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The 11th escadrille was formed on March 1, 1918 as part of the
Group de Chasse along with 9eme (ex-1eme), and 9eme (ex-5eme) escadrilles
Their insignia was the 'cocotte' (paper bird). Originally in red,
this had been Coppens' personal insignia on his Nieuport 16, Later
he had a blue version on his Ni17 and after being fired on by British
machine which mistook the dark blue cocotte for a black cross, he
repainted it in white. After the formation of the 11th escadrille,
they adopted the white cocotte as their own emblem.
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