Escadrille MS 48 / N 48 / SPA 48
Active	1915–1918
Country	France
Branch	French Air Service
Type	Fighter Squadron
Mascot(s)	The Crowing Rooster
Engagements	World War I

Escadrille SPA.48 was a unit of theFrench Air Force during World War I.^[1]

Escadrille 48 was created on 29 March 1915 atVillacoublay near Paris, flying theMorane-Saulnier L. Active throughout the war at various locations on theWestern Front, theescadrille replaced its aircraft withNieuports in early 1915, then withSPADs at the end of 1916. By11 November 1918 the pilots of theescadrille had logged 9,826 flying hours, with 54 confirmed and 48 probable victories, at a cost of 11 killed and 12 wounded.^[2]

• Albert Achard (3 April – 29 September 1915)^[2]
• René Dousinelle (13 April 1917 – October 1918)^[2][6]
• Gilbert de Guingand (22 April 1917 – 22 October 1918)^[7]
• Auguste Lahoulle (19 May 1916 – 4 January 1917 & 16 October 1917 – January 1918)^[8]
• René Montrion (6 April 1917 – 28 June 1918 †)^[9]
• Jean Navarre (1 – 24 February 1916)^[2]
• Jacques Roques (2 January 1917 – November 1918)^[10]
• Armand de Turenne (13 June 1916 – 12 January 1918)^[2]
• Edmond Caillaux (18 February 1896 – 22 January 1943)^[11]

The following aircraft were operated by the unit between 1915 and 1918.^[2]

• Morane-Saulnier L
• Nieuport 10
• Nieuport 12
• Nieuport 11
• Nieuport 17 (& 23)
• SPAD S.VII

Bibliography

• Franks, Norman & Bailey, Frank W. (1992).Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street.ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0.

• Bailey, Frank W.; Cony, Christophe (2001).French Air Service War Chronology, 1914-1918: Day-to-Day Claims and Losses by French Fighter, Bomber and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western Front. London, UK: Grub Street.ISBN 978-1-90230-434-2.
• Davilla, James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. (1997).French Aircraft of the First World War. Stratford, Connecticut: Flying Machines Press.ISBN 978-0-96371-104-5.
• Lefèbvre, Jean-Michel (October 1976). "Escadron 2/7 "Argonne" historique (2): escadrilles de traditions" [Historic Squadron 2/7 Argonne, Part 3: Ancestral Flights].Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (83):16–19.ISSN 0757-4169.
• Les escadrilles de l'aéronautique militaire française: symbolique et histoire, 1912-1920 (in French). Vincennes: Service historique de l'armée de l'air. 2004.ISBN 2-11-094692-X.

• French Air and Space Force squadrons

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