Word: squadronal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...temperature encountered on the Long Island field, gave the ship abnormal buoyancy and she rose unexpectedly from the ground. The enlisted men, when dragged a few feet from the ground, let go-as they are carefully trained to do. In his excitement, Private Aage Rasmussen, of the 62nd Aero Squadron, failed to let go; he was dragged aloft by the rope he was holding. He managed to swing this round his legs, and hung on. But not until it had reached a height of 400 feet could the crew of the TC2 cause the ship to descend by desperate pumping...
...disaster is, in the first instance, directly attributable to bad orders, errors of judgment and faulty navigation on the part of three officers attached to and serving on the U. S. S. Delphy, viz: the squadron commander, Captain Edward H. Watson, the commanding officer, Lieut. Commander Donald T. Hunter, and the navigating officer, Lieutenant Lawrence Francis Blodgett...
...Their responsibility is full and complete, and the court sees no extenuating circumstances. In the case of the division commanders, the court finds they must be held responsible in a measure. The fact remains that they did too blindly follow the judgment of the squadron commander...
...Five hundred aircraft to fly over Rome during the parade. Among these will be the famous sernissima esquadrille (the first squadron under Gabriele d'Annunzio to raid Vienna during the War), with its original pilots and machines. One of the pilots is Aldo Finzi, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
...Board saw the possibility of suggesting 13 officers for court martial, these had to be exempted from testifying, being given the same rights as defendants in a trial (TIME, Oct. 1). Nevertheless, the 13" interested parties" waived their rights and testified. Captain Edward H. Watson, in command of the squadron which went ashore, took all the blame upon himself, and in the final arguments instructed his counsel to make no defence. The defence of the others was chiefly that, according to regulations, all ships were obliged to follow the leaders course...