88th Aero Squadron
| 88th Aero Squadron | |
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88th Aero Squadron members with a squadron Salmson 2A2. Taken at Bethelainville Aerodrome, France, November, 1918
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| Active | 18 August 1917-14 March 1921 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 Air Service, United States Army
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| Type | Squadron |
| Role | Corps Observation |
| Part of | American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) |
| Engagements |
 World War I  Occupation of the Rhineland |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Maj. H. B. Anderson |
| Insignia | |
| 88th Aero Squadron Emblem |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | Sopwith 1½ Strutter, 1918 |
| Reconnaissance |
Dorand AR 1 and 2, 1918 Salmson 2A2, 1918-1919 |
| Service record | |
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| Operations |
as part of III Corps Observation Group
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| Victories |
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as part of III Corps Observation Group
Western Front, France: 24 May-11 November 1918
The 88th Aero Squadron was a Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.
The squadron was assigned as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the III Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron was assigned to the United States Third Army as part of the Occupation of the Rhineland in Germany. It returned to the United States in June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 88th Squadron.
The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 436th Training Squadron, assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
The 88th Aero Squadron history begins on 9 August 1917 at Fort Logan, Colorado when the men of both the 88th and 89th Aero Squadrons were inducted into the Army, received numerous vaccinations and began basic indoctrination into the military. On 16 August, the men boarded a troop train and were moved to Kelly Field #1, Texas. It was again moved to Kelly Field #2 on 24 September. After training and instruction on assembling new aircraft, the 88th Aero Squadron was ordered to move to the Aviation Concentration Center, Camp Mills, Garden City, New York on 6 October.
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