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Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	20th Aero Squadron
rdfs:comment	The 20th Aero Squadron was a 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. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron 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 20th Squadron.
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Branch	15
command structure	American Expeditionary Forces
Role	Day Bombardment
identification symbol	125
Type	Squadron
identification symbol label	20
Caption	20
Dates	--06-26
aircraft trainer	Curtiss JN-4, 1917Standard J-1, 1917
Unit Name	20
notable commanders	Lt. Cecil G. Sellers
Battles	150
aircraft bomber	Dayton-Wright DH-4, 1918-1919
equipment label	Fuselage Code
operations	--09-05
abstract	The 20th Aero Squadron was a 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. After the 1918 Armistice with Germany, the squadron 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 20th Squadron. The current United States Air Force unit which holds its lineage and history is the 20th Bomb Squadron, assigned to the 2d Operations Group, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.