Origins The 213th Aero Squadron was formed from a cadres of men from the 15th, 23d, and 100th Aero Squadrons that were organized at
Kelly Field, Texas on 1 December 1917. The men, already having been indoctrinated into basic soldiering, were transferred to the Aviation Concentration Center, Garden City, Long Island, on 7 January 1918 for overseas duty. They boarded
HMS Tuscania on 24 January 1918, bound for duty in Europe. Personnel at Colombey were subsequently assigned to the commanding general, services of supply, and ordered to report to the staging camp at
Le Mans France. There, personnel awaited scheduling to report to one of the base ports in France for transport to the United States. It was moved to its port of embarkation, Brest on 22 May 1919. ==See also==