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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.
Captain Burt E. Skeel, commander of the 27th Pursuit Squadron, was killed 4 October 1924, in the crash of a Verville-Sperry R-3 at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, at the start of Pulitzer Trophy event of the 1924 Races. The group changed aircraft frequently during its service between wars, as new types were developed and older models became outdated.
Constituted in the Army Air Service as the 19th Squadron (Pursuit) on 30 August 1921; Inactivated on 29 June 1922; Re-designated 19th Pursuit Squadron on 25 January 1923, and activated 1 May 1923; [34] Re-designated: 19th Fighter Squadron on 15 May 1942, Currently 19th Fighter Squadron, Hickam Field, Hawaii [10] 20th Aero Squadron: 26 June 1917
91st Aero Squadron - Coblenz Airfield, January 1919 medals ceremony. 9th Aero Squadron - evaluating a captured Fokker D.VII, Trier Aerodrome Major Reed Chambers, AEF 94th Pursuit Squadron next to a SPAD S.XIII, Coblenz Aerodrome Members of the 1st Aero Squadron enjoying some R&R on a Rhine River Cruise, spring 1919
No. 24 Squadron RAF 25th Aero Squadron: 6 victories (4 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, October, 1918 [1] Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) [26] Louis Bennett Jr. Lieutenant No. 40 Squadron RAF: 12 victories (1 shared) Killed in action: 24 August 1918 [1] Charles Arthur ...
The first Hawk to serve with the Air Corps in quantity was the P-1A (17th, 27th, and 94th Pursuit Squadrons) beginning in 1925. In October 1928 the largest order of 33 P-1s was made. These were delivered by April 1929 as P-1Cs. [5] The AT-4 and AT-5 trainer variants served with the 43rd Pursuit Squadron (School) at Kelly Field, Texas. [5]
While deployed to Alpena, Michigan, for a gunnery exercise, Lt. James R. Taylor of the 71st Pursuit Squadron, flying Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, 39-695, of the 27th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, [151] suffers a port engine fire on takeoff from Selfridge Field [152] which causes his fighter to strike pine trees. The pilot dies of his ...