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A brief history of the Royal Flying Corps and its aircraft.
RFC individual stories
ROYAL FLYING CORPS PERSONNEL. This site is a sub-domain of www.airwar1.org.uk and contains individual stories of RFC/RAF aircrew. If you would like to include something on this site in memory of a relative please let me know. E-mail editor@airwar1.org.uk. Please note that as an anti spam measure you may receive a request to confirm your e-mail). Return to main site.
Captain Lionel Hicks RFC 1915-18
Captain Lionel Hicks RFC. Lionel Hicks travelled from Argentina as a volunteer to join the British Army during the First World War. He was accepted for the Royal Flying Corps on passing his Royal Aeronautical Club certificate (no. 2126) on 2 December 1915. The London Gazette records his appointment as a Flying Officer, Special Reserve. The pilots spun their Starting magnetos, and one by one the engines sprang to life. Three minutes to warm them up, and then a heavy roar, which rose and fell as pilot ...
2/Lt Montgomerie Dec 1917 - Apr 1918, No 2 Sqn RFC/RAF
1918 2 Sqn RFC Pilot. 2nd Lt. Seton Montgomerie. Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. The story of his pilot training and subsequent operational flying with No 2 Squadron in France from December 1917 to April 1918. Born at Wanganui, New Zealand 25 June 1898. Arrived in England 16 August 1916. Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters, Notts and Derby Regiment. Commenced training as an officer at Queens College, Cambridge University 5 December 1916. Ruffy-Bauman School, Acton. The weather last few days h...
A pilot's war in the RFC
A pilot's war 1915-1918. Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. This site records the First World War experience of Major F W Smith as a pilot in the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and later the Royal Air Force. Major Smith volunteered for service in the RFC early in the war. He was then serving as a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery TF. He was accepted for pilot training by the RFC in January 1915. Major Smith survived the war and after the cessation of hostilities, his Squadron moved to Belgium&#...
Captain William Allcock RFC's diary
This is the story of Captain William Thomas Lloyd Allcock's service in the Royal Flying Corps based on his diary and other background material. Following flying training at Hendon and then in the RFC at CFS he served in No.s 2, 16, 46 and 40 Squadrons before being posted missing on 5 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Flying Memorial. He was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshal Haig on 7 November 1917. Additional contributions by the Editor, www.airwar1.org....Quoted ar...
No 80 Squadron RFC/RAF
Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. Is is an account of the. Early history of No 80 Squadron drawing particularly on the reminiscences of Captain Reginald Preeston, CdG, together with the History of the War in the Air and other records. No 80 Squadron was equipped with the Sopwith Camel and employed in both fighter and ground attack roles with IX Brigade and later V Brigade RAF. A brief history of No 80 Squadron RFC/RAF in WW1. Captain Reginald Preeston RFC/RAF. Sopwith Camel F1 fight.
32 Squadron RFC/RAF 1918
No 32 Squadron RFC/RAF 1918. No 32 squadron RFC formed in January 1916 from a nucleus of 21 Sqn and was equipped with single seat DH2's. The first CO Maj. L W B Rees. VC MC joined the squadron on 1 Feb 1916. Rees was replaced by Maj. T A E Cairnes. DSO on 7 Jul 1916 following Rees' wounding in action (for which he received the VC). 32 Sqn later re-equipped in May 1917 with DH5's and these were then replaced from late December 1917 by SE5a's, the change being completed by 8 March 1918. Was shot up and for...
No 2 Squadron RFC 1915-18
No 2 Squadron RFC. No 2 Squadron Royal Flying Corps. This site brings together three diaries from pilots serving with No 2 Squadron during the First World War. The diaries were made by:. Captain F W Smith. April 1915 to August 1915. Captain Smith went on to command 62 Squadron in 19. Lt W L T Allcock. September 1915 to February 1916. Allcock was later killed in action as a Flight Commander with 40 Squadron in 1917. 2/Lt H S Montgomerie. November 1917 to April 1918. No 2 Squadron Officers April 1915.
No 103 Squadron RAF 1918
No 103 Squadron RFC/RAF 1917-18. No 103 Squadron was formed on 1 September 1917 at Beaulieu in Hampshire from a nucleus of No 16 Training Squadron. A week later they moved to Old Sarum in Wiltshire where they worked up and prepared for deployment to France. The Squadron was equipped initially with a variety of aircraft before finally receiving DH9 bombers in March 1918. On 12 May 1918 the Squadron moved to France under command of Major E N. Operations on the French Front. See larger area map for key.
