† squadrillan.
/skwɒˈdrɪlə/ temporary.
= squadron n. 3b.
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1914 Daily Mail 28 Dec. 5/1 A squadrilla of five German aeroplanes caused a hundred casualties in the suburbs of Warsaw.
1916 Glasgow Herald 18 Aug. 8 Squadrillas of aeroplanes were sent forward to bring down or drive back the enemy aviators.
1917 Daily Chron. 11 Dec. 2/3 The strength of the German aviation services..rather more than 200 squadrillas.
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