Escadrille Spa.94

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'''''Escadrille Spa.94''''' (originally ''Escadrille N.94'') was a French fighter squadron active from mid-1917 until World War I ended on 11 November 1918. While it spent 1918 merged into larger formations, the squadron destroyed 42 enemy aircraft.

==History==

French aviation Detachments N.512, N.513, and N.514 were merged at Melette, France on 14 May 1917 to found ''Escadrille N.94''. It used Nieuport 24 and Nieuport 27 fighters to support ''IV Armee''. On 30 January 1918, the squadron was one of four merged at Villeneuve to form ''Groupe de Combat 18'', which in turn was one of three ''Groupe de Combats'' merged to become ''Escadre de Combat No. 1''.<ref name=front>''Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'', p. 101.</ref>

In February 1918, the squadron refitted with SPAD fighters, becoming '''''Escadrille Spa.94'''''. On 4 October 1918, the ''Escadre'' was Mentioned in dispatches; thus, ''Escadrille Spa.94'' won a citation. By war's end on 11 November 1918, the squadron was credited with 42 confirmed aerial victories.<ref name=front/>

==Commanding officers== * ''Capitaine'' Edouard Pillet: 14 May 1917 – late April 1918 * Lieutenant de la Rochefordiere: Late April 1918 – killed in action 11 June 1918 * Lieutenant Jean Bozon-Verduraz: 11 June 1918 until war's end<ref name=front/>

==Notable members== * ''Sous lieutenant'' Pierre Marinovitch * ''Sous lieutenant'' André-Henri Martenot de Cordou<ref name=front/>

==Aircraft==

* Nieuport 24 fighters: 14 May 1917 – February 1918 * Nieuport 27 fighters: 14 May 1917 – February 1918 * SPAD fighters: February 1918 onwards<ref name=front/>

==End notes== {{reflist}}

==References== * Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank (1993). ''Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'' London, UK: Grub Street Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-948817-54-0}}.

==Further reading== * Guttman, Jon. (2016). ''Grim Reapers: French Escadrille 94 in World War I''. Aeronaut Books. {{isbn|978-1935881407}}

Category:Fighter squadrons of the French Air and Space Force Category:Military units and formations established in 1917 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Category:Military units and formations of France in World War I Category:Military aviation units and formations in World War I