fauntleroy and Captain Merian C. Cooper, arrived in Poland from France where in September 1919 they had been officially named the Kościuszko Squadron (after the Polish American hero Tadeusz Kościuszko) with Major Fauntleroy as its commander.
Over the Front, p. 168. After undergoing advanced training, on 23 June 1916 he was assigned to Escadrille C43 as a Caudron pilot. He scored his first aerial victory while flying this model two-seater on 29 September 1916; this win brought him his first mention in dispatches on 29 October. He was then promoted to Adjutant on 21 November 1916.Over the Front, p. 168. Rather unusually, he would run his victory string while flying the unwieldy two- seater Caudron to four. His fourth victory, in which his plane was riddled by bullets as he engaged and shot down a German plane attacking a French observation balloon, earned him the Medaille Militaire.
By May 1939 Gnyś had been posted to the 121st Eskadra Mysliwska (121st Fighter Escadrille) in the city of Kraków, equipped with obsolete PZL P.11c fighters. On 31 August the Squadron was assigned to operate with the III/2 Dywizjon (Group) and it relocated to a reserve airfield in Balice. In the early morning of 1 September 1939, Gnyś was woken by a German bombing raid on Kraków. At about 7 am (according to other sources, 5:30 am) Gnyś flew a sortie with Cpt , the Group Commander. Just after take off and at about 300 meters altitude the Polish fighters were suddenly attacked by a pair of German Ju 87B dive-bombers from I/StG 2 "Immelmann".
Between 12 April and 22 August 1918, he ran off a string of five victories each over enemy airplanes and observation balloons, with all but one of the wins being shared with such fellow French aces as Xavier Moissinac, Paul Barbreau, Louis Prosper Gros, Michel Coiffard, Jacques Ehrlich, and balloon buster Theophile Condemine. On 19 September 1918, he was transferred to his final wartime post, with Escadrille SPA.31. He scored his final triumph solo ten days later. On 9 November 1918, he was awarded the Légion d'honneur to accompany his prior awards of the Croix de Guerre with five palmes, one étoile de vermeil, one étoile d'argent, and another étoile de bronze.
Even before the United States entry into World War I in April 1917, many Americans volunteered to serve in the armed forces of Great Britain and France. Many eventually found their ways into the Royal Flying Corps and Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service). The British integrated the Americans into their existing squadrons, while the French set up separate American squadrons such as the Lafayette Escadrille and then the Lafayette Flying Corps, as well as integrated the pilots into existing squadrons. When American Air Service units began reaching England and France in the fall of 1917, many of the Americans serving in British and French squadrons transferred to the American units, but not all.
Those Other Eagles; Shores (Grub Street 2004), page 522 During the Polish September Campaign in September 1939 he served (from 5 September) as the deputy commander of the 114th Escadrille, which together with several other air units was a part of the Pursuit Brigade. He claimed a half-share in damaging a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 on the first day of the war, while flying a PZL P.11c. Over the next week he was reported to have shot down two Dorniers Do 17 bombers, damaging two more. On 14 September he was assigned a courier mission, delivering messages to General Juliusz Rómmel, and Marshal Edward Rydz-Śmigły, flying into the encircled pocket at Młynów.
Minerve was built at the Arsenal de Cherbourg, laid down on 17 August 1931, launched on 23 October 1934, and commissioned on 15 September 1936 into the 2e Escadrille des Sous- Marins ("2nd Submarine Squadron") for service in the Atlantic. In August 1939 she was based at Oran, and was detached in November 1939 to carry out surveillance around the Canary Islands. Between February and May 1940 Minerve acted as an escort to seven convoys between Gibraltar and Liverpool. When the Germans invaded France on 10 May 1940 she was laid up undergoing maintenance, so on 18 June 1940 Minerve, under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau Bazin left Brest towed by the tugboat Zeelew.
In 1929 he became a captain, first as an escadrille commander, then as a staff officer. In the mid-1930s he became a staff officer with the air force general staff. In 1938 he was promoted to commandant and served with the 33rd Air Squadron (at this time a French "squadron" was equivalent to an RAF "wing") Appointed a military attache in Rio de Janeiro in 1940, he arrived in England in 1941 to assist the Free French. Vice-admiral Muselier had started to form the Free French Air Forces and Valin worked on this task under Muselier from June 1940, later being officially appointed the chief of these forces in 1941.
It would not be completed and committed to action until late July 1916; it reached its base at Nesvizh on 7 August. Yevgraf Kruten's Nieuport 11, July-August 1916. Kruten led from the front, scoring two more victories in August 1916. On 13 November, he was selected as one of a party assigned to the Western Front for cross- training with French aviators. He was posted to Pau in January 1917; later, he transferred to the flying school at Cazau. In February, he was serving with Felix Brocard's Escadrille 3; he was credited with a victory while with them. He returned to Russia in March 1917,Kulikov 2013, pp. 85-88. after hearing of Czar Nicholas's abdication.
Nelson was born in Chicago, Illinois to an American middle-class family of Irish origin. From 1913 to 1917 he studied at Princeton University and in 1917 he enrolled as a volunteer in the LaFayette Escadrille, which was a U.S. unit constituted in 1916 and operated under French command during World War I. Nelson returned to America after the war to work at a bank and then transitioned to work at his father’s interior decoration company. He moved to Paris in 1920 and continued his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the private workshop of Emmanuel Pontremoli and Auguste Perret. He married a French woman, Francine Le Cœur.
