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Greetings all; Cliff is quite right and to give you some scope on this subject. The 3rd Aircraft Instructional Center at Issoudon France had 14 training fields there were at least two Aero sqdns stationed at each for cadre duties and training schedules. For instance the 31st and 101st Aero were stationed at Field Five and taught acrobatics. There were units at Orly as well. Along with all of these these units were airpark maintenance cadre and supply sqdns. The Bombing and Pursuit units required support units to feed their need for supplies and machines. These were termed Aero sqdns. 185 being in Europe is a nice round number and it is entirely possible that these units were present in one capacity or another. One of the most unique Aero units was the 6th Aero stationed in Hawaii but of course they wouldn't count. In fact there were plans for another 250-300 Aero units in he United States but budget cuts after the war stopped that.
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