No. 104 Squadron (41st Wing, VIII Brigade) flew a single bombing mission, on 10 November 1918, prior to the Armistice that ended the First World War came into affect. In September 1918, the IAF filed a request for greater endurance, leading to a 40-gallon auxiliary tank being rapidly designed and deployed one month later. Early operations of the DH.10 were often troubled by the somewhat unusual fuel system, which was attributed as being involved in multiple crashes on takeoff; Bruce notes that fuel starvation occurred as late as May 1920.