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    Escadrille 26 is a squadron of the French Air Force founded in 1914 and still active today. Escadrille 26 was founded on 26 August 1914, at Arras. It...
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    The La Fayette Escadrille (French: Escadrille de La Fayette) was the name of the French Air Force unit escadrille N 124 during the First World War (1914–1918)...
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    Escadrille 3 Escadrille 12 Escadrille 15 Escadrille 16 Escadrille 23 Escadrille 26 Escadrille 31 Escadrille 37 Escadrille 38 Escadrille 48 Escadrille...
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    famous ace Georges Guynemer, SPA 26, SPA 103 of René Fonck, and SPA 12. Heir to Escadrille 3 (the "Cigognes" Escadrille), EC 1/2 Cigognes was created in...
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  • training, he was assigned to Escadrille 26 on 7 August 1916. On 25 January 1917, he was transferred to command Escadrille 82. Between 18 March and 3 May...
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    returned to France where he rejoined the French army. He returned to Escadrille 26 to pilot a SPAD XIII, and claimed two victories on 2 October 1918, one...
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  • Pilot's Brevet on 14 August 1915. In October 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille 26. He scored his first victory on 12 March 1916, and by 14 September,...
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    April 1917, after being promoted to Lieutenant, he was given command of Escadrille 26. He scored his last victory on 7 May 1917. He died in a flying accident...
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  • October 1916. He then received advanced training before being posted to Escadrille N26 on 4 February 1917. On 12 July, while flying a Caudron, he and his...
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    1916, and was brevetted a pilot two months later. He was posted to Escadrille 26 under command of Commandant Brocard in June 1916. He began his aerial...
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  • Fighter Escadrille (122. Eskadra Myśliwska) Polish 23rd Observation Escadrille (23. Eskadra Obserwacyjna) Polish 26th Observation Escadrille (26. Eskadra...
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  • rendered by General Joffre. Now well again, Fyodorov was reassigned to Escadrille 26, a relatively inactive Nieuport squadron. This unit would become one...
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  • Escadrille Spa.93 (originally Escadrille N.93) was a French fighter squadron active during World War I from 26 April 1917 until war's end. On 4 October...
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    Walter Lovell (category Lafayette Escadrille)
    October 1916 at Buc Aviation School.: 324  Lowell joined the Lafayette Escadrille on 26 February 1917, going on to become one of the unit's most dependable...
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  • was awarded Pilot's Brevet No. 1804. On 11 November, he was assigned to Escadrille N12 to pilot both single-seat and two-seat Nieuports. He was confirmed...
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    origin back to[citation needed] two World War I squadrons: Escadrille Spa.15 and Escadrille Spa.77. In January 1939 the fighter group 1/7 relocated to...
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    Didier Masson (category Lafayette Escadrille)
    to bomb a surface warship, as well as combat service in the Lafayette Escadrille with Edwin C. Parsons and Charles Nungesser. In one of the more unusual...
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    Raoul Lufbery (category Lafayette Escadrille)
    a group of American volunteers formed the Escadrille Américaine (shortly to be renamed N-124 Escadrille Lafayette) to aid France's war effort against...
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    12 Escadrille N 31 Escadrille N 48 Escadrille N 57 Escadrille N 94 Group de Combat GC 12 Escadrille N 3 Escadrille N 26 Escadrille N 73 Escadrille N 103...
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    Netherlands Fairchild PT-19A (283435) is flying in Alabama with the Birmingham Escadrille of the Commemorative Air Force after a 22 year restoration started in...
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    amalgamated into Groupement de Combat de la Somme, along with Escadrilles N.26, N.73, and N.3. Escadrilles N.37, N.62, and N.65 were also temporarily assigned to...
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  • Escadrille Spa.82 (also known as Escadrille N.82) was a French fighter squadron active during the First World War years of 1917 and 1918. The squadron...
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    Escadrille 31 of the French Air Force was founded at the beginning of the World War I, on 24 September 1914, at Dijon Air Base. Once equipped with Morane-Saulnier...
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    (Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne or ENT). The force shares a base with French forces at N'Djamena International Airport. As of 1969, the Escadrille Nationale...
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  • Escadrille Spa.315 (originally Escadrille N.311, Escadrille N.315) was a French fighter squadron founded in February 1917, during the First World War...
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  • intelligence purposes, the unit was also credited with destroying 26 German aircraft. Escadrille Spa.76 was founded in August 1916 at Lyon. Its original equipment...
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    Edmond Genet (category Lafayette Escadrille)
    eastern France. After six months of training, he joined the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of fighter aircraft that mostly consisted of Americans. Genet...
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    Polikarpov I-15 and I-16. The latter was often mistaken for the Boeing P-26, but was not related to it. The flyers said both the socialist and fascist...
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  • Escadrille Spa.69 (originally named Escadrille N.69) was a French fighter squadron derived from one of its military's oldest aviation units. Active from...
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    Cooperation Escadrille N12 Escadrille N76 Escadrille N79 Escadrille N82 Escadrille N87 Escadrille N88 Escadrille N90 Escadrille N91 Escadrille N92 Escadrille N94...
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