13th Aero Squadron
The 13th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 2d Pursuit Group, First United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and bombardment squadrons over enemy territory. It also attacked enemy observation balloons, and perform close air support and tactical bombing attacks of enemy forces along the front lines. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in March 1919 and demobilized.
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
Belrain Aerodrome
Haussimont Airdrome
Issoudun Aerodrome
Kelly Field
List of Air Service American Expeditionary Force aerodromes in France
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Souilly Aerodrome
Toul-Croix de Metz Airfield
Wilbur Wright Field
103rd Aero Squadron139th Aero Squadron13th Bomb Squadron22nd Aero Squadron2nd Pursuit Group8th Special Operations Squadron90th Aero Squadron90th Fighter SquadronCarl SpaatzCharles J. Biddle (aviator)Distinguished Service Cross (United States)First Army Air ServiceFrank Kerr HaysHans Müller (aviator)Hobey_BakerJ. Dickinson EsteJagdstaffel 18John Joseph Seerley Jr.June 1917June 1918List of American aero squadronsList of World War I flying aces from the United StatesMurray Kenneth GuthrieOrganization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary ForceSPAD S.XIISPAD S.XIIISkull and crossbones (military)Société pour l'aviation et ses dérivésWilliam Howard Stovall
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13th Aero Squadron
The 13th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The squadron was assigned as a Day Pursuit (Fighter) Squadron as part of the 2d Pursuit Group, First United States Army. Its mission was to engage and clear enemy aircraft from the skies and provide escort to reconnaissance and bombardment squadrons over enemy territory. It also attacked enemy observation balloons, and perform close air support and tactical bombing attacks of enemy forces along the front lines. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in March 1919 and demobilized.
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SPAD XIII, 1918
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Captain Charles J. BiddleLt. Dickinson Este
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