This week, while on vacation, I'll be visiting the University of Texas Dallas special collections section to review the George H....

The last two weeks have been eventful ones for the 12th Aero Squadron. On 4 October, Lt. Samuel Bowman launched with his pilot (records...

29 September 1918 The Meuse-Argonne offensive has been underway now for 3 days. After initially surprising the Germans, American troops...

THE BLOGOur current blog series, "This week in 1918" has been going well. You may have noticed our weekly releases have been somewhat...

28 September 1918 While returning from a successful Artillery Adjustment mission, Observer Lt. Elmer Haslett of the 12th Aero Squadron...

22 September 1918 EDITOR'S NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all descriptions in this article are derived from the Burdette S. Wright Diaries...

12 September 1918 1:00 AM Toul Airfield, France It was late. Lt. Burdette Wright, labored late into the night studying and preparing his...

9 –15 Sept 1918 After four years of hard warfare and bitter failure, it was finally time for the Allies to put an end to the Saint Mihiel...

Life and Death Life and death go hand in hand Through this world of ours so drear And the things we hold most dear Live but for a day,...

26 Aug - 1 Sept Last week the 12th returned to the Western Front. Since August 12th, they have been flying missions out of Toul Airfield....

For the last three months, men of the 12th Aero Squadron have been fighting and dying while performing four major mission types for the...

6-13 August 1918 Tuesday, 6 August, the Aisne-Marne Campaign officially ends. During the Allied drawdown of the offensive, the 12th Aero...

July 22-28 In March 1918, the Germans launched a major offensive designed to crush the British and knock France out of the war.[1] In...

On 5 July 1918, the 12th Aero Squadron received an urgent mission to photograph enemy lines. Fighter escort would be provided but the...

June 24th 0400: Gray overcast clouds hang low in the night sky. For the last week men from the 77th Liberty Division had been funneling...

You may have noticed things have been quiet lately from TwelfthRecon. For the last week I've been at the National Air and Space Museum...

17 - 23 June For the last two weeks the 12th continued its work on the front. Records are scant on details during this period except to...

Alright, it's been a while since the we've last posted new developments on the site so here goes... The Centennial Series continues...

Two of his planes were so badly damaged they never flew again. Capt Saunders' inspiring example foreshadowed things to come.

13 - 19 May "...a couple of the boys in my squadron got bumped off today very good friends of mine. Kind of got my wind up is all I can...