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RFC aircraft development in World War 1
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E-mail: editor@airwar1.org.uk. The early aircraft, 1914-15. The Fokker Scourge 1915-16. 1916-17 the development of fighters and bombers. 1918 the final developments. An American engined Vickers Gunbus in 1915. The early aircraft, 1914-15. The first RFC aircraft deployed to France were a mixture of BE2s (No 2 and 4 Sqns), Bleriot monoplanes and Farmans (No 3 Sqn) and Farmans, Avro 504s and BE8s (No 5 Sqn). Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c. The French built Morane Parasol. Was introduced in No.3 Squadron a...
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RAF Hemswell History | RAF Hemswell
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Providing safety at all times. Current RAF Fighter Aircraft. World War I and II. In the same year in the closing months of the First World War, but it returned to being farmland once again after the end of the war. By the time 1939 and the beginning of the Second World War had arrived, Hemswell saw a great number of planes taking off from its runway. Perhaps one of the most famous is the 144 Squadron, which also suffered quite heavy losses of its Handley Page Hampden. 169; rafhemswell.org.uk.
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World War 1 News from the Home Front - The Lincolnshire Star: March 2016
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World War 1 News from the Home Front - The Lincolnshire Star. Thursday, 31 March 2016. Welcome to the 1st April 1916 edition of the blog. Sadly, three soldiers are reported as having been killed: Private Robert Glew from South Kelsey; Private Albert Stephenson from Thornton Curtis and Private Herbert Cook from Crowle. There are two fascinating letters; one from Corporal Zadok Clark writing about life in the trenches and one from Flight-Sergt. T. May writing about a battle in the air. WAR LETTER.- In ...
Wartime Letters | Nick Comper
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Designer of the Comper Swift. John Comper – grandfather. Sir Ninian Comper – Nick’s father. A brother’s story. A daughter’s story. The Comper Aircraft Company. Posted on August 27, 2009. Photo taken in Amiens, France. Group Captain Peter Dye of the RAF Museum, Cosford wrote:. His formal involvement with aviation seems to have commenced when he joined the Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ltd (Airco) as an apprentice under their chief designer Geoffrey de Havilland. On the outbreak of war, he continued to work at...
Old Alfredians - linking The Past with The Present
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Where Are They Now? Linda Parker, a History teacher recently retired from her post at KAGS, has an abiding interest in the two World Wars, as a result of which she has compiled this list of those Old Alfredians killed during the conflicts. Indeed, those events were made more tangible to her pupils with school trips to the scenes of World War 1 battles and cemeteries, during which actual graves and memorials of Old Alfredians were visited. Attride, R G, Captain, 1/4 Berkshire Regiment. Bell, Norman, 2nd L...
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World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands
Are you interested in World War II history and in particular Allied. Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands? Well, have a look around on this website where you may download. Software programme to help you with your. Please note that NO actual data is available via this website. The data can be retrieved from an Internet database with the. All crashes are not (yet) available in the database, though it is gradually. Filled with more data. At present, the information on 1228. Have a photo) is listed.
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The Royal Flying Corps 1914-1918
E-mail: editor@airwar1.org.uk. The Royal Flying Corps 1914-18. This site provides an introduction to the history of the Royal Flying Corps and its aircraft during the First World War, together with links to other related sites and suggestions for further reading. Subsidiary sites look in more detail at four squadron histories and the experiences of a number of RFC officers; links to these are on the page A Pilot's War. An American engined Vickers Gunbus in 1915. The J W Smith Static Motor. At home, the R...
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The British At War in the Air 1914-1918. 17 August 1915 – Edmonds and Dacre Strike again. Following his exploits on 12 August. Flight Commander Charles Edmonds succeeded in sinking a Turkish ship all on his own today. He approached the port of Ak Bashi Liman where he spotted three steamers bringing in supplies for the defence of Suvla Bay. He released the torpedo from fifteen to twenty feet, and at about 800 yards’ range. He hit the middle of the three steamers, which was set on fire. August 17, 2015.
Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939 – 1945
Sporen in het landschap. Sinds 29 maart 2014 is een langgekoesterde wens van de Studiegroep Luchtoorlog 1939-1945 in vervulling gegaan en is het Verliesregister met informatie over meer dan 6.000 in Nederland neergekomen vliegtuigen online te vinden. Klik hier. Om naar het digitale Verliesregister te gaan. 17 juli 2011 Category: News. 75 jaar Slag om Ypenburg. Speciaal voor de gelegenheid was de Landsverk uit het Cavalerie Museum in Amersfoort overgebracht. Deze heeft niet actief deelgenomen aan het ...
World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands
Are you interested in World War II history and in particular Allied. Aircraft Crashes in The Netherlands? Well, have a look around on this website where you may download. Software programme to help you with your. Please note that NO actual data is available via this website. The data can be retrieved from an Internet database with the. All crashes are not (yet) available in the database, though it is gradually. Filled with more data. At present, the information on 1228. Have a photo) is listed.
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