squadrons

new to the site... this is a great web site

Ok now the question....
Did Turkey, Bulgaria, and Rumania organize there aircraft into
formations similar to Squadrons. If so, does anyone know
the name in native language? (like germans = Jagdstaffeln)
Also, How many planes per "squadron"

oh, yes Russians too? .... i found things called fighter Detachments or Air Detachments. Was there any fixed number of planes in a detachment... or is it fluid.


thanks,
Jerry

looks like i should have searched this site more....
Turkish did have squadrons (Boluk). anybody have a guess at the rest?

Hi Jerry,

What I found on Russian air organization is as follows:

Originally the typical Russian air squadron (otryad) consisted of six airplanes, later this was increased to ten with two more in reserve. Towards the end of the war, some of the squadrons were organised into groups each made up of three or four squadrons. In 1917 these groups and their commanders were as follows:

1st - Cpt. Kazakov
2nd - Cpt. Kruten
3rd - Cpt. Zemitan
4th - Cpt. Kulvinski

Before the introduction of these groups, fighter wings (istrebitelnyi divisyon) were attached to each army. These squadrons could have as many as 6 different types of aircraft, and were sparsely scattered over a very wide front.

Hope this helps somewhat.

Regards,

JASTA75

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Thanks Jasta.... that does help my quest!
-jerry