tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6303947794353185025..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Ace Maker: The SE-5Asnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-61611873962552168162017-08-14T21:11:33.679-07:002017-08-14T21:11:33.679-07:00I have read that there were 600,000 Chinese labore...I have read that there were 600,000 Chinese laborers. I have a picture of an aero squadron, formally posed with the commander in the middle of the first row. In the background, like a pet dog, is a Chinese person, complete with conical hat.<br /><a href="https://khao-barcelona.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">ลาลีกา</a>Sok Sarethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373712078360375074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-60317150272725092772017-07-25T08:20:47.539-07:002017-07-25T08:20:47.539-07:00Good looking ship; what were its markings in the c...Good looking ship; what were its markings in the captioned photo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-19526073573537848062017-07-24T16:42:37.632-07:002017-07-24T16:42:37.632-07:00USAS Squadron 25 was assigned to fly the SE5a. I...USAS Squadron 25 was assigned to fly the SE5a. It received its aircraft in time to fly missions on only the last two days of the war. mwrnrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427267183334399495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-48105569184769627162017-07-24T12:24:12.472-07:002017-07-24T12:24:12.472-07:00Bill Lambert, from Ironton, Ohio, flew the S.E.5a ...Bill Lambert, from Ironton, Ohio, flew the S.E.5a for No. 24 Squadron. He finished the war as the second greatest American ace to Rickenbacker. Check out Wilson's Bill Lambert: World War I Flying Ace.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-4376616882524298402017-07-24T11:46:00.899-07:002017-07-24T11:46:00.899-07:00Over 250 USAS pilots served with the RFC in 1918. ...Over 250 USAS pilots served with the RFC in 1918. A 'Swede' Larsen flew with the 84 Sq under Billy Bishop and was credited with 8 kills all while flying the SE.5a. By late summer, 1918, many of the surviving USAS pilots were used to activate the 17 & 148 Aero Sqs. to support the Brit. Amiens/Somme offensive in eary Sept-they did not fly the SE.5 though.djnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-25992891507725233002017-07-24T10:48:02.770-07:002017-07-24T10:48:02.770-07:00No. The Americans as the USAS flew French planes, ...No. The Americans as the USAS flew French planes, Nieuports and SPADs.<br />Some individual Americans serving with the British may have flown the odd SE 5a, but not as an American unit under U.S. command.Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227689140802527932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-36352818801569749532017-07-24T10:42:50.538-07:002017-07-24T10:42:50.538-07:00Was it flown by American Air Service pilots too??Was it flown by American Air Service pilots too??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353371531163331062noreply@blogger.com