Royal Flying Corps

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. This work gradually led RFC pilots into aerial battles with German pilots and later in the war included the strafing of enemy infantry and emplacements, the bombing of German military airfields and later the strategic bombing of German industrial and transport facilities.

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1912 — 1918  Wikimedia, Wikidata
British Royal Flying Corps; Flying Corps; RFC
corps, army aviation component, United Kingdom, 


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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1912-04-13T00:00:00Z

1918-04-01T00:00:00Z

1912 — 1918 Royal Flying Corps

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

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The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11902

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War RAE-O792

The Royal Flying Corps on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30285

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11903

RFC recruiting poster 1916

Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00169A, Westfront, Abgeschossener englischer Flieger

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11904

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11906

The Royal Flying Corps in the First World War Q44788

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11905

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict		Evere air raid	Royal Flying Corps, airstrike	Wikidata
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11902		Commons
commons	image		Aviation in Britain Before the First World War RAE-O792		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30285		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11903		Commons
commons	image		RFC recruiting poster 1916		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00169A, Westfront, Abgeschossener englischer Flieger		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11904		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11906		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps in the First World War Q44788		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q11905		Commons