page_title: Air commanders of World War I
section_title: General Officer Commanding the Royal Flying Corps in France
hierarchical_section_title: Air commanders of World War I / Entente Powers air commanders / British Empire / Royal Flying Corps / General Officer Commanding the Royal Flying Corps in France
caption_attribution_description: Cropped photograph of Sir Hugh Trenchard.
context_page_description: The air commanders of World War I were army or navy officers who came to command air services during the first major conflict in which air power played a significant role.
context_section_description: 1914–1915 – Major-General Sir David Henderson
  1915–1918 – Major-General Hugh Trenchard
  1918 – Major-General John Salmond
caption: Major-General Hugh Trenchard
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