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Escadrille SPA.48

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Escadrille MS 48 - N 48 - SPA - 48
Active1915
Country France
Branch  French Air Service
TypeFighter Squadron
Mascot(s)The Crowning Rooster
Engagements
World War I

Escadrille SPA.48 of the French Air Force was founded during World War I, on 29 March 1915.[1]

Endnotes

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  1. ^ Franks et al. 1992, p. 92.

References

  • Franks, Norman; Frank W. Bailey. Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918 Grub Street, 1992. ISBN 0-948817-54-2, ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0.

Further reading

  • Bailey, Frank W., and Christophe Cony. 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: Grub Street, 2001.
  • Davilla, James J., and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Stratford, CT: Flying Machines Press, 1997.
  • Les escadrilles de l'aéronautique militaire française: symbolique et histoire, 1912-1920. Vincennes: Service historique de l'armée de l'air, 2004. ISBN 2-11-094692-X