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Hugh Trenchard was the commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France from 25 August 1915 until 2 January 1918.

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Hugh Trenchard as commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France

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Hugh Trenchard was the commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France from 25 August 1915 until 2 January 1918. In the summer of 1915, General Sir David...

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support to the RFC. Hugh Trenchard was the commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France from August 1915 until January 1918. Trenchard's time in command...

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La Gorgue in northern France. After the Battle of the Somme, Dowding clashed with General Hugh Trenchard, the commander of the RFC, over the need to give...

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Major Hugh Trenchard being his assistant. Trenchard later became the chief of air staff, and subsequently became known as the "father of the Royal Air Force"...

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before the First World War, and later served as the Flying Corps' Chief of Staff in France in 1914 and 1915. Later in the war, he served in the Royal Naval...

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senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after the war, he held senior appointments in the Middle...

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flying ace who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War. Mannock was a pioneer of fighter aircraft tactics in aerial...

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1919. Sir Hugh Trenchard, the incumbent Chief of the Air Staff when the rank was introduced, became the first air marshal on 11 August 1919. The rank insignia...

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List of British generals and brigadiers

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Trelawny Major-General Erroll Tremlett Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard Major-General Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen...

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side of the lines, in part due to General Hugh Trenchard's policy of offensive patrol. In World War II overclaims were a common problem. Nearly 50% of RAF...

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The Central Flying School (CFS) is the Royal Air Force's primary institution for the training of military flying instructors. Established in 1912 at the...

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suffered by the Royal Flying Corps at the hands of the German Luftstreitkräfte. The tactical, technological, and training differences between the two sides...

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Timeline of the Royal Air Force

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Rothermere as Secretary of State for Air. Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard becomes the first Chief of the Air Staff (CAS). 1 April The Royal Air Force...

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Marshal of the air force

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hold the rank was Lord Hugh Trenchard, from 1927. In the UK the rank has often been held by the most senior, actively-serving RAF officer, whereas in other...

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John Salmond

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rank in the Royal Flying Corps and then the Royal Air Force. During the First World War he served as a squadron commander, a wing commander and then as General...

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Maurice Baring

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War I he joined the Royal Flying Corps, where he served as assistant to David Henderson and Hugh Trenchard in France. Throughout the war he corresponded...

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Australian Flying Corps

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The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was the branch of the Australian Army responsible for operating aircraft during World War I, and the forerunner of the...

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Statue of Captain Albert Ball

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unveiled by Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on 8 September 1921. Trenchard had served as commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France from August 1915 to January...

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James McCudden

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traditions, McCudden joined the Royal Engineers in 1910. Having an interest in mechanics he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1913 at which time he...

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1919 Southampton mutiny

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mutinied in Southampton, taking over the docks and refusing to obey orders. The former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force General Sir Hugh Trenchard arrived...

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