World War I Chronology, February 2018: Another U-Boat Sinking of a Troopship

FEBRUARY 1--  U.S. Army Air Service is formed.  By the war's end, there are 45 squadrons with 740 planes and 800 pilots.

FEBRUARY 6--  British troopship Tuscania is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine off Ireland, killing 267 of 2,179 Doughboys aboard of the 32nd Infantry Division.

FEBRUARY 16--  2nd Balloon Co. moves into position on the French Front.  The Balloon Section makes 5,866 ascents in France during the war.

--Cooter