20 August 1917 – 1921 (became 96th Squadron (Bombardment))
Country
United States
Branch
Air Service, United States Army
Type
Squadron
Role
Day bombardment
Part of
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Engagements
World War I
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj. H. M. Brown Capt. James A. Summersett Jr. (temporary) Maj. J. L. Dunsworth Capt. James A. Summersett Jr. (permanent)[1]
Insignia
96th Aero Squadron emblem
Aircraft flown
Bomber
Breguet 14B.2, 1918–1919
Military unit
Service record
Operations
1st Day Bombardment Group Western Front, France: 29 May – 11 November 1918[2]
Sorties: 1,149
Combat missions: 86
Enemy combats: 22
Killed: 6
Wounded:10
Missing:30
Aircraft lost: 17[3]
Victories
Enemy aircraft shot down: 14[4]
Enemy balloons shot down: 0[4]
Total enemy aircraft destroyed: 14[4]
The 96th Aero Squadron was an Air Service, United States Army unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.
The squadron was assigned as a day bombardment squadron, performing long-range bombing attacks on roads and railroads: destruction of materiel and massed troop formations behind enemy lines. It also performed strategic reconnaissance over enemy-controlled territory, and tactical bombing attacks on enemy forces in support of Army offensive operations.[5] After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron returned to the United States in May 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 96th Squadron (Bombardment).[3][6]
The 96th Bomb Squadron, assigned to the 2d Operations Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, is the squadron's descendant United States Air Force unit, which has inherited its lineage and honors.[1]
^ ab"96 Bomb Squadron (ACC) AFHRA Lineage and History". Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^Series "H", Section "O", Volume 29, Weekly Statistical Reports of Air Service Activities, October 1918 – May 1919. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
^ abSeries "E", Volume 14, History of the 96th Aero Squadron. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
^ abcGorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, Series M, Volume 38, Compilation of Confirmed Victories and Losses of the AEF Air Service as of 26 May 1919
^"Maurer, Maurer (1978), The US Air Service in World War I, The Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF Washington" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
^Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the First World War, Volume 3, Part 3, Center of Military History, United States Army, 1949 (1988 Reprint)
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