page_title: 11 Squadron (Belgium)
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: 11 Squadron (Belgium) / History / First World War / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: N° 11 Squadron (White Cocotte) Hanriot - Dupont HD-1 n° 44 of the Aviation Militaire Belge in a snowy landscape in 1918
context_page_description: 11 Squadron is a training squadron of the Belgian Air Component, deployed at Cazaux Air Base in France, in the scope of the Advanced Jet Training School.
  The school closed on 11 October 2018.
context_section_description: The 11ème Escadrille de Chasse was created March 1, 1918, at Les Moëres aerodrome near Veurne. As the third dedicated fighter squadron of the Aviation Militaire Belge, next to 9ème Escadrille and 10ème Escadrille, it was part of Belgium's first fighter wing, the Groupe de Chasse. The new unit used an insignia that was adopted from Willy Coppens's personal insignia with his consent. The Cocotte is a two dimensional representation of an origami Chicken, and was painted in white on the airplanes. The squadron was equipped with castoff Sopwith Camels from 1ère Escadrille de Chasse as well as a few Hanriot-Dupont 1s, and under command of Commander Paul Hiernaux.
caption: A Hanriot-Dupont 1 of 11th Squadron in 1918
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