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Eventually, the S.XIII equipped nearly every French fighter squadron, 74 escadrilles, during the First World War. [25] At the end of the war, plans were underway to replace the S.XIII with several fighter types powered by the 220 kW (300 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8F, such as the Nieuport-Delage NiD 29, the SPAD S.XX and the Sopwith Dolphin II. [26]
SPAD S.VII at the National Museum of the US Air Force. Allied air services were also equipped with the new fighter. The Royal Flying Corps was the first foreign service to receive the SPAD VII, although only 19 Squadron and 23 Squadron) used it on the Western Front. Fighter schools in the United Kingdom and 30 Squadron in Mesopotamia also ...
The 94th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force 1st Operations Group located at ... 103d Aero Squadron. Spad VII, 1918; Spad XIII, 1918; 94th Aero ...
The 94th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service fighter squadron that fought on the Western Front during World War I. [3] [7] 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 ...
By the end of August 1918, all four American squadrons were fully outfitted with SPAD XIIIs. [31] The pilots of the 94th and 95th Aero Squadrons welcomed the SPADs, although the 27th and 147th Aero Squadrons were much less enthusiastic about the change. [32] The Nieuport 28 certainly possessed superior maneuverability to its SPAD replacement ...
The SPAD S.XI or SPAD 11 is a French two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War. The SPAD 11 was the work of Louis Béchereau, chief designer of the Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD), who also designed the highly successful SPAD 7 and SPAD 13 single-seat fighter aircraft.
Brooks' final SPAD, Smith IV, resides in the aircraft collection of the National Air and Space Museum. On September 14, 1918, Brooks and five other SPAD S.XIIIs spotted three squadrons of Fokker D.VIIs, generally regarded as the best fighter of World War I. While moving in to attack, Brooks looked behind him and saw a fourth squadron of 12 ...
The 13th Aero Squadron SPAD S.XII, showing the slight positive stagger of the wings. No units were entirely equipped with SPAD XIIs. [citation needed] The unknown number of aircraft produced were issued in small numbers, intended for use only by the most skilled pilots, such as Rene Fonck, Lionel de Marmier, Fernand Henri Chavannes, Henri Hay de Slade, Albert Deullin and François Battesti.