escadrille

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First created in 1916, the Lafayette Escadrille was composed of volunteer American pilots who fought under French Capt. Georges Thenault before the United States’ official declaration of war.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2018

On Friday, the cathedral will host a service marking the centennial of Prince’s death and recall a founder of a dashing band of American pilots known as the Lafayette Escadrille.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016

The ambulance services expanded, newfangled airplanes offered high-risk adventure in the Lafayette Escadrille and other French flying squadrons, and the famously tough Legionnaires saw constant action.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2015

The sparrowlike Spads of the Lafayette Escadrille will be shaded under Roche's giant hangar along with the B-52, B58 and the advanced Lockheed A11.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was on a cool, starlit evening, early in September, 1916, that I first met Drew of Massachusetts, and actually began my adventures as a prospective member of the Escadrille Américaine.

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