A Preliminary to War
The 1st Aero Squadron and the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1916
On March 15, 1916, the 1st Aero Squadron arrived at Columbus, New Mexico, its train steaming into the crowded, chaotic town at 9:15 in the morning. Led by Capt. Benjamin D. Foulois, a lantern-jawed, bantam-weight former enlisted man, the squadron included eleven officers, eighty-two enlisted men, and one civilian technician. Under Foulois's direction, the men unloaded an automobile, six motorcycles, and twelve motor trucks, vehicles rare in 1916 New Mexico and even rarer in an army still wedded to the horse and mule. These were followed by wooden crates containing eight wood, wire, and fabric Curtiss JN--3 biplanes, every airplane owned by…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4102-2262-6
- EAN: 9781410222626
- Produktnummer: 38235317
- Verlag: University Press Of The Pacific
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 68 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.4 cm 114 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 114
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