17th Aero & Warbirds

Of the original "Warbirds" (Springs, Grider, Callahan, etc), there seems to be little information regarding squadrons other than the 17th or 148th. What other squadrons did some of these boys end up in?...more to the point, what British squadrons did some of these American pilots end up in that were closer to the Western front(Verdun or St. Mihiel)...as opposed to the Channel regions or Toul..?

I can't find much...any thoughts?

Just off the top - Springs and Grider with 85 RAF, Shoemaker with 74 RAF, Vaugh with 84 RAF. Arthur Taber never got to the front, Al Bevin ended with 8th Aero after Italian service. Bonham Bostick ("face looks like a scrambled egg") with 43 RAF. If you have specific others in mind, drop me a note.

I find it curious how the English supported "Warbirds" contingent was quite "out of the loop" (to borrow a modern term) in their own knowledge of other, (primarily French-trained)early U.S. Air Service committment in France. Henry Clay, writing his family on June 13th of '18,was completely lacking in knowledge of the First Pursuit Group's existence. He wrote that anything they'd read concerning such activities were nonsense: "A French flier told me the other day there were no American squadrons on his front." Moreover, he assured them,the proof of the falsity was that the U.S. airmen would certainly "not be flying Nieuports" as that aircraft was "not quite good enough for today." Apparently concluding any Nieuport mentioned would be the Type 17, he apparently was not aware of the existence of the N-28. This in mid-summer of 1918! Ref. Skelton's "Henry R.Clay- Sopwith Ace". Best to all...Lee