The girl decides to help the pair move onto the afterlife by assisting them in rebuilding their airplane and completing their flight so they may be released and, by doing so, works through her own emotional distress over her father's test flight death. The depiction of The White Bird and Nungesser's crest and dialog references to Nungesser's wartime achievements are very consistent with some published accounts. In the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episode Attack of the Hawkmen, Indiana Jones meets Nungesser (played by Patrick Toomey) when Jones, as a Belgian officer, is temporarily attached to the Lafayette Escadrille. Nungesser is depicted as the squadron's reckless, flamboyant and charismatic hero, who parties in Paris and duels with the Red Baron.
Further victories followed on 12 November 1917, then on 22 May and 12 June 1918. On 16 July he shared a victory with Sous-lieutenant Claude Fontaine, and on 29 October 1918 having shot down a Fokker D.VII north of Château-Porcien, he was attacked by six other D.VIIs, and was forced to land south of Taizy with his lower wing shredded by bullets. This was Battesti's seventh, and the 29th and final victory of Escadrille 73 before the armistice of 11 November. Battesti ended the war credited with seven aerial victories, having won the Médaille militaire, and was awarded the Croix de guerre with eight palms, and was made a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
In the book One Man's War: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, Bert Hall recounts how after he was taken off the front lines due to the mumps, he was to recover in the south of France, versus Paris where he had an apartment and female acquaintances. At the train depot he encountered a wounded soldier who was to recover in Paris, versus the south of France where he was from. So they mutually exchanged their destination "tags", Bert gave him all his cigarettes, and then shook his hand very gently. In this he admitted that he circumvented the French Army, and that he "always did object to doing things by the numbers anyhow".
On March 3, 1930, a grand jury in Tucson, Arizona, filed a seven-count suit against Escobar, several of his generals, and members of the Yankee Doodle Escadrille, for "unlawfully exporting arms and munitions of war from the United States to Mexico", but the case was later dismissed on May 25, 1932. Escobar remained in exile in Canada for the next several years until 1942, shortly after the American entrance into World War II, when he returned to Mexico to offer his services to President Lázaro Cárdenas. By 1952 he had achieved the rank of major general in the Mexican Army and was active in politics. He died in Mexico City in 1969.
The aircraft was used by the Ramex Delta display team, drawn from the squadron, in multiple airshows. It was retired from service that year and is displayed at Saint-Dizier – Robinson. In April of that year, a group of three Mirage 2000Ns from EC 2/4 participated in the air display marking the centenary of the Lafayette Escadrille alongside a Rafale B of Escadron de chasse 1/91 Gascogne, four Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors of the United States Air Force 94th Fighter Squadron, a Stearman PT-17, and a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress of the United States Air Force 5th Bomb Wing., Défilé aérien pour le 100e anniversaire du "La Fayette", April 19 2016, defense.gouv.
Genet died shortly after the formal entry of the US into the war. Although other Americans had died as part of the Escadrille, he was the first one to do so after the US declaration, which made him the first official American casualty of the war, despite the fact that the US had not yet had time to organize or send any actual troops to Europe. President Woodrow Wilson sent a letter of condolences to Genet's mother, as did the French ambassador and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. The war department posthumously sent his family a letter stating that his service was to be considered in all respects honorable.
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Charles Eugene Joseph Marie Lefevre was born in Marseilles, France on 30 July 1893. He volunteered for military service on 8 October 1912. He served in the ranks of the cavalry until 11 October 1913, when he was selected as an Aspirant for officer's training. He would become an officer on 5 August 1914, and a lieutenant on 4 April 1916.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p. 183 On 14 April 1916, he went to pilot training. He received his pilot's brevet on 12 July 1916. On 20 December 1916, he began serving as a Nieuport fighter pilot for Escadrille N.15.
Following the end of World War I, Captain Thenault continued military service in the Armée de l'Air (ALA)- literally Air Army, and found time to compile his personal diary notes into a historical work pertaining to the famous LaFayette Escadrille published in Boston MA by the Small, Maynard & Company, Inc. Captain Thenault wrote his book at his home located in Vaux-en-Couhe Vienne France (Vaux, Vienne). Between 1919 and 1921, Thenault purposely wrote this book to place on record the exploits and sacrifices of those daring American volunteers who served under his command and who gave so noble a response to the "deed of LaFayette" whom they chose as their namesake.Thenault, Georges.
Rickenbacker took command of the squadron on 25 September, at the start of the Meuse Argonne Offensive, and retained it through the end of the war. Another flying ace of this squadron was Harvey Weir Cook. The 103d Aero Squadron constructed facilities, December 1917 – 1 February 1918; with flight echelon originally composed of former members of the Lafayette Escadrille, participated in combat as a pursuit unit with the French Fourth Army, French Sixth Army, Detachment of the Armies of the North (French), French Eighth Army, and the American First Army, 18 February – 10 November 1918. On 8 April 1924, the 103d was consolidated by the Air Service with the 94th Pursuit Squadron.
By April 1975 Royal Lao Navy strength peaked at 500 Ratings and enlisted men led by Commander Tiao Sinthanavong Kindavong,Sananikone, The Royal Lao Army and U.S. Army advice and support (1981), p. 172, Chart 6. who manned a single river flotilla totalling 42 light vessels, divided since the mid-1950s into a patrol squadron (French: Escadrille Fluviale du Haut Mekong – EFHM) and a squadron-sized transport section (French: Séction de Transports Fluviaux du Laos – STFL). Throughout its existence, the MRL received technical and training assistance mainly from France, Thailand and the United States, with the latter country providing river patrol boats and transportation craft to equip their patrol and transport squadrons respectively.
