Jerry Cox Vasconcells
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Captain Jerry Cox Vasconcells was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Vasconcells was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame in its first ceremony of 1969.
Captain Jerry Cox Vasconcells, 27th Aero Squadron, Commander, 185th Aero Squadron
185th Aero Squadron
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The 185th Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I.
Jerry Cox Vasconcells
…commander for the 27th Aero Squadron of the 1st Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in 1918, and by war's end he was in command of the 185th Aero Squadron, the first night pursuit squadron of the AEF. Jerry Vasconcells was Colorado's only ace of the war. Vasconcells' military career included associations…
Officers of the 185th Aero Squadron, Rembercourt Aerodrome, France, November 1918
185th Aero Squadron Emblem