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''Escadrille 26'' is a squadron of the French Air Force founded in 1914 and still active today. ==History== Escadrille 26 was founded on 26 August 1914, at Arras. It was originally equipped with ''Morane-Saulnier'' aircraft, leading to its designation as ''Escadrille MS26''. It went into action attached to VI Armée of the French ground forces until 24 September 1914; it then switched bases to the Kingdom of Belgium.〔Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 91.〕 During 1915, it re-armed with ''Nieuport 11s'', and became ''Escadrille N26''. In June 1916, it moved to Cachy to join an improvised formation, ''Groupe de Combat de la Somme''. This ''groupe'' initially consisted of three other units in addition to ''Escadrille N26''—''Escadrille N3'', ''Escadrille N103'', and ''Escadrille N73''. Command of the ''groupe'' was granted to Capitaine Felix Brocard. On 1 November 1916, the ''groupe'' was formalized as ''Groupe de Combat 12'', Brocard commanding.〔 On 16 April 1917, ''GC 12'' switched from ''VIII Armées theater of operations to that of X Armée and VII Armée; they were then involved in the Second Battle of the Aisne. During July 1917, the ''escadrille'' moved to Flanders to aid ''1er Armée''. On 11 December 1917, it would return to ''VII Armée''. As the year ended, the ''escadrille'' restocked with ''SPADs'', becoming ''Escadrille SPA 26''.〔 In January 1918, ''SPA 26'' was posted to ''IV Armée''. It moved to ''VI Armée'' in March, and ''X Armée'' in June. It began July 1918 with ''V Armée'', and moved to ''1er Armée'' on the 29th. On 18 September 1918, the ''escadrille'' was posted back to IV Armée, and remained there until war's end.〔 On 12 January 1919, ''Escadrille SPA 26'' was cited by IV Armée for the destruction of 51 enemy aircraft and the disability of 70 more.〔 ''Escadrille SPA 26'' is still current in today's French Air Force. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Escadrille 26」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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