 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rickenbacker akawana mumhepo munguva yeSt. Mihiel inokuvadzayakavakirwa kunze kweRembercourt Aerodrome, kutanga September 12. Panguva ino, 94th nedzimwe squadrons dze1st Pursuit dzakanga dzashandurwa kubva kune dzadzo dzakapfava asi dzinotyisa Nieuports kune yakasimba, yakakwirira-simba Spad XIII. Muchina mutsva wacho wakanyatsokodzera nzira yaRickenbacker yokurwisa. Akauraya kekutanga musi wa14 September achirwisa Fokker D-VII, uye rimwe zuva rakatevera racho. Sezvo kuita kwaRickenbacker kwakanga kuchikwira, kwe94th Squadron kwakanga kuchiri kuodza mwoyo pashure pechirimo chisingafadzi paChateau Thierry. Major Harold Hartney, mutungamiriri we1st Pursuit Group kubvira pakupera kwaAugust, aida utungamiriri hutsva hwokudzorera Hats-in-the-Ring Gang kumukurumbira wayo wekare. Akasarudza Mutevedzeri Rickenbacker pamusoro pemamwe mapurisa akawanda kuti ave mutungamiriri mutsva we94th Squadron. 