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19 August 2008, 01:59 PM
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Hello Roser
The french /belgium, escadrille was first created as " détachement Caudron de Roosbrugge" in May 1916 and became C74 on 16 July 1916 at Hondshoote airfield (Cne Maurice Collard as CO) The pilots were french and the observers were from Belgium (Source: SHAA-france) Cordialement Bruno
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20 August 2008, 03:11 AM
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According to "L'armee de l'Air (1)", Editions Atlas 1992, I can present the following:
"created 6 July 1916 as aviation detachment # 74, escadrille #74 was first equipped with Caudron G-4 Aircraft, which gave it the desigation C-74. Directed to Hondschoote, this unit, placed under the command of Captain Collard until February 1917, worked to the benefit of the French and Belgian armies, on whose behalf it carried out multiple missions of reconnaissance and artillery spotting. In July 1917, after having passed under the command of Captain Paillard, the unit was sent to Belgium, from which it returned the following December. After having been placed at Esquennoy, in the Somme, during a period in which it was transformed with new aircraft, the Salmson 2.A2 and SPAD single-seaters, it returned to the region of Dunquerque in April 1918 as S-74. It would not leave there until June 1918, when it took a sector in the region of Nancy. " The unit was dissolved 17 March 1919. Its first insignia was a windmill, and later a seated black cat. Doc
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20 August 2008, 03:20 AM
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Hello Doc
Several official sources (SHAA) say 16 july 1916 as creation date and not 6 July here is an interesting site-may be you know it ? Traditions des escadrilles de l'Armée de l'air Bien cordialement Bruno
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20 August 2008, 03:32 AM
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Bruno, I can't argue with you, but that is my only source at present. I will bow to expertise of the SHAA. Yes, I have seen that site. Thanks. Doc
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