| 88th Aero Squadron | |
|---|---|
 88th Aero Squadron members with a squadron Salmson 2A2. Taken at Bethelainville Aerodrome, France, November 1918 | |
| Active | 18 August 1917 – 14 March 1921 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch | .svg){kind=small} Air Service, United States Army |
| Type | Squadron |
| Role | Corps Observation |
| Part of | American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) |
| Engagements |  World War I  Occupation of the Rhineland |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Maj. H. B. Anderson[1] |
| Insignia | |
| 88th Aero Squadron Emblem |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | Sopwith 1½ Strutter, 1918 |
| Reconnaissance | Dorand AR 1 and 2, 1918 Salmson 2A2, 1918–1919[2] |
| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Operations |
as part of III Corps Observation Group
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| Victories |
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The 88th 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 Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the III Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence.[5] After 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 June 1919 and became part of the permanent United States Army Air Service in 1921, being re-designated as the 88th Squadron.[2][6]
The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 436th Training Squadron, assigned to the 7th Operations Group, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.[7]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Gorrellwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Gorrell'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 29 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)
- ^ Rogers, Brian. United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications, 2005. ISBN 1-85780-197-0.