Prince married Abigail Kinsley Norman (1860–1949) in 1884. They they had two sons, Frederick Henry Prince Jr. (1885-1962) and Norman Prince, who died in 1916 while flying with the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. Besides his home in Biarritz, Mr. Prince had an estate "Villa Sainte-Helene" at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (today the residence of the Préfet des Pyrénées- Atlantiques), where he had been Master of Foxhounds in the annual hunt for more than 25 years. He had homes in Boston (including Princemere, detailed below) and Aiken, South Carolina, and in 1932, bought the Marble House at Newport, Rhode Island from Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (formerly Alva Vanderbilt).
Herbelin was a non-commissioned officer in the French infantry's inactive reserves when World War I began. On 19 August 1914, he was called to the colors again and assigned to the 8e Regiment du Train des Equipages as a Sergeant. He transferred to aviation service on 28 January 1916 for pilot's training at Avord. On 29 March 1916, he was granted Pilot's Brevet No. 3088. He then underwent advanced training at Pau and Cazaux before reporting for assignment on 20 August 1916. On 4 September, he was forwarded to Escadrille 102. Herbelin flew a Nieuport to score his first victory on 25 January 1917, and followed it up with two more, on 16 and 19 March. A promotion to Adjutant came on 25 March 1917.
As a Swiss national Roques was assigned to the Foreign Legion unit 2ème régiment étranger, with service number 36810. On 13 March 1916 he was transferred to the Army's aviation branch, the Aeronautique Militaire, assigned to 1er régiment aviation and sent to the military flying school at Chartres for his basic military flying training. He was awarded Military Pilot's Certificate No. 3495 on 26 May 1916 and was promoted to corporal the same day. He received advanced flight training, including fighter tactics and aerial gunnery, at the military flying schools at Avord, Pau, and Cazaux, completing his training in November 1916. After two months in a reserve unit Roques was posted to Escadrille N.48 in early January 1917, based near Verdun, to fly Nieuport 17 fighters.
The submarine was laid down on 27 June 1932 at the Chantiers Worms shipyard at Rouen, launched on 6 April 1935, and commissioned on 15 November 1936 into the 5e Escadrille de Sous-Marins (5th Submarine Squadron), and served in the 15ème Division de Sous-Marins (15th Submarine Division) at Toulon from 1937. On 10 January 1940, during World War II, she left Toulon for Oran, and patrolled the French West Indies, returning to France on 3 June 1940. After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, Vénus served with the navy of Vichy France. By February 1941 she was part of a group of submarines based at Casablanca, French Morocco, and from July 1941 to February 1942 was at Dakar, Senegal.
In 1916, a year before the United States entered World War I, he joined the French Foreign Legion and served at the Battle of Verdun with the French 129th Infantry Division. France awarded him the Croix de Guerre with Star for conspicuous bravery. On June 1, 1917, he joined the French flying corps, flying a single engine Breguet bomber in the Escadrille Breguet 227 of the Lafayette Flying Corps, as the only American in the squadron."Flying the Unfriendly Skies: North Carolinians in the Two World Wars" , Tom Belton, Tar Heel Junior Historian, Fall 2003 He was killed in battle in aerial combat with four German planes while directing artillery fire on June 5, 1918, near Maignelay, France, 50 miles north of Paris.
Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield is a former military airfield which is located approximately 1 mile northeast of Toul (Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine); 160 miles east of Paris. The airfield had its probable origins as early as 1912, as an Aéronautique Militaire airfield, later being extensively used by the United States Army Air Service. It became a permanent airfield between the wars and during the Phony War with Nazi Germany (1939–1940) was the home of G.C. II/5 (The French Air Force descendant of the World War I Lafayette Escadrille) equipped with American Curtis Hawk 75A fighters. Seized in the Battle of France, it became a Luftwaffe airfield until being captured by the United States Third Army in September 1944.
The Yankee Doodle Escadrille served in all theaters of the conflict, although newspapers indicate that it scored its greatest success in Sonora, during the battles for the ports of entry. During the siege of Naco, beginning on March 31, a rebel plane allegedly flown by the Irish pilot Patrick Murphy scored two direct hits on federal trenches, killing at least two soldiers, according to a newspaper. Murphy also managed to drop several bombs on the American side of the border, causing a significant amount of damage and a few injuries, as well as making history by committing the first ever aerial bombardment of United States territory. Murphy was eventually shot down by federal ground fire, but he somehow escaped into Arizona.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Jean Charles Romatet was born on 17 May 1894 in Borgo, Corsica.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 213 - 214 Romatet began his military career during World War I in the French Army on 10 October 1912; after seasoning as a cavalryman, he entered military school as an Aspirant on 12 October 1913. On 5 August 1914, he was appointed as Sous lieutenant. He transferred to the French Air Force on 30 November 1916 as an aerial observer. On 15 January 1917, he was posted to Escadrille 38; on 30 April 1917, he was granted his observer's brevet.
Bulgarian airmen in captured British Armstrong Whitworth FK.3 On 30 September 1916 a French Farman F.40 bomber of Escadrille 384 was tasked with attacking the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Two Bulgarian Fokker E.IIIs were positioned south of Sofia to intercept the intruder, while a flight of three armed Albatros C.III two-seat trainers covered the center of the city as backup. The bomber successfully dropped its bombs over Sofia while escaping anti-aircraft fire but, while departing, was attacked by the Bulgarian Fokkers, one piloted by Marko Parvanov, which brought the Farman down with a dead engine.Nedialkov, 2001 Another Allied aircraft, a British Armstrong Whitworth F.K.3, was captured by Bulgarian troops on 12 February 1917 after engine problems forced it to land.
