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Show YANK APW WASHINGTON, Dec 22. American airmen in Frarfce brought down a totul of 854 German airplanes and S2 German Ger-man balloons, against an American loss of 271 planes and 45 balloons, according ac-cording to a report cabled by Major General Harbord on December 15 and 'made public today by tho war department. depart-ment. Destruction of 354 of the enemy planes and 57 of the balloons had been officially confirmed. The total casualties of the American air service in action are given as 422, including 109 Killed, 103 wounded, 200 missing, 27 prisoners and 3 interned. When the armistice ended tho fighting, fight-ing, the report said, there were 39 American air squadrons at the , front. Thev included 20 pursuit, six day and one "night bombardment squadrons and five army, 12 corps and one night observation ob-servation squadrons. The total per-pc-rsonuel was 21G1 officers and 22,351 men at the front, with an additional 4643 officers and 28,353 men in the service of supply. Eight American flying fly-ing officers were detailed with the British army and forty-nine officers and 525 men with the French forces. Tho total strength of the American air service in France was 5S.090, of whom GSGlere officers. This was exclusive ex-clusive of ho air service mechanic regiment with, the French army, numbering num-bering 109 officers and 4744 men. In addition to tho trained men, tho air service had eight separate schools in France, whe.re 1323 pilots and 2012 observers were under instruction, and graduations up to November 11 included' includ-ed' 6069 pilots and 2045 observers, t |