flying corps
Example Sentences
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They had signed on with the French flying corps, but Prince wanted a separate American aviation unit.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016
In German, they inform us, to "get yourself Franzed", deriving from the generic name for a navigator in the imperial German flying corps during the first world war, means to become hopelessly lost.
From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2012
Polio-weakened legs had rendered him "totally unfit" for the army or navy, but the new flying corps did not care too much about legs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their college had just realized a collegian's dream: a student flying corps in which they can win their military wings.
From Time Magazine Archive
To an officer in the flying corps, asking the loan of an aeroplane, for a journey to Holland or Switzerland.
From The Forerunners by Rolland, Romain
