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  • 258th Aero Squadron
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  • The 258th 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 Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the VII Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. 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 August 1919 and was demobilized.
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Branch
  • 15
command structure
Role
  • Corps Observation
identification symbol
  • 125
Type
  • Squadron
identification symbol label
  • 258
Caption
  • 258
Dates
  • --02-14
Unit Name
  • 258
notable commanders
  • Lt. George F. Hughes
Battles
  • 150
equipment label
  • Fuselage Code
aircraft recon
  • Salmson 2A2, 1918-1919Dayton-Wright DH-4, 1919
operations
  • --09-10
abstract
  • The 258th 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 Corps Observation Squadron, performing short-range, tactical reconnaissance over the VII Corps, United States First Army sector of the Western Front in France, providing battlefield intelligence. 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 August 1919 and was demobilized. There is no current United States Air Force or Air National Guard successor unit.