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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 94th and 95th Aero Squadron received the initial allotments, starting in March 1918. [17] In all, four AEF pursuit squadrons: the 27th, 94th, 95th and 147th Aero Squadrons, flew Nieuport 28s operationally for various periods between March and August 1918. [18] [19] Rickenbacker with his Nieuport 28 – note offset guns
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.
On 8 April, seven of the squadron's planes were transferred to the 94th Aero Squadron, which was being transferred to Croix de Metz Aerodrome, near Toul. By the end of the month, the 95th was also being prepared to move to Toul, and on 4 May it also moved. On 5 May, the 95th was organized, along with the 94th Aero Squadron into the 1st Pursuit ...
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 ...
The Third Army Air Service's pursuit squadrons were consolidated at Coblenz. The 1st Aero Squadron and the remaining observation squadrons were consolidated at Weissenthurm and formed the III Corps Observation Group. The IV Corps Observation Group consisted of only the 85th Aero Squadron at Sinzing. The VII Corps Observation Group was at Trier.
[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.