Redigerer Yankee Squadron

[[Fil:I-15 Polikarpov Tinker.jpg|thumb|Skvadronens russiske Ploikarpov jagerfly]]
[[Fil:Medal of the International Brigades.jpg|100px|right|thumb|Den internasjonale brigades medalje]]
'''Yankee Squadron''' var en gruppe leiesoldater bestående av amerikanske flyvere som deltok i [[den spanske borgerkrigen]] på de spanske republikanernes side. 

== Historie==
I november 1936 begynte representanter for den andre spanske republikk en kampanje for å hyre amerikanske  piloter til å delta i den spanske borgerkrig.<ref name="mates">{{cite news |coauthors = |title = Fire amerikanske melde seg. Acosta og tre andre kom frem til Valencia for kurs i militær flyvning.|url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6081EF83E59167B93C3AB178AD95F428385F9|quote = [[Bert Acosta]], one of this country's leading racing pilots, and four other fliers from fields in the Newark district have arrived at [[Valencia]], where they will go through a hurried course in military flying before taking the air against the Rebels, it was revealed here yesterday. ...|work = New York Times|date = 21. november 1936|accessdate = 6. juni 2015}}</ref> De brukte en advokat i [[New York]] til å finne amerikanske piloter.<ref>{{cite news |coauthors = |title = U.S. Socialists Sift Volunteers To Fight Rebels. Federal Inquiry Gaining Impetus. Ambulance Unit Sails.|publisher = [[Associated Press]] in [[Washington Post]]|date = 17. januar 1937|accessdate = 25. september 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |coauthors = |title = Aviator Says New York Attorney Is Leftist Agent. Several Indictments Are Planned in Enlistment of Fliers for Spain.|publisher = [[Associated Press]] in [[Washington Post]]|date = 16. januar 1937|accessdate = 25. september 2007}}</ref> [[Time Magazine]] skrev 21. desember 1936 at seks amerikanske flyvere var ombord i SS «Normandie» underveis til Spania for å slutte seg til deres leder [[Bert Acosta]]. De ble betalt 1 500 dollar per måned, plus 1 000 dollar for hvert nedskutte fly.<ref name="broke">{{cite news |coauthors = |title = 3 U.S. Airmen Here to Explain Aid to Loyalists; Acosta, Berry, Schneider Fly to Capital With Their Attorney.|work = Washington Post|date = 20. januar 1937|accessdate = 21. august 2007}}</ref><ref name="normandie">{{cite news|coauthors = |title = Pilots, Death, Plebiscite.|url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757204,00.html|quote = |publisher = [[Time (magasin)]]|date = 21. desember 1936|accessdate = 6. juni 2015|archivedate = 2013-08-27|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130827020109/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,757204,00.html|url-status = yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |coauthors = |title = Fliers Fully Paid, Spain's Agent Says|url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3071EF938551B7A93C5A8178AD85F438385F9|work = New York Times|date = 17. januar 1937|accessdate = 6. juni 2015}}</ref>

== Medlemmer==
* [[Bert Acosta|Bertrand Blanchard Acosta]] (1895–1954), co-pilot på ''America'', tredje kandidat til [[Orteigprisen]] (1927).<ref>{{cite book |last = Knoblaugh|first = H. Edward|title = Correspondent in Spain|year = 1937|publisher = Sheed and Ward|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MQkhAAAAMAAJ&q|isbn = }}</ref>
* [[Eddie August Schneider]] (1911–1940)<ref name="broke"/><ref>{{cite news |coauthors = |title = Flier Says Lawyer Sent Him to Spain.|work = New York Times|date = 16. januar 1937|accessdate = 6. juni 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Knoblaugh|first = H. Edward|title = Correspondent in Spain|year = 1937|publisher = Sheed and Ward|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MQkhAAAAMAAJ&q|isbn = }}</ref>
* [[Thomas George Lanphier]], Sr., det er uklart om han deltok eller ikke.<ref>{{cite news |coauthors = |title = Lanphier was not in Spain.|url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50B16FB3D5C1A7A93C4A91789D85F438385F9 |work = New York Times|date = 6. februar 1937|accessdate = 6. juni 2015}}</ref>
* [[Frederic Ives Lord]] (1897–1967)<ref name="Lincoln">{{cite web |url = http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/alba_names.html|title = Lincoln Brigade archives at the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives|accessdate = 6. juni 2015|quote = Bert Blanchard Acosta; [[George F. Berry]]; Frank I. [[Frederick Lord]]; [[Eddie August Schneider]]; Eddie Semons|publisher = [[New York University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |coauthors = |title = 4 Americans in Spain to Fly for Madrid. Acosta and Three Mates Reach Valencia to Take Course in Military Aviation.|url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6081EF83E59167B93C3AB178AD95F428385F9|work = New York Times|date = 21. november 1936|accessdate = 6. juni 2015}}</ref>
* [[Gordon Berry]] (1898–?), navnet er noen ganger skrevet som ''George F. Berry'' eller ''[[Gordon K. Berry]]'' eller ''Gordon O. Berry''. Han var 39 år gammel, venn og svirebror med Bert Acosta.<ref name="pay">{{cite book |last = Taylor|first = Foster Jay|title = The United States and the Spanish Civil War|year = 1971|publisher = Octagon Books|quote = American fighting in Spain dramatically ... Two American flyers, Bert Acosta and Gordon Berry, instituted legal proceedings against the Spanish steamship ''Mar Cantabrico'' in an effort to collect $1,200 in back pay due them by the Spanish Government. ... It was stated in an official American quarter that no American planes of any kind were being used in the Spanish Civil War.|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=WpQ6AAAAMAAJ&q|isbn = 0-374-97849-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Knoblaugh|first = H. Edward|title = Correspondent in Spain|year = 1937|publisher = Sheed and Ward|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MQkhAAAAMAAJ&q|isbn = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam/alba_names.html|title = Lincoln Brigade archives at the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives|accessdate = 6. juni 2015|quote = Bert Blanchard Acosta; George F. Berry; Frank I. Frederick Lord; Eddie August Schneider; Eddie Semons|publisher = [[New York University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Bridgeman|first = Brian|title = The Flyers: The Untold Story of British and Commonwealth Airmen in the Spanish Civil War|year = 1989|url = http://books.google.com/books?ei=75jwRsrKB4b07gL5-bjrBg&id=tLEgAAAAMAAJ&dq|isbn = 
1-85421-054-8}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Semons]], noen ganger kalt ''Edwin Semons'' eller ''Edwin L. Semons''. Han kan ha hjulpet til med å rekruttere andre flyvere.<ref>{{cite book |last = Knoblaugh|first = H. Edward|title = Correspondent in Spain|year = 1937|publisher = Sheed and Ward|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=MQkhAAAAMAAJ&q|isbn = }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Bridgeman|first = Brian|title = The Flyers: The Untold Story of British and Commonwealth Airmen in the Spanish Civil War|year = 1989|url = http://books.google.com/books?ei=75jwRsrKB4b07gL5-bjrBg&id=tLEgAAAAMAAJ&dq|isbn = 1-85421-054-8}}</ref>

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