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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.
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A second heavier-than-air squadron, No. 2 Squadron, RFC, was also formed on the same day. No. 4 Squadron, RFC was formed from No. 2 Sqn in August 1912, and No. 5 Squadron, RFC from No. 3 Sqn in July 1913. By the end of March 1918, the Royal Flying Corps comprised some 150 squadrons. The composition of an RFC squadron varied depending on its ...
In January 1918, No. 72 training Squadron were posted in from RFC Wyton in Cambridgeshire. The squadron were flying S.E.5s, Camels, and 504s. [27] The squadron stayed at Beverley until disbandment in March 1919. [28] A survey conducted by the RAF in August 1918 determined that the base had 332 personnel, with 60 of those under training.
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 ...
No. 59 Squadron RFC: 1916–1917 Various aircraft Formed from 35 Sqn then to France with the R.E.8 No. 60 Squadron RAF: 1919–1920 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a: A cadre only returned from France No. 64 Squadron RAF: 1919 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a: A cadre only returned from France No. 83 Squadron RFC/RAF: 1917–1918 Royal Aircraft ...
No. 44 Training Squadron RFC Renamed No. 26 Training Squadron RFC on 22 September 1917 22 August 1917 No. 3 Training Squadron RFC Disbanded 15 August 1918 30 August 1917 No. 98 Squadron RFC This bomber squadron was formed at Harlaxton, from a nucleus flight from No. 44 Training Squadron and in the following spring crossed to France as a day ...
The Royal Flying Corps Canada was established by the RFC in 1917 to train aircrew in Canada. Air stations were established in southern Ontario at the following locations: Camp Borden 1917–1918; Armour Heights Field 1917–1918 (pilot training, School of Special Flying to train instructors) Leaside Aerodrome 1917–1918 (Artillery Cooperation ...