Word: squadronal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...golden coaches jolted past crowds which would have cried "Long live Mr. Ogden Haggerty Hammond!" if they had known his name. Behind trotted a squadron of the royal cavalry...
...With a constant vision of official intervention in case of a difficulty they forget they are regulated by the laws of the country in which their activities lie. And this dependence is not without reason as past experiences have so admirably demonstrated. Aid has over been readily forthcoming. A squadron of destroyers can be relied upon to turn up pleasantly in an obstreperous foreign port or an corrective note may be dutifully dispatched to Mexico at oil's behest. Occasionally these acts are justified; often of dubious propriety. At all events the inevitable cut to take from this motherly care...
...crash myself but several of the pilots of No. 18 Squadron, on the same aerodrome, saw Richthofen come down and the report was that a Lieutenant Brown had brought him down, though at the same time machine gunners on the ground claimed that they had put his machine out of action. . . . "One thing is certain; his machine crashed with considerable violence on the ground, and it is sure that von Richthofen was dead before he crashed...
...recall his funeral only from having done the squadron commander's work while Major Baker was attending the full military funeral we gave von Richthofen. His body was put in a casket on a gun carriage and taken to a cemetery. Most of the air force unit sent wreaths, and he was buried in proper Christian fashion...
...said, "Lieutenant Winthorpe was forced to land on a German flying field. He was taken prisoner, but there was delay in sending him to a prison camp. The Germans immediately dropped a note on Winthorpe's squadron saying he was safe. The German officers supplied him with clothing, played tennis with him, went hunting with him, and he had a wonderful time for a fortnight. Finally, when the time came for him to go, all the officers petitioned the squadron commander to permit him to remain. The commander referred it to the higher command, which refused the request...