Sentence examples for squadron by from inspiring English sources

After time as flight commander with an officer training unit in Palestine, he returned to 70 squadron, by then flying American Liberator long-range bombers.

From a small town in Texas, Mr. Hazzard's twin brother, Tim, takes his place in the squadron by logging on to the Internet.

In 1853 the dramatic destruction of a weaker Turkish squadron by a Russian fleet in the harbour of Sinop of Turkey's Black Sea coast attracted world attention and increased interest in shell guns.

The defeat of a French naval squadron by Admiral Horatio Nelson in the Battle of the Nile (August 1, 1798) left him without sufficient naval support, however, and, after failing to take Acre in 1799, Napoleon withdrew to France.

After the defeat of a British squadron by the German admiral Graf von Spee's forces at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile, Fisher sent out the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible, which destroyed Spee's squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands (Dec. 8, 1914).

Even so, royal favour was not withdrawn from him: he was appointed captain general of the Ocean sea in 1595 and remained in practical control of the Spanish navy under Philip III, notwithstanding further disasters (the sacking of Cádiz by the English in 1596 and the destruction of a squadron by the Dutch off Gibraltar in 1606).

The Air Force could reduce its tactical air squadrons by up to five and cut the size of its C-130 cargo fleet "with minimal risk," Mr. Hagel said.

However, the claims for 15 September 1942 are in serious doubt, following the first detailed scrutiny of the records of individual Allied squadrons by Australian historian Russell Brown.

The second battle of Svensksund had clearly showed that the smaller and nimble gunboats and gunsloops were far more efficient in coastal warfare and had all but displaced "archipelago frigates" in the inshore squadrons by the Finnish War of 1808 09.

On 8 June 1708, it was was attacked off the coast of Cartagena by a British squadron led by Admiral Charles Wager, who wanted to steal the gold.

The battle occurred during an extended commerce raiding operation by a French squadron led by Linois in the ship of the line Marengo.