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unusual facts about Escadrille 23


Escadrille 23

On 19 March 1918, the escadrille earned the fourragere of the Croix de guerre by being cited again, for downing another 23 enemy airplanes.



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Morane-Saulnier L

In December 1914, renowned French aviator Roland Garros, then serving with Escadrille 23, worked with Raymond Saulnier to create a gun synchronizer, around the gas operated Hotchkiss light machine gun, however the firing rate fluctuated too much, defeating efforts to get the synchronizer to function properly.