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The history of military ballooning includes the American Civil War era Union Army Balloon Corps and the even earlier French Aerostatic Corps .
Hangars from the U.S. Army's Ross Field Balloon School, 1922 Caquot Type R Observation balloon at USAF Museum
At the start of World War I, the organization of the Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force included observation balloon units organized into companies, squadrons, and wings and each company was equipped with one balloon. Five companies comprised a squadron, and three squadrons made up a wing. By the end of the war 110 companies had been created. In the field Balloon companies were allotted to the ground units they supported as needed. In 1918 June, with squadron organization discontinued, company designations were numbered and organized into groups. Only 35 companies made it to France with the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). 17 companies served at the front, making 1,642 combat ascensions, while six other groups were en route to the front at the armistice.
After the war, the National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans was organized[1] Eyes of the Army : a story about the Observation Balloon Service of World War I by Craig S. Herbert.[2] Haul Down and Ease Off .[3]
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D, - 4th Balloon company 25-Sept-1917 (AEF)
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A, - 5th Balloon company 4-Nov-1917 (AEF)
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C, - 7th Balloon company 3-Nov-1917 (AEF)
D, - 8th Balloon company 4-Nov-1917 (AEF)
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A, - 9th Balloon company 14-Nov-1917 (AEF)
B, - 10th Balloon company 14-Nov-1917 (AEF)
C, - 13th Balloon company 22-Jan-1918 (AEF)
D, - 14th Balloon company 13-Nov-1917 (AEF)
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A, - 11th Balloon company ?-?-? (AEF)
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D, - 16th Balloon company 14-Dec-1917 (AEF)
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References [ edit ]
^ "HAUL DOWN AND EASE OFF - OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN BALLOON CORPS VETERANS" . Imperial War Museums .
^ "War Department, U. (1964). Records of the Army Air Forces, ca. 1902 - 1964; Series: General Orders, 1919 - 1921; Special Orders, October-December 1917 (132-218) (Image 106)" . United States National Archives .
Further reading [ edit ]
A Grandstand Seat : The American Balloon Service in World War I, Eileen F. Lebow, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998
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