• Escadrille Spa.81 was a French fighter squadron active in World War warfare during 1917 and 1918. With nine flying aces in its ranks, it downed 88 German...
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  • 1917. He then underwent advanced training before being posted to Escadrille Spa.81 as a SPAD S.7 fighter pilot on 1 February 1918. During the Summer...
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  • awarded his Military Pilot's Brevet on 21 December 1915. Posted to Escadrille N.81 on 8 December 1917, he would go on to shoot down four German observation...
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    pour l'aviation et ses dérivés - SPAD (SPA) aircraft: N124 Sioux SPA 167 Cigognes de Romanet SPA 81 Lévrier SPA 96 Gaulois Groupe de Chasse II/5, September...
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  • promotion to Adjutant came on 25 March 1917. On 8 April, he transferred to Escadrille 81, which also operated Nieuports. On 20 April, he was awarded the Médaille...
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    Escadrille SPA.124 (Jeanne d'Arc) Escadrille 150 Escadrille 151 Escadrille 152 Escadrille 153 Escadrille 154 Escadrille 155 Escadrille 156 Escadrille...
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  • on 23 December. On 7 March 1918, he was appointed to command of Escadrille Spa95 ('Spa' meaning Spad). He would score twice more with this command, on...
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  • aircraft 3 6 March 1917 Nieuport Dannekirch 4 10 March 1917 SPAD Escadrille Spa.81, Service Aéronautique Between Altkirch and Carspach, France 5 30 April...
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    (March 2019). "Escadrille MF 62 - N 62 - SPA 62" (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2019. Denis, Albin (March 2019). "Escadrille N 69 - SPA 69" (in French)...
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    Escadrille N.49 Escadrille N.57 Escadrille N.68 Escadrille N.73 Escadrille N.75 Escadrille N.77 Escadrille N.102 Escadrille N.112 Escadrille N.124 Groupement...
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    Lafayette Flying Corps in France on 8 April 1917. He was assigned to Escadrille 73 as a private on 28 July 1917, under the command and mentorship of Albert...
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    fighters, and subsequently changed its name to Escadrille SPA 154. Under the command of Michel Coiffard SPA 154 specialized in attacking enemy observation...
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    Mont-de-Marsan Air Base on 25 August 2011, reviving the SPA 91, SPA 93, Escadrille Spa.97 and Escadrille SPA 97 squadrons. From 31 August 2015 to 18 September...
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    Corps in 1917, being posted to Escadrille N.80 from August 1917 to January 1918. He transferred to the Lafayette Escadrille in January 1918 to transition...
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    Tomasz Jan, 16 (39-a) Eskadra Wywiadowcza 1919–1920 (16th (39th) Scouting Escadrille 1919–1920), Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny, 1994, ISBN 978-83-901733-5-1...
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    UK: Osprey. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-84176-877-9. Albin, Denis. "Escadrille MF 62 – N 62 – SPA 62". Retrieved June 12, 2019. Kemp, Paul J. (1990). British...
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    Morane-Saulnier airplane on a reconnaissance mission over France. The Escadrille SPA.57 of the French Air Force was established near Arras, France. The London...
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  • the 1914-18 War badge of No.88 Squadron of the French Air Service (Escadrille SPA.88) with which this squadron was associated. The compliment of adopting...
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