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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...
Timeline of Events
1912
5.13.1912
The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom.
1915
7.25.1915
RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British military aviator to earn the Victoria Cross, for defeating three German two-seat observation aircraft in one day, over the Western Front.
1918
4.1.1918
The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.