Royal Flying Corps

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air arm military aviation organization

The Royal Flying Corps was the air arm of the British Army during World War I and a predecessor of the Royal Air Force.

Aliases (9)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air arm → military aviation organization →
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
branchOfService	British Army →
conflict	World War I →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolved	1918-04-01 →
emblem	RFC roundel →
era	early military aviation era →
establishedByAct	Royal Warrant of 1912 →
formedBy	War Office →
hasPart	Royal Flying Corps Military Wing → Royal Flying Corps Naval Wing → Royal Flying Corps Reserve → Royal Flying Corps Training Wing →
headquartersLocation	London →
inception	1912-04-13 →
languageOfCommand	English →
mergedInto	Royal Air Force →
motto	Per ardua ad astra →
notableAce	Albert Ball → Edward Mannock → James McCudden →
notableCommander	David Henderson → Frederick Sykes → Hugh Trenchard →
notableMember	Manfred von Richthofen adversaries →
parentOrganization	British Army →
partOf	British Army →
predecessorOf	Royal Air Force →
role	air superiority → air warfare → artillery spotting → ground attack → reconnaissance → strategic bombing →
serviceNumberPeak	over 290000 personnel →
successor	Royal Air Force →
theatreOfOperations	Italian Front → Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → Western Front →
trainingLocation	Netheravon Airfield → Shoreham-by-Sea airfield → Upavon Aerodrome →
usedAircraftType	Airco DH.2 → Airco DH.4 → Bristol F.2 Fighter → Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 → Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 → Sopwith Camel →

Referenced by (57)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Airco DH.4 → Gallipoli Campaign air operations → Handley Page O/400 → Netheravon Airfield → RFC roundel → Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 → Sopwith Camel →	usedBy
Albert Ball → Billy Bishop → Frederick Sykes → James McCudden → Upavon Aerodrome → William Stephenson →	militaryBranch
Airco DH.2 → Airco DH.4 → Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 → Sopwith Pup → Sopwith Triplane →	operator
No. 1 Squadron RAF → No. 11 Squadron RAF → No. 111 Squadron RAF → No. 29 Squadron RAF → No. 3 Squadron RAF →	service
Royal Flying Corps ("Royal Flying Corps Military Wing") → Royal Flying Corps ("Royal Flying Corps Training Wing") → Royal Flying Corps ("Royal Flying Corps Reserve") →	hasPart
Bristol F.2 Fighter → Sopwith Camel → Sopwith Triplane →	primaryUser
Albert Ball → Arthur Harris → Arthur Tedder →	servedIn
Airco DH.2 → Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 →	enteredServiceWith
Lord Trenchard → Trafford Leigh-Mallory →	militaryUnit
Bristol F.2 Fighter → Upavon Aerodrome →	operatedBy
Frederick Sykes →	affiliation
Australian Flying Corps →	alliedWith
Frederick Sykes →	employer
No. 2 Squadron RAF →	formationService
Royal Air Force →	formedByMergerOf
RAF Waddington ("Royal Flying Corps Waddington") →	formerName
Upavon Aerodrome →	garrison
No. 1 Squadron RAF →	hasLineageFrom
Royal Air Force units ("Royal Flying Corps units") →	historicalPrecursor
No. 11 Squadron RAF →	historicalPredecessor
Royal Air Force heraldry ("Royal Flying Corps insignia") →	influencedBy
Sopwith Aviation Company →	majorCustomer
Royal Naval Air Service →	mergedWith
No. 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps ("British Royal Flying Corps") →	operatedWith
No. 6 Squadron RAF →	partOf
Royal Naval Air Service ("Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps") →	predecessor
Sopwith Pup →	serviceBranch
RFC roundel ("British Army air arm") →	usedByBranch
St Omer →	wasMilitaryHeadquartersOf