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
In the War, he took a commission as major in the U. S. flying corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carter has first-hand knowledge of military aviation, gained in Wartime service with the Royal Air Force; believes the U. S. should have an independent flying corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
We cannot give these fearless men of the flying corps too much praise for their work.
From In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France by Trueblood, Edward Alva
