La Gorgue in northern France. After the Battle ofthe Somme, Dowding clashed with General HughTrenchard, thecommanderofthe RFC, over the need to give...
Major HughTrenchard being his assistant. Trenchard later became the chief of air staff, and subsequently became known asthe "father oftheRoyal Air Force"...
senior commanderintheRoyalFlyingCorps during the First World War. Remaining intheRoyal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments inthe Middle...
flying ace who served intheRoyalFlyingCorps and Royal Air Force during the First World War. Mannock was a pioneer of fighter aircraft tactics in aerial...
1919. Sir HughTrenchard, the incumbent Chief ofthe Air Staff when the rank was introduced, became the first air marshal on 11 August 1919. The rank insignia...
side ofthe lines, in part due to General HughTrenchard's policy of offensive patrol. In World War II overclaims were a common problem. Nearly 50% of RAF...
The Central Flying School (CFS) is theRoyal Air Force's primary institution for the training of military flying instructors. Established in 1912 at the...
suffered by theRoyalFlyingCorps at the hands ofthe German Luftstreitkräfte. The tactical, technological, and training differences between the two sides...
hold the rank was Lord HughTrenchard, from 1927. Inthe UK the rank has often been held by the most senior, actively-serving RAF officer, whereas in other...
rank intheRoyalFlyingCorps and then theRoyal Air Force. During the First World War he served as a squadron commander, a wing commander and then as General...
The Australian FlyingCorps (AFC) was the branch ofthe Australian Army responsible for operating aircraft during World War I, and the forerunner of the...
unveiled by Air Marshal Sir HughTrenchard on 8 September 1921. Trenchard had served ascommanderoftheRoyalFlyingCorpsinFrance from August 1915 to January...
traditions, McCudden joined theRoyal Engineers in 1910. Having an interest in mechanics he transferred to theRoyalFlyingCorps (RFC) in 1913 at which time he...
mutinied in Southampton, taking over the docks and refusing to obey orders. The former RoyalFlyingCorps and Royal Air Force General Sir HughTrenchard arrived...