Escadrille 3 Les Cigognes ('The Storks') was a famous French aviation unit during World War I. It was often referred to as the 'Stork Escadrille N3' due...
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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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Escadron de Chasse 1/2 Cigognes (redirect from Escadrille MS.3)
units: SPA 3 of the 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...
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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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"Cannot afford to be superstitious." A month later, he was reassigned to Escadrille 3 to be a Spad pilot. Beginning on February 19, 1918, and stretching to...
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Bloch was originally assigned to fly a Nieuport for Escadrille 3 but transferred to Escadrille 62 on 25 May 1916. He became a balloon buster ace, destroying...
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seriously injured in a crash on 16 April. He recovered, and flew with Escadrille 3 to score again on 9 February 1917. A week later, he was wounded yet again...
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Voisin III (redirect from Voisin 3)
Bombardment GB 3 Escadrille VB.107 Escadrille VB.108 Escadrille VB.109 Groupe de Bombardment GB 4 Escadrille VB.110 Escadrille VB.111 Escadrille VB.112 French...
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he went to fighter school; by 15 June, he was a Nieuport pilot with Escadrille 3. He was commissioned a Sous lieutenant on 11 July. Bozon-Verduraz scored...
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times. On 6 December 1914, he transferred to aerial service. He served in Escadrille MS.26 as an aerial observer in Morane-Saulniers. He then passed through...
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Originally a cavalryman, Raymond trained as a pilot and was posted to Escadrille 3 in May 1916. Raymond scored his first four victories flying a Spad VII...
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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 was...
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Lafayette Escadrille, also known as C'est la Guerre, Hell Bent for Glory (UK) and With You in My Arms, is a 1958 American war film produced by Warner Bros...
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Polish 7th Air Escadrille (Polish: 7. Eskadra Lotnicza), better known as the Kościuszko Squadron, was one of the units of the Polish Air Force during the...
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flying a Nieuport for Escadrille 95. After three more victories over enemy airplanes while piloting a Nieuport with Escadrille 3, he was wounded on 23...
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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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assignment, and was sent to Escadrille 31 on 6 October 1915, to Escadrille 3 on 1 May 1916, and shortly thereafter to Escadrille 62. Flying a Nieuport fighter...
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action. He did not get into combat until March 1916. He was posted to Escadrille 3 to fly Nieuport fighters in June 1916. Although he would later change...
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wounded in action on 25 April 1916. After he healed, he was assigned to Escadrille 3 to pilot a Nieuport fighter. During July, August, and September, he claimed...
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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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Escadrille 73 of the French Air Force originated at Corcieux on 23 May 1915 as Detachment N 49 during the World War I. It was initially assigned to the...
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Lafayette Escadrille – the famed branch of the French air force in World War I composed of American volunteer pilots. The Lafayette Escadrille was created...
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Imperial Russian Air Service. After an exchange duty assignment to the Escadrille 3, Aéronautique Militaire, he wrote the first Russian text on aerial combat...
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flying school at Avord on 3 April 1914. On 8 April he was posted to Escadrille 18, and later in the year transferred to Escadrille 3, flying Blériot aircraft...
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assigned to fly two-seater Maurice Farman reconnaissance aircraft for Escadrille MF62. He scored his first aerial victory on 10 February 1916 while on...
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Flight (military unit) (redirect from Escadrille)
more flights make up a squadron. Foreign languages equivalents include escadrille (French), escuadrilla (Spanish), esquadrilha (Portuguese), patrulă (Romanian)...
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Escadrille 23 of the French Air Force was formed at Brie on 4 August 1914. Escadrille 23 was equipped with Morane-Saulniers and forwarded to VI Armee...
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Escadrille 65 of the French Air Force was established during World War I. It was founded at Lyon-Bron Airport on 2 August 1915. Though it was equipped...
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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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The 111th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force (Polish: 111. eskadra myśliwska) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army. Created in 1921...
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