On 9 April he shot down a Heinkel He 111 bomber, which was reported as the new squadron's first confirmed kill. In July he was awarded the first Cross of Valour and promoted. From 9 November 1941 he served as commander of the Escadrille A of the No. 316 Squadron. From June 1942 he served as a flight instructor with No. 58 OTU. On 25 September 1942 he became commander of No. 315 Polish Fighter Squadron. During his time with 315 Squadron he damaged a Focke Wulf 190 on 4 April. On 16 April 1943 he became the deputy commander of the 1st Polish Fighter Wing, and was awarded the Poland's highest military decoration, the Virtuti Militari. From June 1943 he was a liaison officer with No. 12 Group RAF.
Baer was the sole ace of the AEF, with nearly one-third of all victories, but he was shot down in a fight with eight Albatros D.Va fighters of the Leutnant der Reserve August Raben-led Jasta 18 near Laventie on 22 May, after Gefreiter Deberitz of Jasta 18 severed the flight control cables of Baer's SPAD VII with the gunfire from his Albatros, and Baer was captured following his crash, with only a broken knee as his sole injury. Spad VII displayed in livery of the 103rd Aero Squadron On 4 July 1918 the squadron relocated to Toul and was assigned to an American command, the 2nd Pursuit Group. On 29 July Thaw moved up to command of the new 3rd Pursuit Group and was replaced by Lafayette Escadrille veteran Capt. Robert L. Rockwell.
In 1915, the French escadrille MS 37 stayed from 19 August to 16 October near the "ferme de Vaudoncourt", 1 miles north of lisle en Barrois. A new airfield was built during summer 1918, initially for the French Air Service: Groupe de Combat no 12 and its four escadrilles SPA 3, SPA 26, SPA 67 and SPA 103 stayed from 9 to 19 September. As no other French unit is known to have stayed later, it can be assumed that the airfield was transferred to the Air Service, United States Army in the following days. 3d Pursuit Group headquarters arrived on 20 September 1918 with four squadrons (28th, 93rd, 103rd and 213th Aero Squadrons), flying missions for the US First Army during both the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
Herseaux on 10 May Meanwhile, in the central Belgian sector, having failed to restore their front by means of ground attack, the Belgians attempted to bomb the bridges and positions that the Germans had captured intact and were holding on 11 May. Belgian Fairey Battles of 5/III/3 escorted by six Gloster Gladiators attacked the Albert Canal bridges. Bf 109s from I./Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1) and I./JG 27 intercepted and JG 1 shot down four Gladiators and both units destroyed six Battles and heavily damaged the remaining three. Eight CR.42s were evacuated from Brustem to Grimbergen near Brussels but seven Gladiators and the last remaining Hurricanes from 2/I/2 Escadrille were destroyed at Beauvechain Air Base and Le Culot by He 111s and I./JG 27 respectively.
Surma was born in Głębocz (present-day it is part of Gołkowice, Silesia), he was son of Franciszek and Tekla born Wodecka. In 1932 he entered the Cadets Corps in Różan, four years later he was admitted to the Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin. On 15 June 1939 Surma was posted to the Polish 121st Fighter Escadrille in Cracow. After the September Campaign he crossed the border with Romania, then he was evacuated to France via Liban and finally he reached Britain. After a training in No. 56 OTU Surma was assigned to the No. 151 Squadron RAF with which he took part in the Battle of Britain. On 11 September 1940 he was transferred to the No. 607 Squadron RAF, and on 26 September he shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109.
The Eagle Squadrons were three fighter squadrons of the Royal Air Force (RAF) formed with volunteer pilots from the United States during the early days of World War II (circa 1940), prior to America's entry into the war in December 1941. With the United States still neutral, many Americans simply crossed the border and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) to learn to fly and fight. Many early recruits had originally gone to Europe to fight for Finland against the Soviet Union in the Winter War. Charles Sweeny, a wealthy businessman living in London, began recruiting American citizens to fight as a US volunteer detachment in the French Air Force, echoing the Lafayette Escadrille of World War I. Following the Fall of France in 1940, a dozen of these recruits joined the RAF.
The younger they are, the less reliable, patient, and disciplined they tend to be. The Tavitan Homeworld, Londree, orbits (ironically enough) the “Dog Star,” Sirius, in a system of planets also threatened by the Mellenares advance. As a species, the Tavitans are nocturnal, so the culture works “the night-shift,” which is something off-worlders who visit Londree find difficult to adjust to. Apart from being superb engineers (even in null-gravity), other Tavitans in the Alliance have been given duties in Intelligence and Research & Development. Their codes are impenetrable, and they always think “outside-the-box” when designing new hardware. Pvt. Pomru is part of a small contingent of male Tavitans actually part of integrated forward combat units, like the members of the “Lafayette Escadrille” of World War I on Earth.
Finally that year, Dalio played Zizi in The Sun Also Rises (all 1957) his third movie based on an Ernest Hemingway novel, this time starring Tyrone Power and Ava Gardner. Over the next four years, he appeared in Lafayette Escadrille, The Perfect Furlough (both 1958) starring Tony Curtis, The Man Who Understood Women starring Henry Fonda, Pillow Talk (both 1959) starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day, Can-Can (1960) starring Frank Sinatra and The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) starring Sinatra and Spencer Tracy. After making more movies in France, Dalio received a major supporting role in the mystery The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), set entirely in England but filmed primarily in Hollywood. Two of Dalio's previous co-stars, Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra, had cameos in the film.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Albert Edmond Mezergues was born in Saint-Chaptes, France on 5 November 1886.Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, p.194 He began his military service on his 18th birthday, 5 November 1904, as a Hussar. He remained in service when his initial term of service expired. While being promoted through the enlisted ranks, he attended Service Corps Schools in 1910 and cavalry training in 1912. However his interest in aviation saw him sent for instruction as a pilot in December 1913. He graduated with his Military Pilot's Brevet on 7 August 1914. On 1 September 1914, he received his first flying assignment, to Escadrille ESC.21.
