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94th Aero Squadron Restaurant, San Diego, California Web site. Military and aviation relics. Hamilton Coolidge World War I Collection at The Museum of Flight Digital Collections - materials related to the wartime experience of Hamilton Coolidge, a fighter ace who served with the 94th Aero Squadron and who was killed in action.
Redesignated 103d Aero Squadron, 4 March 1919 Demobilized on 18 August 1919 [6] Reconstituted on 8 April 1924 and consolidated with the 94th Pursuit Squadron as the 94th Pursuit Squadron [3] 94th Fighter Squadron. Organized as the 94th Aero Squadron on 20 August 1917; Redesignated 94th Aero Squadron (Pursuit) on 30 March 1918
The 94 th Aero Squadron Restaurant didn’t take its name and location lightly. Named for the World War I unit commanded by hometown hero Eddie Rickenbacker and located just outside John Glenn ...
94th Aero Squadron (later 94th Squadron, 94th Pursuit Squadron, 94th Fighter Squadron, 94th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 94th Fighter Squadron): 5 May–17 November 1918, 22 August 1919 – 16 October 1945, 3 July 1946 – 6 February 1952 (detached 13 October 1947 – 16 February 1948), 18 August 1955 – 1 ...
San Francisco, California: Died: December 16, 1990 (aged 94) Allegiance United States: Service / branch: Air Service, United States Army: Years of service: 1917-1924: Rank: Captain: Unit: Air Service, United States Army. 94th Aero Squadron; Battles / wars World War I: Awards: DSC (5) Croix De Guerre
[n 16] The first aerial victory in an American unit was by 1st Lt. Paul F. Baer of the 103rd Aero Squadron, and formerly a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps, on March 11. The first victories credited to American-trained pilots came on April 14, 1918, when Lieutenants Alan F. Winslow and Douglas Campbell of the 94th Pursuit Squadron scored.
The 94th Aero Squadron arrived at Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome to be part of the 1st POTC on 20 February 1918 without any aircraft, and it wasn't until two weeks later, on 8 March, that seven Nieuport planes arrived from Air Service Acceptance Park No. 1 at Orly Field, near Paris. However, the planes were unarmed.
Constituted in the Army Air Service as the 17th Squadron (Pursuit) on 14 March 1921; Re-designated as the 17th Pursuit Squadron on 25 January 1923; Reconstituted, and consolidated (17 October 1936) with 17th Aero Squadron; Departed from the port of San Francisco, California, about mid-November 1940 on the U.S.A.T. Etolin and arrived in the ...