28th Aero Squadron
The 28th 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 3d 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 June 1919 and was demobilized.
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28th Bomb Squadron2nd Pursuit Group3rd Pursuit GroupFirst Army Air ServiceFrederick DetrickJune 1917June 1919List of American aero squadronsList of World War I flying aces from the United StatesMartinus StensethOrganization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary ForceSPAD S.XIIIThomas Gantz Cassady
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28th Aero Squadron
The 28th 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 3d 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 June 1919 and was demobilized.
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SPAD S.VII, 1918–1919SPAD S.XIII, 1918–1919
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Curtiss JN-4, 1917
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"Indian Head"
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Capt. C. Maury Jones
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* Lt. Martinus Stenseth, 8
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