escadrille

• “Our escadrille was listed on the schedule with the other fighting units, each of which has its specified flying hours, rotating so there is always an _escadrille de chasse_ over the lines.”

  Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun

• “In France the unit was the 'escadrille', consisting of six machines, and roughly corresponding to what we call a flight.”

  The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force

• “And then the commander of our escadrille vanished.”

  Newsweek: The Cult

• “An escadrille of corvettes left Daedalus orbit and accelerated downward.”

  The Game Of Empire

• “A member of the escadrille, flying rear guard, did fall-flash of light, tail of smoke, shatter-ping burst on the ground.”

  The Game Of Empire

• “As Tryntaf whipped in hyperbola close by the globe, his escadrille shot from her launch ports.”

  The Game Of Empire

• “He could bring his escadrille quickly around and take the pursuit from behind, catch them in their bewilderment, shatter and scatter a force that outnumbered his three or four to one.”

  The Game Of Empire

• “Boche escadrille on his tail, crazy to fetch him down.”

  Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold

• “Yes, the two Hun spies were undoubtedly there, and already busily engaged in doing something that could only mean trouble for the American escadrille.”

  Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold

• “I almost wish they hadn't done it, for there are lots of others in the escadrille that deserve it fully as much, and some more, than we do.”

  Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns

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