The macabre "Grim Oscar" insignia of the USAAS' 13th Aero Squadron, an opposing unit to Jasta 18, Sept-Nov. 1918. While still based at Lomme, the Staffel Raben would also see action for the first time against American pilots of the USAAS starting in the second half of May 1918, specifically the American "inheritor unit" of the French Lafayette Escadrille of largely American personnel, the 103d Aero Squadron. By early autumn 1918, after the final move to Montingen, the aerial actions undertaken between the USAAS and the Luftstreitkräfte over the Battle of Saint-Mihiel pitted Jasta 18 against the macabre-marked USAAS' 13th Aero Squadron and their Grim Oscar-bearing SPAD XIII fighters, with the two units tangling a number of times from the St. Mihiel offensive onwards to the Armistice.
The airfield might have been initially built by/for French Air Service as two of its "escadrilles" were stationed in Pretz until 13 September 1918.French II Corps Air Service: BR 11 1-13 Sep 1918 and BR 269 31 Aug - 12 Sep 1918 American 88th Aero Squadron spent a short spell in Pretz, 14–20 September, before go back to Souilly Aerodrome to be part of the newly-formed III Corps Observation Group. The next day, a French escadrille BR 236 arrived at PRetz, from where it flew heavy artillery mission for the American First Army until the end of war - it left the field on 25 November. Despite its very short time of use by the American Air Service, le field became known as Bregnet Field.
Tom Forester is an American man from Cleveland, Ohio, who wants to become a pilot as his father (who fought in WWI against the Germans in the Lafayette Escadrille) as the WWII begins. He manages to be accepted in the No 79th squadron RAF which is sent to Western Alps, France. Forester meets Clifford Stone, his squadron leader and they soon become friends. During the training and their scout with their Hawker Hurricanes they find a formation of six Ju-88 German bombers, which are all downed by Forester before the arrival of three Me-109 German fighters, but they are all hit by Tom which go through the scout and finds two more Messerschmitt fighters: one is downed by Stone with an "Ace Hit" and Forester manages to do the same.
French operational Caudron G.3 Caudron G.3 operated by the American 800th Aero Squadron as a trainer Caudron G.3 floatplane trainer in Chinese service The G.3 equipped Escadrille C.11 of the French Aéronautique Militaire at the outbreak of war, and was well-suited for reconnaissance use, proving stable and having good visibility. As the war progressed, its low performance and lack of armament made it too vulnerable for front line service, and it was withdrawn from front line operations in mid-1916. The Italians also used the G.3 for reconnaissance on a wide scale until 1917, as did the British RFC (continuing operations until October 1917), who fitted some with light bombs and machine guns for ground attack. The Australian Flying Corps operated the G.3 during the Mesopotamian campaign of 1915–16.
He had a deep interest in aviation when he was in his late teens. He pursued a pilot's license, and received a Civil Pilot's Brevet on 7 November 1913. On 23 March 1914, he followed this up by earning Seaplane Pilot's Brevet No. 1. As the First World War kindled, Loste was called to military service on 10 August 1914. Although originally assigned to aviation, he was sent to the infantry on 26 September. Recalled to aviation on 2 January 1915, he began military pilot's training. On 19 April 1915, he was granted his Military Pilot's Brevet. Without additional schooling, he was posted to Escadrille C.56 just nine days later. Loste was wounded in action on 18 June 1915. He was raised out of the enlisted ranks on 17 April 1916, being promoted to Sous lieutenant.
Much of the success achieved was down to Richthofen's subordinates, particularly Kampfgeschwader 77 and its commander Oberst Dr. Johann-Volkmar Fisser whose attachment to VIII. Fliegerkorps, was noted by Generalmajor Wilhelm Speidel. He commented it "...was the result of the well-known tendency of the commanding general to conduct his own private war". Fisser's KG 77 destroyed the AéMI main bases, with help from KG 54. Fighters from Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) eliminated two Belgian squadrons at Neerhespen, and during the afternoon, I./St.G 2 destroyed nine of the 15 Fiat CR.42 fighters at Brustem. At Schaffen-Diest, three Hawker Hurricanes of Escadrille 2/I/2 were destroyed and another six damaged when a wave of He 111s caught them as they were about to take off. A further two were lost in destroyed hangars. At Nivelles airfield, 13 CR42s were destroyed.
The airfield was a temporary facility created by the French Aeronautique Militaire in late 1917, operational until December 1918, which means that it probably consisted of several wood-and- fabric "Bessonneau" hangars, plus wooden huts. It was used for a short spell during summer 1918 by the I Corps Observation Group, during the Aisne-Marne Offensive Campaign. The two group's squadrons, 1st and 12th Aero Squadron operated from the field until moving out at the beginning of August to May-en- Multien Aerodrome, as did the group's HQ. The last French "escadrille" left on 1 December 1918, and the airfield was soon cleared of all its building and returned to agricultural use. Today it is a series of cultivated fields located on the plateau 2 miles east of La Ferté sous Jouarre, north of D 407.
