Royal Flying Corps | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:02:45 1 Origin and early history
00:05:32 2 Ranks in the RFC
00:05:42 3 Aircraft
00:06:56 4 Structure and growth
00:08:34 4.1 Squadrons
00:10:37 4.2 Wings
00:13:05 4.3 Brigades
00:15:10 4.4 Stations
00:18:50 4.4.1 Canada
00:20:31 4.4.2 Other locations
00:21:42 5 First World War
00:23:47 5.1 1914–15: Initial actions with the British Expeditionary Force
00:27:54 5.2 Markings
00:29:11 5.3 Roles and responsibilities
00:29:21 5.3.1 Wireless telegraphy and photo-reconnaissance
00:30:47 5.3.2 Artillery observation
00:36:34 5.3.3 Covert operations
00:37:27 5.3.4 Aerial bombardment
00:39:51 5.3.5 Ground attack—army support
00:41:53 5.3.6 Home defence
00:43:14 5.4 Saint-Omer
00:44:01 5.5 Trenchard in command in France
00:45:20 5.6 1916–1917
00:47:25 5.7 Italy
00:48:03 5.8 Other theatres of operations
00:49:05 5.9 1918
00:50:08 5.10 Amalgamation with the RNAS
00:51:25 6 Recruitment and training
00:56:43 7 Parachutes
00:58:04 8 End of the war
01:00:05 9 Commanders and personnel
01:00:15 9.1 Commanders
01:01:51 9.2 Some members of the RFC
01:02:01 9.2.1 Militarily prominent
01:04:54 9.2.2 Otherwise prominent
01:07:34 10 Fictional representations of the RFC
01:07:46 10.1 Novels and short stories
01:09:04 10.2 Film and TV
01:10:01 10.3 Games
01:10:11 11 Songs
01:10:23 12 See also



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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.
At the start of World War I the RFC, commanded by Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson, consisted of five squadrons – one observation balloon squadron (RFC No 1 Squadron) and four aeroplane squadrons. These were first used for aerial spotting on 13 September 1914 but only became efficient when they perfected the use of wireless communication at Aubers Ridge on 9 May 1915. Aerial photography was attempted during 1914, but again only became effective the next year. By 1918, photographic images could be taken from 15,000 feet and were interpreted by over 3,000 personnel. Parachutes were not available to pilots of heavier-than-air craft in the RFC – nor were they used by the RAF during the First World War – although the Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute (1916 model) was officially adopted just as the war ended. By this time parachutes had been used by balloonists for three years.On 17 August 1917, South African General Jan Smuts presented a report to the War Council on the future of air power. Because of its potential for the 'devastation of enemy lands and the destruction of industrial and populous centres on a vast scale', he recommended a new air service be formed that would be on a level with the Army and Royal Navy. The formation of the new service would also make the under-used men and machines of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) available for action on the Western Front and end the inter-service rivalries that at times had adversely affected aircraft procurement. On 1 April 1918, the RFC and the RNAS were amalgamated to form a new service, the Royal Air Force (RAF), under the control of the new Air Ministry. After starting in 1914 with some 2,073 personnel, by the start of 1919 the RAF had 4,000 combat aircraft and 114,000 personnel in some 150 squadrons.