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During the war the Aéronautique Militaire claimed 2,049 enemy aircraft and 357 balloons destroyed, for some 3,500 killed in action, 3,000 wounded/missing and 2,000 killed in accidents. [5] Some 182 pilots of the Aéronautique Militaire were deemed flying aces for having scored five or more air-to-air victories. [citation needed]
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' [1] due to its insignia. . Pilots from Groupe de Combat 12 adopted the name and placed images of storks in different phases of flying on their pla
The 517 Hp 18 cylinder Mercedes D.VI engine was the strongest aeroengine which was ever developed during WW1. By the end of 1914 the line between the Imperial German Army and the Allied powers stretched from the North Sea to the Alps. The initial "war of movement" largely ceased, and the front became static.
Even before the United States entry into World War I in April 1917, many Americans volunteered to serve in the armed forces of Great Britain and France. Many eventually found their ways into the Royal Flying Corps and Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service). The British integrated the Americans into their existing squadrons, while the ...
Belgique, the first Belgian airship. By the time of Belgium's entry into the First World War on 4 August 1914, the military aviation branch, now called the Aviation Militaire Belge (Belgische militaire luchtvaart), consisted of four squadrons, each consisting of four 80-horsepower Farman aircraft, although Escadrilles III and IV were still forming.
Aéronautique Militaire: 75 [6] Top Allied and French ace CdeLd'h, MM(Fr), CdeG, BCdeG, MC, MM Billy Bishop Canada: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 72 [7] [b] Top Canadian and British Empire ace VC, CB, DSO*, MC, DFC. Ernst Udet German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 62 [5] PLM, HOH, IC Mick Mannock † United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps, Royal ...
By the end of the First World War, the S.XIII had equipped virtually every fighter squadron of the Aéronautique Militaire. In addition, the United States Army Air Service also procured the type in bulk during the conflict, and some replaced or supplemented S.VIIs in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), pending the arrival of Sopwith Dolphins.
Aéronautique Militaire: 7 [8] DeFreest Larner: United States Aéronautique Militaire, United States Army Air Service, New York National Guard, United States Army Air Corps: 7 [8] Maurice Le Blanc-Smith: United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 7 [5] Marie Lecog De Kerland: France Aéronautique Militaire: 7 [8] Arthur Lee: United Kingdom