Their full squadron strength was twenty-four pilots, but after the recent attrition they were down to sixteen including Andrew and Michael.
We can't send out less than full squadron strength, he said, not with the circus out there.
The squadron strength for May 1945 was 60 Officers and 294 Enlisted men.
At the end of hostilities the squadron strength was 36 B26's.
Three separate lots, each of squadron strength or more.
In the process it was reduced to squadron strength as "A" Squadron.
Assuming we don't run into anyone operating in squadron strength, I'd say it's clearly our best approach.
The squadron operative strength was down to 28 aircraft.
The squadron strength was now down to 22 operational aircraft.
In one squadron, 25 pilots have been killed in the last 18 months, half the squadron strength.