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.

[1] After an initially unremarkable voyage, On the morning of 5 February Tuscania turned south for the North Channel en route to Liverpool.

Spotted by the German submarine SM UB-77 earlier in the day, however, their convoy was stalked until early evening and the cover of darkness.

At Winchester, the squadron was assigned to the Royal Flying Corps for training at RFC Ayre, Scotland, on 20 February.

[1] After a cross-channel trip to Le Havre, the 213th Aero Squadron arrived at the 3d Air Instruction Center, Issoudun Aerodrome, on 23 July.

[1] Arriving at Vaucouleurs on 26 July, the squadron was initially assigned SPAD VII aircraft, being flown down from the Air Service Acceptance Park No.

Later that day, another escort mission for the 91st Squadron Salmson reconnaissance planes were flown over the route Pagny-Lake Lachausse-Fresnes-Vegnuille.

[1] On 26 September First Army began its great offensive near Verdun, and in response the German Air Service responded, very much reinforced.

[1] On 1 October a patrol of six squadron planes saw enemy biplanes in the vicinity of Bantheville, however only Lt. Cone was able to shoot one down in the region of Brieulles.

Because of bad weather, very few patrols were made between 10 and 18 October, the clouds hung very low, the mist was thick and at times there was a great deal of drizzly rain.

[1] The squadron moved on 5 November to Foucaucourt Aerodrome, however weather conditions limited its operations to below the clouds and to attacks on enemy infantry forces on the ground.

[8] 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.