avia.wikisort.org - Air_ForcesEscadrille SPA.48 was a unit of the French Air Force during World War I.
Escadrille MS 48 / N 48 / SPA 48 |
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Active | 1915–1918 |
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Country | France |
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Branch | French Air Service |
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Type | Fighter Squadron |
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Mascot(s) | The Crowing Rooster |
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Engagements | World War I |
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Military unit
Unit history
Escadrille 48 was created on 29 March 1915 at Villacoublay near Paris, flying the Morane-Saulnier L. Active throughout the war at various locations on the Western Front, the escadrille replaced its aircraft with Nieuports in early 1915, then with SPADs at the end of 1916. By 11 November 1918 the pilots of the escadrille had logged 9,826 flying hours, with 54 confirmed and 48 probable victories, at a cost of 11 killed and 12 wounded.[2]
Commanders
Sources[2]
Name |
Appointed |
Notes |
Captain Paul Fernand du Peuty | 29 March 1915 | Served as Directeur du Service Aéronautique from 20 February to 20 August 1917. Returned to the infantry to command a battalion of Zouaves in October 1917 and was killed in action on 30 March 1918. |
Captain François de Thonel d'Orgeix | 5 September 1915 | |
Captain Jean Georges Fernand Matton[3] | 8 October 1916 | Killed in action on 10 September 1917 near Koekelare, Belgium, probably by Josef Jacobs of Jasta 7. |
Captain Jacques Victor Sabattier de Vignolle[4] | 12 September 1917 | |
Lieutenant Jean-Marie Thobie | 13 February 1918 | |
Lieutenant Gilbert Sardier[5] | 23 July 1918 | |
Notable members
- Albert Achard (3 April – 29 September 1915)[2]
- René Dousinelle (13 April 1917 – October 1918)[2][6]
- Gilbert de Guingand (22 April 1917 – 22 October 1918)[7]
- Auguste Lahoulle (19 May 1916 – 4 January 1917 & 16 October 1917 – January 1918)[8]
- René Montrion (6 April 1917 – 28 June 1918 †)[9]
- Jean Navarre (1 – 24 February 1916)[2]
- Jacques Roques (2 January 1917 – November 1918)[10]
- Armand de Turenne (13 June 1916 – 12 January 1918)[2]
- Edmond Caillaux (18 February 1896 – 22 January 1943)[11]
Aircraft flown
The following aircraft were operated by the unit between 1915 and 1918.[2]
References
- Bibliography
- Franks, Norman & Bailey, Frank W. (1992). Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0.
Further reading
- Bailey, Frank W.; Cony, Christophe (2001). French Air Service War Chronology, 1914-1918: Day-to-Day Claims and Losses by French Fighter, Bomber and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western Front. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-90230-434-2.
- Davilla, James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Stratford, Connecticut: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-0-96371-104-5.
- Lefèbvre, Jean-Michel (October 1976). "Escadron 2/7 "Argonne" historique (2): escadrilles de traditions" [Historic Squadron 2/7 Argonne, Part 3: Ancestral Flights]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (83): 16–19. ISSN 0757-4169.
- Les escadrilles de l'aéronautique militaire française: symbolique et histoire, 1912-1920 (in French). Vincennes: Service historique de l'armée de l'air. 2004. ISBN 2-11-094692-X.
Aviation in World War I |
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People and aircraft | |
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Campaigns and battles |
- Strategic bombing
- Bombing of cities
- Aerial reconnaissance
- Fokker Scourge
- Flight over Vienna
- Bloody April
- Battles
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Entente Powers air services |
- British air services
- Royal Flying Corps
- Royal Naval Air Service
- Royal Air Force
- Australian Flying Corps
- Canadian Air Force (1918–1920)
- French Air Service
- Imperial Russian Air Service
- Royal Italian Air Corps
- Romanian Air Corps
- United States Army Air Service
- Greek air services
- Army Air Service
- Naval Air Service
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Central Powers air services |
- Imperial German Air Service
- Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
- Ottoman Aviation Squadrons
- Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section
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