Royal Flying Corps, British Army

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Royal Flying Corps, British Army
Years active: – 1/4/1918
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
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Type: Air
Specific type: Corps (administrative)
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Name1: Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing)
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Reason for change: Became a corps in its own right.
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Name2: Royal Flying Corps
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Name2 End: 1/4/1918
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Disbanded: 1/4/1918. Merged with Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force.
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Personal narratives

Stephen A Sanford

  • Imperial War Museum, Documents.16662: private papers of Lieutenant Stephen A Sanford, including letters sent to his sister and aunt while serving with 7th Dragoon Guards, British Army and No 16 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, British Army, and as a prisoner of war in Germany.

Corporal Geoffrey Arthur Nevett Mitchell

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Official Sources

Unit war diaries

None. Administrative organisations did not keep war diaries because they had no operational role.

See descendant unit pages for their war diaries.


Unit histories

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