escadrille

One of its pilots did not return to the escadrille until September 10.

One week later, he was assigned to command Escadrille 159.

The new escadrille scored its first victory on September 27, 1918.

He was glad to see such evidence of peaceful activity, here in the Escadrille.

He then was transferred to command 73 Escadrille and began scoring for them.

That would be his last victory and last day with Escadrille 37.

On 30 March 1916, he was posted to Escadrille 49.

On 22 September 1915, he took command of 31 Escadrille.

From there, he was assigned to Escadrille 53, having already logged 376 flight hours.

The following day the escadrille did not encounter any enemy formations.

The exhibition tells the story of the Escadrille in 30 memorial panels.

He was posted to Escadrille 67 on 1 September 1915.

On 29 December 1915, he was assigned to Escadrille 57.

He would also succeed to command of Escadrille 76.

"But why me any more than you, Tom, or any other fellow in the escadrille?"

On 17 January 1916, he was transferred to Escadrille 3.

After further training, he was assigned to Escadrille 80 on 13 December 1916.

His first assignment was to Escadrille 64 as a gunner/observer.

He then switched to Escadrille 67 on 21 January 1916.

He was transferred to Escadrille 164 on 8 August 1918.

To the average person entering the Escadrille, they would have appeared to be ordinary elevator men.

There is a monument in France honoring the escadrille and his name appears on it.

After completing training, he was posted to Escadrille 90.

He scored a single victory for Escadrille 102, on 2 August 1916.

Each escadrille was given a respective number and a proper name, depending on its main tasks.