escadrille
Americannoun
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escadrilles
plural
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a squadron or divisional unit of airplanes.
the Lafayette Escadrille of World War I.
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Obsolete. a small naval squadron.
noun
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a French squadron of aircraft, esp in World War I
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a small squadron of ships
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Etymology
Origin of escadrille
1910–15; < French: flotilla, Middle French < Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra squadron
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“I don’t think Prince minded going,” fellow escadrille pilot James R. McConnell wrote.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
After the United States entered the conflict, the escadrille was absorbed into the American air service, and today its members are considered the godfathers of the U.S.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
Life in the escadrille was glamorous and deadly.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2016
Despite the noise, the conversation was overheard by several escadrille members.
From Time Magazine Archive
He made the ascent with his customary brilliancy, which had won him the admiration of the entire escadrille.
From Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines The German Spy's Secret by Charles Amory Beach
The groups belonging to our fighting escadrilles on both banks of the Somme achieved this result.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
But these airplanes, while doing this special work, must be protected by patrolling escadrilles.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
To economize and coördinate strength, all the fighting escadrilles at Verdun were grouped under the sole command of Major de Rose.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
Here again, copying the French services, Germany strengthened her chasing escadrilles during the whole winter of 1916-1917, and by the following spring she possessed no less than forty.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
Trips are made in squadron formation and sham battles are effected with other escadrilles, as the smallest unit of an aërial fleet is called.
From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by James R. (James Rogers) McConnell
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