An early order came from the French Armée de l'Air, which was already operating P-36s. The Armée de l'Air ordered 100 (later the order was increased to 230) as the Hawk 81A-1 but the French were defeated before the aircraft had left the factory and the aircraft were diverted to British and Commonwealth service (as the Tomahawk I), in some cases complete with metric flight instruments. In late 1942, as French forces in North Africa split from the Vichy government to side with the Allies, U.S. forces transferred P-40Fs from 33rd FG to GC II/5, a squadron that was historically associated with the Lafayette Escadrille. GC II/5 used its P-40Fs and Ls in combat in Tunisia and later for patrol duty off the Mediterranean coast until mid-1944, when they were replaced by Republic P-47D Thunderbolts.
Czesław Główczyński was born in 1913. In 1935 he obtained his glider pilot license and began to study at the Volyn Cadet School for Artillery Reserve Officers (Wołyńska Szkoła Podchorążych Rezerwy Artylerii) in Włodzimierz Wołynski. One year later he entered the Polish Air Force Academy in Deblin. In late October 1938 he was named second lieutenant (podporucznik) and assigned to the Polish 162nd Fighter Escadrille where he flew PZL P.7. On the first day of World War II Głowczyński damaged a Hs 126. The next day he shot down a He 111 and a Bf 110 (shared with another pilot). On 3 September he scored a Ju 86 and three days later another He 111. During the September campaign he flew a PZL P.11. On 17 September Główczyński crossed on his plane the border with Romania.
The refurbished prototype and the first production aircraft were being readied for commercial service when the Second World War broke out in September 1939. The French Navy drew up plans to requisition the H-246s as maritime patrol aircraft, but Air France still needed them, and the Navy agreed to take over only four of the aircraft. This allowed Air France to commence operations with the prototype on the Marseille–Algiers route on 14 October 1939. The third production aircraft was completed for the Navy in June 1940, with a glazed position in the nose for a bombardier/navigator, bomb racks below the wings and four 7.5 mm Darne machine guns as defensive armament. It entered service with Escadrille 9E on 25 August 1940, the only aircraft of the type actually to be operated by the French Navy, with the remaining aircraft going to Air France.
Today, CODOFIL's role is to promote and support French immersion and French as a second language in education; it acts as a partner to the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE), whose role is to manage Louisiana's school districts. CODOFIL continues to recruit and sponsor French, Belgian and Canadian associate teachers as per its accords with those countries, who are placed alongside local teachers upon LDOE's recommendation. CODOFIL encourages Louisiana Francophones to continue transmission of the state's heritage language via its scholarship program (providing opportunities for pedagogical advancement) and the Escadrille Louisiane program (which allows non-native speakers to perfect French at the Université de Rennes in exchange for a minimum 3-year teaching commitment of French in Louisiana). Retrieved on August 30, 2013 CODOFIL has also worked to instill pride all Louisiana Francophones in their linguistic identity rather than to uphold one variety of French language or another.
On 10 October 2007, Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Vladimir Putin inaugurated a monument, sculpted by Russian artist Andrey Kovalchuk, for the memory of the French Escadrille Normandie-Niemen at Moscow, in Lefortovo Park. On 3 July 2009, the Escadron was officially placed in a dormant phase. The last aircraft lift off for Reims and Châteaudun mid-July. Since 17 July 2009, no aircraft was flying out of Aerial Base Colmar-Meyenheim. A part of the aircraft, pilots, and regimental colors of the regiment, joined the Aerial Base 11 « commandant Marin la Meslée ».« Meyenheim : la fin du Normandie- Niemen et de l’aviation militaire en Alsace » L'Alsace, 4 juillet 2009 (en ligne). Veterans of the Escadron as well as French contingent from the unit participated the Victory Day Parade on Red Square in Moscow on 9 May 2010.Cf. Reportage sur Radio-France le même jour.
The first U.S. aviation squadron to reach France was the 1st Aero Squadron, which sailed from New York in August 1917 and arrived at Le Havre on September 3. A member of the squadron, Lt. Stephen W. Thompson, achieved the first aerial victory by the U.S. military while flying as a gunner-observer with a French day bombing squadron on February 5, 1918. As other squadrons were organized, they were sent overseas, where they continued their training. The first U.S. squadron to see combat, on February 19, 1918, was the 103rd Aero Squadron, a pursuit unit flying with French forces and composed largely of former members of the Lafayette Escadrille and Lafayette Flying Corps. The first U.S. aviator killed in action during aerial combat occurred March 8, 1918, when Captain James E. Miller, commanding the 95th Pursuit Squadron, was shot down while on a voluntary patrol near Reims.
Garros' propeller, with its bullet deflectors, after being recovered from his downed aircraft In the early stages of the air war in World War I the problem of mounting a forward-firing machine gun on combat aircraft was considered by several people. As a reconnaissance pilot with the Escadrille MS26, Garros had made several attempts at shooting down German aircraft, however these efforts were unsuccessful due to the difficulty in hitting an aircraft with a hand held carbine and he visited the Morane- Saulnier works in November or December 1914 to discuss the problem. Raymond Saulnier had begun work on a synchronizer before World War One and had taken out a patent for a workable mechanism by 14 April 1914, however circumstances beyond his control resulted in it being tested with the Hotchkiss 09/13 portative machine gun, which proved unsuitable due to an inconsistent firing rate.
