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'{{Infobox military unit |unit_name= ''Escadrille Spa.87'' |image=Lt. Destainville of Escadrille N 87 in his Nieuport 27 fighter at Lunéville airfield before departing on a flight (cropped).jpg |caption= [[Nieuport 27]] and [[Nieuport 24]] of the ''Escadrille N.87'', 1917. |dates= 1917–1918 |country= {{flag|France}} |allegiance= |branch= [[File:Roundel of the French Air Force before 1945.svg|15px]]&nbsp; [[French Air Service]] |type= Fighter Squadron |role= |size= |command_structure= |garrison= |garrison_label= Home station |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= Branch color |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders= |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= }} {{Use American English|date=September 2020}} '''''Escadrille Spa.87''''' (also known as ''Escadrille N.87'') was a French fighter squadron active during the First World War, from March 1917 to the Armistice. They were credited with 28 confirmed victories over enemy aircraft, ==History== '''''Escadrille Spa.87''''' was founded at [[Lyon-Bron]], France on 8 March 1917 as a [[Nieuport]] fighter squadron called ''Escadrille N.87''. It was attached to a French field army, ''VIII Armee'', until 1 July 1918.<ref name=front>''Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'', p. 99</ref> The squadron re-equipped with [[SPAD S.7]]<ref name=spad7/> and [[SPAD S.13]]<ref name=spad13/> fighters on 4 May 1918, and was renamed ''Escadrille Spa.87''. By the Armistice, the fighter squadron had been credited with destroying 28 enemy aircraft.<ref name=front/> ==Commanding officers== * Unknown: 8 March 1917 - 1 January 1918 * ''Capitaine'' Pierre Azire: 1 January 1918 - 30 June 1918 * Lieutenant Joseph Jochaud du Plessis: 30 June 1918 - war's end<ref name=front/> ==Notable members== * [[Adjutant]] [[Laurent B. Ruamps]] * Adjutant [[Lucien Gasser]]<ref name=front/> * [[Maréchal des logis]] [[William A. Wellman]]<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/flying_corps.html "Lafayette Flying Corps."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227120143/http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/flying_corps.html |date=2009-02-27 }} ''angelfire.com''. Retrieved: September 20, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://pagesperso-orange.fr/rdisa/html/Frames/lafayette.html "The Foundation."] ''Lafayette Flying Corps Memorial Foundation'', 2002. Retrieved: September 20, 2009.</ref> ==Aircraft== * March 1918 inventory: ** Four [[Nieuport 24]]s ** Three [[Nieuport 27]]s ** Two [[SPAD S.7]]s<ref name=front/> * 4 May 1918 refitting: ** SPAD S.7<ref name=spad7>The Aerodrome website page on the SPAD S.7 [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/france/spad_vii.php] Retrieved 1 September 2020</ref> ** [[SPAD S.13]]<ref name=spad13>The Aerodrome website page on the SPAD S.13 [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/france/spad_xiii.php] Retrieved 1 September 2020</ref> ==End notes== {{reflist}} ==References== * [[Norman Franks|Franks, Norman]]; Bailey, Frank (1993). ''Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'' London, UK: Grub Street Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-948817-54-0}}. {{wwi-air}} [[Category:Fighter squadrons of the French Air and Space Force]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1917]] [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918]] [[Category:Military units and formations of France in World War I]] [[Category:Military aviation units and formations in World War I]] {{France-mil-unit-stub}}'