Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 brigades were organizational formations of British military aircraft and personnel during World War I that typically controlled several wings. The air brigade system was introduced into the Royal Flying Corps in late 1915 and initially retained by the Royal Air Force on its establishment on 1 April 1918. Following the ...
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 committee recommended the formation of a separate flying corps and on 13 April 1912 the Royal Flying Corps was created, with the Air Battalion becoming its Military Wing on 13 May. [ 4 ] No. 1 Company became No. 1 Squadron RFC on 1 April 1911.
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]
This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 13 April 1912, when it was formed from the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, until 1 April 1918 when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF).