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

Despite the noise, the conversation was overheard by several escadrille members.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has no conception of the dramatic possibilities of a situation—something to be profoundly thankful for in the commander of an escadrille de chasse.

From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman