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escadrille americaine

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Es⋅ca⋅drille A⋅mér⋅i⋅caine

[es-kuh-dril uh-mer-i-keyn; Fr. es-ka-dree-yuh a-mey-ree-ken] .
–noun
See under Lafayette Escadrille.

Lafayette Escadrille

–noun
a contingent of American aviators who in 1916 served as volunteers (Escadrille Américaine) in the French air force and in 1918 became the 103rd Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army.

Origin:
< F Escadrille Lafayette lit., Lafayette wing, officially Escadrille No. 124 of the French Army's Service aéronautique
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