escadrille

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Life in the escadrille was glamorous and deadly.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016

“I don’t think Prince minded going,” fellow escadrille pilot James R. McConnell wrote.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016

After the United States entered the conflict, the escadrille was absorbed into the American air service, and today its members are considered the godfathers of the U.S.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016

World War II's escadrille is the American Eagle Squadron, quietly recruited and energized by Colonel Charles Sweeney, a U. S. soldier of fortune who fought in the Foreign Legion last time.

From Time Magazine Archive

The other member of the escadrille was looking interested.

From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Beach, Charles Amory