Equipped with two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, it was assigned to support of IV Armee on 5 February 1915.

[1] The squadron was one of four selected to be consolidated into a new wing-level formation, Groupe de Combat 15, on 19 March 1917.

On 14 June, the entire unit was cited for having destroyed 28 German aircraft in ten months.

For this feat, the unit was cited, and its members granted the right to wear the Fourragere of the Croix de Guerre.

On 5 June 1918, the escadrille was assigned to a Groupe de Combat commanded by Capitaine Raoul Echard.