85th Aero Squadron
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The 85th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.
85th Aero Squadron | |
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Active | 17 August 1917 – April 1919 |
Country | United States |
Branch | Air Service, United States Army |
Type | Squadron |
Role | Observation |
Part of | American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) |
Engagements | World War I Occupation of the Rhineland |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Capt. Herbert A. Shaffner[1] |
Insignia | |
85th Aero Squadron Emblem | |
Aircraft flown | |
Reconnaissance | De Haviland DH-4 |
Service record | |
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Operations |
Second Army Observation Group
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Initially assigned as an Army Observation Squadron to perform long-range strategic reconnaissance behind enemy lines, it was instead designated as a Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the VI Corps, United States Second Army sector of the Western Front in France.[3]
The squadron saw limited combat, and with Second Army's planned offensive drive on Metz cancelled due to 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 July, 1919.
There is no modern United States Air Force unit that shares its lineage and history.[1][4]