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.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
Royal Flying Corps canonical 154
British Royal Flying Corps 3
Royal Flying Corps (historical) 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air arm ⓘ
military aviation organization ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
surface form: 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 (for royal title and status) ⓘ
surface form: Royal Warrant of 1912
formedBy War Office ⓘ
hasPart Royal Flying Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Flying Corps Military Wing

Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
surface form: Royal Flying Corps Naval Wing

Royal Flying Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Flying Corps Reserve

Royal Flying Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Flying Corps Training Wing
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Lord Trenchard ⓘ
surface form: 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 (176)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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