British air services in World War I

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British air services in World War I were the aviation branches of the British armed forces, notably the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service (later merged into the Royal Air Force), which conducted reconnaissance, air combat, and bombing operations during the conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of British Armed Forces ⓘ
military aviation organization ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
developedDoctrine independent strategic air power ⓘ
endTime 1918 ⓘ
followedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
hasPart Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
mergedInto Royal Air Force ⓘ
mergerDate 1918-04-01 ⓘ
notableAircraft Airco DH.4 ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter ⓘ
Handley Page O/400 ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 ⓘ
Sopwith Camel ⓘ
Sopwith Pup ⓘ
notableCommander David Beatty ⓘ
Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt ⓘ
Frederick Sykes ⓘ
Hugh Trenchard ⓘ
linked to: Lord Trenchard
notableEvent Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Britain (First World War air defence operations) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Britain

Battle of Cambrai (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
notableUnit No. 4 Squadron RNAS ⓘ
No. 56 Squadron RFC ⓘ
operatedIn Home Front (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Italian Front ⓘ
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian aviation units ⓘ
German Air Service ⓘ
partOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
role aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
air superiority ⓘ
artillery spotting ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ
naval aviation support ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
tactical bombing ⓘ
significance first large-scale use of air power by the United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
usedAircraftType airship ⓘ
balloon ⓘ
bomber aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ

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Robert Little → partOf → British air services in World War I ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAF → notableOperation → Western Front air operations in World War I ⓘ
linked to: British air services in World War I
Caproni → notableFor → World War I bombers ⓘ
linked to: British air services in World War I