When an aeroplane, which was caught on fire with it's bombs, was on the ground blazing, Corporal (Acting-Sergeant) W. W. Gregg and 1st Class Air Mechanic (Acting-Corporal) H. P. Lowe, of the Royal Flying Corps, regardless of danger, rushed up and cut out the officer pilot, who was unconscious...
Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson VC Worcestershire Regiment attached to Royal Flying Corps. On a patrol over Cuffley, Essex 2/3 September 1916 engaged in night flying in the defence of London. After he had been in the air over two hours and had attacked one airship he attacked a Zeppelin in...
Trenchard was known as the father of the Royal Air Forcea gruff and forceful patron saint of airpower. He trained and organized the RAF for World War I, then led it into battle, pioneering many of the concepts central to air warfare today.
He twice failed the British Army entrance exams...
Hugh Caswall Dowding nicknamed (STUFFY).
An artillery officer by training, Dowding transferred to the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Between 1930 and 1936 he was a research and development member of the Air Council, the governing body of the Royal Air Force. Here, he oversaw the...
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