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A list of Royal Flying Corps squadrons with date and location of foundation.. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the aviation arm of the British Army. Squadrons were the main form of flying unit from its foundation on 13 April 1912, until its merging with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918.
Pages in category "Royal Flying Corps squadrons" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force. During the early part of the war, the RFC supported the British Army by artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance .
The airfield was also home to a number of operational squadrons during World War I including No. 55 Squadron RFC using Avro 504's, B.E.2's, DH4's and FK8's spread between Castle Bromwich Aerodrome and Lilbourne from 27 April 1916 and 6 March 1917, No. 73 Squadron RFC using the Camel while based at the airfield between 10 July 1917 and 9 January ...
He was assigned to No. 5 Squadron on the Western Front. Manning the guns in a two-seater aircraft piloted by Frederick Powell, Green brought down a DFW two-seater on 29 February 1916. [3] He was then transferred from Flying Officer Observer to the Royal Flying Corps's General List on 19 June 1916 [4] and sent for pilot training. [3]
For some squadrons, their unofficial badges would pre-date the formation of the RAF. Most Royal Flying Corps squadrons during the First World War would paint their squadron emblem (or device) upon a shield to hang up in the mess or squadron bar. They often viewed themselves as 'knights of the air' and the badge helped foster a sense of identity ...
The Royal Aero Club index card recording Boyle's certificate is reproduced here [15] 14 John Armstrong Drexel [1] 21 June 1910 [16] Flew with the French Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of the French Air Service, the Aéronautique militaire, during World War I composed largely of American volunteer pilots flying fighters. 15 George Cyril ...
flight letter location(s) period(s) aircraft notes B, Palestine: RAF Aboukir Weli Sheikh Nuran, Palestine: 1917 - December 1917: B.E.2C B.E.12: formed by re-designating an element of 23 Training Squadron [1]