Albatross aircraft in the "Kościuszko Squadron" at the Lewandówka airfield in Lwów Polish 7th Air Escadrille emblem After being demobilized from the Canadian RFC in July, 1919, he volunteered for the Kościuszko Squadron in the newly established Polish Air Force on October 12, 1919, and flew Albatross aircraft based out of the Lewandówka airfield in Lwów, on patrols and scouting missions, over the front lines during the Polish-Soviet war.Steven Zolla Ten Men from Middlesex The Western Front Association, 22 May 2008, retrieved 4 July 2009 He was considered an excellent pilot, but known for his risky flying. Merian C. Cooper, another American member of the Kosciuszko Squadron (and later famous film director) described him in his book as follows:Merian C.Cooper (1920), Faunt-Le-Roy i jego eskadra w Polsce. Polish Edition added to the Polish Edition of the book: Flight of eagles: the story of the American Kościuszko Squadron in the Polish-Russian War 1919–1920/Robert F. Karolevitz and Ross S. Fenn.
Willis Bradley Haviland was primarily an escort and reconnaissance pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille, and occasionally was assigned a bombing run. He was permitted only to engage in air combat with the enemy in defense. Consequently, he earned only two confirmed "kills" in this time period, not nearly as many as his ace peers who had more aggressive assignments. He was adept at keeping his plane out of the enemy's firing angle, and if provoked he was skilled enough to send the German and Austrian pilots into retreat when he turned on them. After the United States joined the war, Haviland became Executive Officer of a Naval Air Station at Dunkirk, France with one month of special duty in the 13th Squadron RNAS flying a Sopwith Camel single-seater biplane. In July, 1918, Lt. Haviland was reassigned to command the Naval Air Station (263ª Squadriglia) near the village of Porto Corsini in Italy and train pilots there.Anonymous.
No. 341 Squadron was formed on 15 January 1943Halley 1988, p.377. at RAF Turnhouse, with personnel from the Free French Air Forces (Forces aériennes françaises libres), in particular the personnel of the Free French Flight (also known as Groupe de Chasse n°1 « Alsace » and before as Première Escadrille de Chasse (E.F.C. 1)), which had been operating in the Western Desert alongside various RAF fighter squadrons such as No. 33 and No. 73 squadron from 1940, and had earned an Ordre de la Libération on 21 June 1941. The unit was equipped with Spitfire VBs, its first commander being Squadron Leader René Mouchotte. The squadron moved to RAF Biggin Hill on 21 March 1943 and, re-equipped with Supermarine Spitfire L.F Mk.IXs, began to take part in sweeps over France. The squadron moved to Cornwall on 11 October 1943 for similar operations over Brittany, returning to RAF Merston on 14 April 1944 to join No. 145 Wing.
The Lafayette Flying Corps: The American Volunteers in the French Air Service in World War One. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Pub, 2000, pp. 78-79. which were a designation rather than a unit. American volunteers flew with French pilots in different pursuit and bomber/reconnaissance aero squadrons on the Western Front. Edmund L. Gros, who facilitated the incorporation of American pilots in the French Air Service, listed in the October 1917 issue of Flying, an official publication of the Aero Club of America, Bullard's name is on the member roster of the Lafayette Flying Corps. On June 28, 1917, Bullard was promoted to corporal. On August 27, he was assigned to Escadrille N.93 (), based at Beauzée-sur-Aire south of Verdun, where he stayed until September 13.Sloan, James J. Wings of Honor, American Airmen in World War I: A Compilation of All United States Pilots, Observers, Gunners and Mechanics Who Flew against the Enemy in the War of 1914–1918.
With this setup, Garros became the world's first fighter pilot, but he was captured shortly afterwards when his engine failed. Independently, Anthony Fokker succeeded when he fitted a Fokker M.5K Eindecker (monoplane) with a Parabellum MG14 machine gun equipped with a gun synchronizer by the start of July 1915, thus changing the way in which the air war was fought, as German and Allied fighter aircraft fought each other in the air, producing "ace" pilots. Three prominent French aces were René Fonck, who became the top-scoring Allied pilot of World War I with 75 enemy aircraft shot down, Georges Guynemer who was killed after 54 victories, and Charles Nungesser, who achieved 43 victories and survived the war, and Georges Madon who had 41 victories. Prior to 1916, escadrilles operated a variety of different types of aircraft together to accomplish specific assigned tasks with the first fighters being distributed piecemeal to each escadrille.
In 1936, he entered the Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer's School for minors in Bydgoszcz, Poland. After his graduation in 1939 he was assigned to the Polish 113th Fighter Escadrille. On the first day of World War II (1 September 1939) he scored a shared victory on a He 111. On 6 September, Adamek intercepted a number of Ju. 87 aircraft and, alongside his fellow pilots, shot one down. It has been reported that Adamek, with no fuel remaining in his aircraft, was forced to land next to the downed Ju. 87, and together with locals captured the Luftwaffe pilot. On 18 September, Adamek was evacuated to France via Romania. After training on a Bloch MB.150, Adamek took part in the Battle of France, flying under the orders of Commander Eugeniusz Wyrwcki in the 4th Polish Squadron. On 22 June 1940 he flew across the Mediterranean to Algiers, and then via Casablanca and Gibraltar reached Britain in July.
On 23 April, after two months in the trenches, he was again hospitalised after contracting typhoid fever. He returned to the front on 1 June, but twelve days later was wounded by a shell explosion. During his convalescent leave in Paris he took the opportunity to marry Madeleine Horiot in the mairie of the 11th arrondissement on 10 August. On 15 October Arpheuil was promoted to lieutenant, and he returned to duty on 20 November. He was transferred to the Army's aviation branch – the Aeronautique Militaire – on 15 January 1917. He received his basic flight training at the military flying school at Avord, and was awarded military pilot's certificate No. 5861 at Tours on 8 April. On 16 June he was posted to Escadrille N.151, a newly created unit stationed in Chaux near Belfort to fly Nieuport fighters. His unit saw little action for the rest of the year, at the end of which it began to receive SPAD fighters.
