{"id":50497,"date":"2017-05-11T09:18:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T09:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/?page_id=50497"},"modified":"2017-05-11T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T09:39:05","slug":"us-army-in-the-ne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/us-army-in-the-ne\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army in the NE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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US ARMY\u00a0IN THE NORTH EAST<\/h2>\n

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The US Army began to arrive as troops became available in sufficient quantity. Although the majority went directly to France, some did come to Britain. Amongst these were airmen undertaking training on British combat aircraft (e.g. the DH 4 light bomber) which the US forces were to use over the trenches.<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]Surprisingly, although the American Wright brothers pioneered heavier than air flight in 1903, no US designed aircraft saw action with the US Army Air Service during the Great War.<\/p>\n

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As a major aircraft manufacturing centre thanks to the Armstrong Whitworth factory at Gosford, Newcastle had several airfields, including the Town Moor used to test fly newly manufactured planes, while nearby Cramlington provided a training base for British and US airmen. In July 1918, a US Aero Squadron of 140-150 men under Lieutenant Robert Lee was based there.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” oblique_section=”no” text_align=”left” triangle_shape=”no” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”10″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”50464″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” edgt_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”8″ down=”8″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

US Navy in the North Sea<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]The US dreadnoughts were formed into the 6th<\/sup> Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet under Admiral Rodman. Operating from Scapa Flow they undertook training cruises with the Royal Navy until fully operational.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]READ MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”50469″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” edgt_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”8″ down=”8″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The US Army in the NE<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]The US Army began to arrive as troops became available in sufficient quantity. Although the majority went directly to France, some did come to Britain.\u00a0Amongst these were airmen undertaking training on British combat aircraft…[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]READ MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”50470″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” edgt_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”8″ down=”8″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Anglo-American Relations<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]With US entry into war, Lord Mayor of Newcastle wrote to Walter Hamm, US Consul to the city: \u201cYour country and ours are alike fighting to preserve their ideals of liberty and freedom, not so much for themselves as for the other peoples of the world.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]READ MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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