The U.S. Air Service In the Great War: 1917-1919

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Bloomsbury Academic, Mar 20, 1996 - History - 272 pages
When the United States went to war in April 1917 the Army's Air Service had one squadron of obsolete aircraft. By November 1918 the Air Service had aero squadrons which were specialized in air combat, observation, bombing, and photography. Each combat division habitually had an air observation squadron and a balloon company attached. This work also details the efforts of the Air Service to construct a massive system of supply, repair, and maintenance. Questions such as the training of flyers, observers, and balloonists are also explored.

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Contents

Getting into the Air
17
The Gathering
35
Quiet Sectors No Longer
55
Copyright

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The U.S. Air Service In the Great War: 1917-1919
James J. Cooke
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12th Aero 1st Aero Squadron 1st Army 1st Corps Observation 27th Aero 2nd Army 2nd Balloon Company 3rd Army 50th Aero AEF's Air Service Aero Observation Squadron AFHA Air Force air power airfield airmen airplanes American Air Service arrived assigned attack August aviation Balloon Section balloonists battle battlefield Billy Mitchell bombing Brereton Chaumont Chief of Staff Cockade Journal Colombey-les-Belles Colonel command Corps Observation Group Cross and Cockade DH4s Diary Entry Doughboys enemy engine fighting fire flew flyers flying Fort Omaha Foulois France Frank Lahm Frank Luke French gasbag German aircraft Gorrell ground headquarters Ibid Infantry Division Issoudun July Lieutenant Luke Major Mason Patrick Memorandum Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne Offensive Mihiel Offensive Military missions November October Ourches Patrick Pershing Pershing's photographic pilots and observers planes private printing Pursuit Group pursuit squadrons reconnaissance sent September 1918 Squier supply tactical Toul troops U.S. Air Service U.S. Army United Washington Western Front

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About the author (1996)

JAMES J. COOKE is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. He spent the academic year 1992-1993 as a Visiting Professor of History at the U.S. Air War College. His latest book was The Rainbow Division in The Great War, 1917-1919 (Praeger, 1994).

Bibliographic information

TitleThe U.S. Air Service In the Great War: 1917-1919
AuthorJames J. Cooke
Editionillustrated
PublisherBloomsbury Academic, 1996
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 12, 2008
ISBN0275948625, 9780275948627
Length272 pages
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