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The 27th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 1st Pursuit Group, First United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and ...
Boeing P-12E 32-46, 27th Fighter Squadron, about 1933 Seversky P-35s, 1938. 36-354 in foreground 27th Pursuit Squadron P-36Cs at Wright Field, Ohio, en route to the 1939 National Air Races. P-38F Lightning 41-7582, North Africa, 1943 27th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron two F-102s in formation, about 1958.
Trained as Pursuit Squadron in England, never entered combat Demobilized: March 1919 [35] [50] 153d Aero Squadron 8 December 1917 AEF: 16 February 1918 – July 1919 Trained as Pursuit Squadron in England, never entered combat Demobilized: July 1919 [35] [50] 154th Aero Squadron: 8 December 1917 AEF: 9 March 1918 – 23 January 1919 Service ...
95th Aero Squadron (later 95th Squadron, 95th Pursuit Squadron: 5 May–24 December 1918, 22 August 1919 – June 1927; 147th Aero Squadron (later 17th Squadron, 17th Pursuit Squadron): 2 June–24 December 1918, 22 August 1919 – 27 October 1940; 185th Aero Squadron: 7 October–24 December 1918 [7] Flights. 11th Airlift Flight: 1 May 1993 ...
141st Aero Squadron (Pursuit) 27 October 1918 – 15 April 1919 (SPAD S.XIII) 148th Aero Squadron (Pursuit) 4 November 1918 – 15 April 1919 (SPAD S.XI) 5th Pursuit Group 15 November 1918 – 15 April 1919 ( Lay-Saint-Remy Aerodrome )
More than 1,800 men had attended advanced training at Issoudun, of whom 829 completed the pursuit course, 627 served in combat against the Germans on the Western Front, and 202 became instructors. The combat record of those who went to the front speaks for itself—781 enemy planes and 73 balloons destroyed at the cost of 289 aircraft and 48 ...
The 22nd Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 2nd Pursuit Group, First United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and ...
The 13th Aero Squadron was initially the only unit assigned. The 2nd Pursuit Group immediately began operations against the enemy. The 139th Aero Squadron was assigned to the group the next day, and by 16 August the 13th and 22nd Aero Squadrons filled out the unit's complement of squadrons. [2]