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    Escadrille 103 of the French Air Force was an elite aviation unit on the Western Front during World War I. One of its many aces, René Fonck was the highest...
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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 November...
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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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  • Escadrille Spa.102 (earlier unit designations being Escadrille BR.17, Escadrille VB.2, Escadrille VB102, Escadrille N.102) was a French fighter squadron...
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    celebrated French Escadrille 103. On 7 January 1918, he transferred to the famed American 103d Aero Squadron, a successor to Lafayette Escadrille, and died while...
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  • Escadrille Spa.100 (originally Escadrille N.100) was a French fighter squadron active during the last 11 months of World War I. Flying combat as a component...
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    65 Escadrille N.67 Escadrille N.68 Escadrille N.69 Escadrille N.73 Escadrille N.92 Escadrille N.102 Escadrille N.103 Escadrille N.112 Escadrille N.124...
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    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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    5484, and was then posted to Escadrille N 103 on 4 May 1917, flying Nieuports. The unit was renamed Escadrille SPA 103 in April 1917, after re-equipping...
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    Escadrille N.3 Escadrille N.26 Escadrille N.103 Groupement de Chasse Cachy Escadrille N.15 Escadrille N.23 Escadrille N.37 Escadrille N.62 Escadrille...
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    12 Escadrille N.3 Escadrille N.26 Escadrille N.73 Escadrille N.103 Group de Combat 13 Escadrille N.15 Escadrille N.65 Escadrille N.84 Escadrille N.124...
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    Didier Masson (category Lafayette Escadrille)
    the Sky: A History of Aviation in Latin America. p. 77; 103–105. SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Airmen in World War 1. pp. 14, 25. The...
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  • April 1918, he was transferred back to the Western Front. Assigned to Escadrille 103 on 18 May 1918, he scored his sixth and final victory on 2 June. He...
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    Bombardment GB 1 Escadrille VB.1 - later redesignated VB.101 Escadrille VB.2 - later redesignated VB.102 Escadrille VB.3 - later redesignated VB.103 Groupe de...
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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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     France Aéronautique Militaire Escadrille HF 1 Escadrille HF 7 Escadrille HF 13 Escadrille HF 19 Escadrille HF 28 Escadrille HF 32  Greece Royal Hellenic...
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    time in one of its escadrilles, N3, and had just scored his 36th victory. Fonck was assigned to another escadrille in the group, Spa 103. Flying the SPAD...
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  • group, Groupement de Combat de la Somme. Four escadrilles were consolidated in this group—Escadrilles N3, N26, N73, and N103. Founded on 16 April 1916...
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  • Similar formations are used in non-English-speaking countries, e.g., the "escadrille"—which would translate directly as "squadron"—in France. The Royal Navy...
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    desperately needed for SPAD VII fighters, and several units including Escadrille 102 and 103 that had planned on operating the Nieuport 14 became fighter units...
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    General W.A. Wise Underwater Warrior (1958) as Admiral Ashton Lafayette Escadrille (1958) as Amos J. Walker The Lineup (1958) as Philip Dressler Vertigo...
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    411 remained in France and was assigned to Fleet Squadron Aeronavale Escadrille 7-S-4 in Saint-Mandrier and was scrapped by the Nazis in France. MB.41...
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    de Chasse III/10 Escadrille de Chasse I/55 Aéronavale Escadrille AC2 Escadrille AC3  Nazi Germany Luftwaffe EJG 26 (at Cognac) JG 103 (at Bad Aibling)...
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  • (1889–1989) – Aéronautique Militaire. Last American member of the La Fayette Escadrille. Mark Matthews (1894–2005) – U.S. Army. American and other Allied forces...
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    Royal Australian Air Force beginning in 1952 Escadrille 5S Escadrille 9S Escadrille 10S Escadrille 55S Escadrille 56S Polish Air Forces on exile in Great Britain...
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    such as the early Polish 7th Air Escadrille and 121st Fighter Escadrille and the later Polish 111th Fighter Escadrille. No. 317 Squadron inherited the...
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    propeller—was considered by several people. As a reconnaissance pilot with the Escadrille MS26, Garros had made several attempts at shooting down German aircraft;...
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    while the French set up separate American squadrons such as the Lafayette Escadrille and then the Lafayette Flying Corps, as well as integrated the pilots...
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    1916, after which he was assigned to Escadrille N95 later that month. In June 1916, Huffer was reassigned to Escadrille N62, where he would remain until March...
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  • interrupted different activities. In 1947, the Minister of Air created an escadrille of representation for the French Air Force. The presentation unit was...
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