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''Escadrille 73'' of the French Air Force originated at Corcieux on 23 May 1915 as Detachment N 49 during the World War I.
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Escadrille N 73 - SPA 73
French Air and Space Force squadrons {{France-mil-unit-stub
History
It was initially assigned to the ''VII Armee'' front. On 1 April 1916, it was renamed DetachmentNieuport
Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.
History
Beginnings
Originally formed as Nieuport-Duplex in ...
de Corcieux. On 18 April 1916, it was redesignated, this time as Detachment N73. It became ''Escadrille N73'' on 4 July 1916. On 1 November 1916, it was one of the units gathered into '' Groupe de Combat 12'', along with '' Escadrille N3'', '' Escadrille N26'', and '' Escadrille N103''. The unit became ''Escadrille Spa73'' when it re-equipped with Spad VIIs in January 1917.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 96. The ''escadrille'' left ''GC 12'' on 18 January 1918, being replaced by '' Escadrille SPA.67''.Franks, Bailey 1992, p. 95. On 4 October 1918, ''Escadrille Spa73'' was cited in orders as having downed 30 enemy aircraft and an observation balloon.
Commanding officers
* Lieutenant Pierre Bouny * Lieutenant Honore Lareinty-Tholozan: Killed in flying accident 5 May 1916 * Unknown * Lieutenant Jean Ricard: 4 July 1916 - * Capitaine Albert Deullin: 22 February 1917 - 8 February 1918 * Capitaine Pierre Cahuzac: ca 9 February 1918 - ca 2 March 1918 * LieutenantMaurice Noguès
Maurice Noguès (31 October 1889 – 15 January 1934) was a French aviator from Brittany.
Biography
Noguès was born in Rennes, to Marthe Vallée and Émile Noguès; his father was a Colonel in the artillery. He taught himself to fly in 1909, an ...
: 3 March 1918 - April 1918
* Lieutenant Robert Gerdes: April 1918 - ca 9 July 1918
* Lieutenant Pierre Jaille: 10 July 1918 - ?
Notable personnel
* Capitaine Albert Deullin * Lieutenant François BattestiAircraft
* Nieuport
Nieuport, later Nieuport-Delage, was a French aeroplane company that primarily built racing aircraft before World War I and fighter aircraft during World War I and between the wars.
History
Beginnings
Originally formed as Nieuport-Duplex in ...
* Nieuport 24
The Nieuport 24 (or Nieuport XXIV C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed by Gustave Delage as a development of the successful Nieuport 17.
The Nieuport 24 had the misfortune to be the penult ...
* Spad VII: Received January 1917
Endnotes
References
* Franks, Norman; Frank W. Bailey. ''Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918'' Grub Street, 1992. , .Further reading
* Bailey, Frank W., and Christophe Cony. ''French Air Service War Chronology, 1914-1918: Day-to-Day Claims and Losses by French Fighter, Bomber and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western Front''. London: Grub Street, 2001. * Davilla, James J., and Arthur M. Soltan. ''French Aircraft of the First World War''. Stratford, CT: Flying Machines Press, 1997. * ''Les escadrilles de l'aéronautique militaire française: symbolique et histoire, 1912-1920''. Vincennes: Service historique de l'armée de l'air, 2004.External links
Escadrille N 73 - SPA 73
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