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Show AMERICAN AIRMEN IN FRANCE. Vanguard of Vast Air Fleet Has Reached the Front. Washington. The vanguard of America's vast air fleet has reached French soil. The first half of the armada of 15,-000 15,-000 airplanes have safely crossed the Atlantic, together with men, well-trained well-trained aviators, to operate them. This fact became known in guarded guard-ed statements at the war department August 31. The exact number of machines ma-chines which have been transported is, of course, military information and not subject to publication. The same holds true for the number of men sent across. |