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Royal Flying Corps

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Royal Flying Corps

Forerunner of the Royal Air Force, created in 1912 from the Air Battalion, Royal Engineers, as the air arm of the British army.

The RFC was organized in squadrons, each of three flights of four aircraft; at first these were mixed, but during World War I separate squadrons dedicated to fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, training, or other roles were formed. It was merged into the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918.
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He transferred to the RAF when the RNAS merged with the army's Royal Flying Corps, then turned down the chance of a commission before his discharge in 1919.
Henry Allingham; OBITUARY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
He had made a deep study of warfare after first joining up as a soldier and then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps of the First World War as a pilot.
War of attrition... Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
1918: The Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps merged to become the Royal Air Force.
On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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