escadrille

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I looked for my escadrille, and saw these machines way off in the distance.

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  1. noun A unit of a European air command, as in France during World War I, typically containing ten or more aircraft.

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  • The bold Pégoud had several times fought with too enterprising Fokkers or Aviatiks; Captain Brocard had forced down one of them in flames over Soissons; and the latest recruit of the escadrille, this youngster of a Guynemer, was burning to have his own Boche. —  Georges Guynemer
  • The bold Pégoud had several times fought with too enterprising Fokkers or Aviatiks; Captain Brocard had forced down one of them in flames over Soissons; and the latest recruit of the escadrille, this youngster of a Guynemer, was burning to have his own Boche The first entries in his notebook of flights for July, 1915, record expeditions without result, in company with Adjutant Hatin, Lieutenant de Ruppiere, in the region of Noyon, Roye, Ham, and Coucy-le-Château. —  Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air
  • I must return to my escadrille, but I don't want to lose him What can I do Why, look for him and find him. —  Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air
  • And all the pilots of the escadrille, in turn, came to sign it. —  Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air
  • A brilliant chasing escadrille which for the past two years has fought in every sector of the front with wonderful spirit and admirable self-sacrifice. —  Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air
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  1. French, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra, squadron, from escuadrar, to square off, from Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre; see square.
 

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