In Britain, starting in 1917, spin recovery procedures were routinely taught by flight instructors at the Gosport School of Special Flying, while in France, at the School of Acrobacy and Combat, Americans who had volunteered to serve in the famous Lafayette Escadrille were by July 1917 learning how to do what the French called a vrille. During the 1920s and 1930s, before night- flying instruments were commonly available on small aircraft, pilots were often instructed to enter a spin deliberately to avoid the much more dangerous graveyard spiral when they suddenly found themselves enveloped in clouds, hence losing visual reference to the ground. In almost every circumstance, the cloud deck ends above ground level, giving the pilot a reasonable chance to recover from the spin before crashing. Today, spin training is not required for private pilot certification in the United States; added to this, most training type aircraft are placarded "intentional spins prohibited".
The Story of the LaFayette Escadrille- Told By its Commander Captain Georges Thenault (Translated by Walter Duranty, with An Introduction By Andre Tardieu- High Commissioner of Franco-American Affairs). Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1921. Captain Georges Thenault, French Aviation Service; assignment as Assistant Military Attache for Aeronautics at the French embassy, Washington DC, 27 July 1922 Captain Thenault's book gained widespread American public recognition. In May 1922, he accepted an assignment that began an eleven-year diplomatic service in the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.. This started with the position of Assistant Military Attache for Aeronautics and later evolved into the position of Military Attache for Aeronautics at the French Embassy in Washington DC (1922–1933). Thenault's travel to the United States began under a French diplomatic passport to the French embassy in Washington DC aboard SS France (1910) departing from Port of Le Havre, Saturday, 15 July 1922, and arriving Port of New York, Saturday, 22 July 1922.
American volunteers, Merian C. Cooper and Cedric Fauntleroy, fighting in the Polish Air Force as part of the Polish 7th Air Escadrille, known as the "Kościuszko Squadron", 1920 In 1933, Zygmunt Pulawski's first high wing, all-metal aircraft, the PZL P.7a, was designed and produced, with 150 entering service. The design was followed by 30 improved PZL P.11a aircraft and a final design, the PZL P.11c, was delivered in 1935 and was a respectable fighter for its time; 175 entered service and it remained the only Polish fighter until 1939, by which time foreign aircraft design had overtaken it. Its final version, the PZL P.24, was built for export only and was bought by four countries. A new fighter prototype, the PZL.50 Jastrząb (Hawk), similar to the Seversky P-35 in layout, was curtailed by the Nazi invasion and two twin-engine heavy fighters, the PZL.38 Wilk and the PZL.48 Lampart, remained prototypes. As far as bombers are concerned, the Potez 25 and Breguet 19 were replaced by an all-metal monoplane, the PZL.
The Order of Lafayette is a patriotic, hereditary, nonpartisan, and fraternal organization established in New York City in 1958 by Colonel Hamilton Fish III (1888-1991), a former Congressman from New York and decorated veteran of the First World War. The Order's patron is the Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer who was commissioned a general in the Continental Army, and who served with George Washington during the American Revolution. The Order's principles are "God, Unity, Peace, Honor". A serving officer of the famed 369th Regiment (The Harlem Hellfighters), New York Army National Guard, Colonel Fish founded the Order of Lafayette as a society to give recognition to all commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces, male or female, who served in France during World War I, or in France or French possessions during World War II. It also includes United States officers who served in France during World War I in the Lafayette Escadrille Flying Corps, the American Field Service, or with the Allies of World War I. Military service in France includes participating in an invasion or flight within the coastal areas of France or French possessions.
The Union Interalliée was founded in 1917, at the time of the official American entry into World War I. This was after the voluntary aviators from the Lafayette Escadrille had come to France to increase the number of those who were fighting for the same cause on French soil. The founders of the Union Interalliée (the Count of Beaumont, Paul Dupuy, the Count J. de Bryas, Arthur Meyer, MJ of Sillac) suggested establishing a place of welcome providing moral and material resources to the officers and personalities of the Allied nations, in order to develop the allied life that had just begun. Thanks to the support they received from several statesmen, ambassadors and field marshals and the assistance from new collaborators (Count of Andigne, Bardac, du Breuil Saint-Germain, André Citroën, L. Dumontet, the Count of Fels, who created, along with the former, the directing committee, chaired by Vice Admiral Fournier), they founded the Union Interalliée in one of the most beautiful mansions in Paris, the hotel Henri de Rothschild, which had been generously offered to them. In 1920, the club, having set up a real estate company, acquired the building for the equivalent of today's €1,067,143.
A small airfield was set up in September, 1914 by the French "Aeronautique Militaire" at "Le Petit Maulan", but soon to be wrecked by a storm and given up. Then, a French flying unit, escadrille F 25 (French 2nd Army) spent few months (31 March - 16 September) in 1917 at "Maulan" and again three weeks (14 March - 5 April) in 1918 as VR 25,it had changed its aircraft from Farman to Renault-powered Voisin this time been "barracked", with seems to imply that an airfield had been organized at least early in 1918 in Maulan before the Air Service, United States Army squadrons arrived in the area, 2 miles further south from the initial spot of "Le Petit Maulan", at the west rim of the wood of Charmois. After some works performed by a detachment of 484th Aero Squadron (Construct.) on 1–11 September, Maulan was used as a main operating base by the 1st Day Bombardment Group during both the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, with four squadrons of aircraft (11th, 20th, 96th and 166th) from 23 September onwards. In support of the flying squadrons, the 4th Air Park's 648th Aero Squadron had a flight of mechanics for repair of both aircraft and vehicles.

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