Evening star., 1933-03-01
10ObATTLE PLANES
FLY IN INAUGURAL
Fleet to Pass in Review Be-
fore Roosevelt Three Hours
After Ceremonies Begin.

More than 100 Of the Nations
fighting airplanes will pass in review
before President Roosevelt three hours
after the beginning of the inaugural
ceremonies at noon Saturday, accord
ing to orders which have been issued to
the Second Bombardment Wing. Army
Air Corps. at Langley Field, Va, and
the Marine Corps East Coast Expedi-
tionary Force at Quantico, Va.
The Army will send approximately rs
bombardment and pursuit planes, COM
posing the Langley Field wing, while
the Marines are expected to have 80
planes in the air column, which is to
reach the White House at pm. Sat-
urday. Probably score or more of
other aircraft, including the U. S. S.
Akron, an Army dirigible from Lang
lev Field, and Photographic planes also
will be in the air.
The great aerial column will assemble
at rendezvous points and meet in COL
urnn so as to pass westward above
Pennsylvania avenue, from the Capitol
to the White House. the head of the
column being timed to reach the White
House precisely at 3 o'clock.
Foulois to Lead.
The combined air force will be led by
Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, chief
of the Army Air Corps, who will fly his
own O-38 observation plane. He will
be accompanied by two officers of his
staff in their own planes, the three
ships flying in V-shaped element
They will be followed by the Second
Bombardment Wing, composed of the
goth, 49th and 96th Bombardment
ment Group, and the 33rd, 35th and
36th Pursuit SquadronS Of the Eighth
Pursuit Group. The Maxine squadrons
will follow the bombers.
The Army wing will be led by Co..
c. c. Culver, said to be the Nations
senior flying officer. with Maj. B. @.
Jones in command of the pursuit
group and Maj. H. A. Dargue in COM
mand Of the bombers.
The Army squadrons are to rendez-
vous over Alexandria, Va. while the
Marine squadrons will meet above the
upper Anacostia River.
Col. Culver will bring with him from
Langley Field some of the most famous
combat squadrons in the Army The
Goth Bomoardment Squadron holds a
number of battle records and the 35th
was numbered among the first $4,000
Americans to reach France. The I'd
Bombardment Group was organized il
France as the 1st Day Bombardment
Group and took into action the 96th,
18th, goth and 166th Bombardment
Squadrons. The 166th is now the 49th.
so the three squadrons which will fly
here Saturday were in the original
group in France.
Operated as a Group.
These squadrons operated as a group
during each day of the st. Mihiel Of
fensive and, during the Meuse-Ar-
gonne drive the group dropped 1854
tons of bombs. During the war the
96th Squadron flew so raids, the 20tu
80 raids and the 166th, now the 49th,
IS raids.
The 49th Squadron was in action
that time destroyed 25 enemy planes,
with loss of only six pilots.
The 20th Squadron dropped more
bombs than any other American squad
ron at the front 1t holds the record
among Liberty bombardment organiza-
tions for the number of battle victories,
with IL enemy planes to its credit.
Three of its officers won the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for gallantry.
The goth was the first squadron Of
American-buf planes to bomb the
enemy. going into action at Contains
September IA, 1917. Its most fatal
when the squadron lost five out OF
seven planes engaged, one Of the two
surviving planes returning with. ITS
observer dead 1t lost a total OF Is
men during the war.
The 35th Squadron arrived in France
as part of the original $4,000 after
passing through a submarine attack In
the North Sea- All of the squadrons
of the two groups saw action in France
during the war and the I'd Bombard-
ment Group also saw Mexican border
service.
Marine Corps Represented.
The Marine Corps will be represented
In the air review by parts OF four
suuadrons. one composed OF single |
scatter fighters, two of tWo-Seater Oh |
servation planes, and one OF transports.
Many of the pilots and some Of the
planes participating are freshly re-
turned from Nicaragua, where they
were campaigning against insurrection-
lists.
The Marines will be led by Lieut..
Col Ralph E. Rowell. one-time COM |
mander of Marine aviation in Mic |
aragua. Capt. H. D. Campbell will
lead a formation of five observation
planes and Lieut. David L. Cloud will |
lead nine observation planes. Lieut.. |
Lawson H. M. Sanderson. who won
fame in Nicaragua, will be in command
of a squadron of IL fighters. Capt. H. |
c. Major, who has just returned from
Nicaragua, will lead squadron OF |
four multi-motored TRANSPORTS.