1 Squadron

Formed:	May 1912
Mobilized:	May 1914
Insignia:
Aces:	31
Victories:	340-350	Claimed
Victories:		Confirmed
Losses:		Killed in Action (KIA)
		Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
		Wounded in Action (WIA)
		Prisoners of War (POW)

Formed as an Airship Company in May 1912, 1 Squadron was briefly under Naval control before joining the Royal Flying Corps in May 1914. The unit was posted to France with a variety of aircraft in March 1915. In February 1917, it became a fighter squadron when it was re-equipped with the Nieuport 17.

Aces

Aircraft

COs

Aerodromes

1	Philip Fullard	40
2	Percy Clayson	29
3	William Campbell	23
4	Louis Jenkin	22
5	Tom Hazell	20
6	Harold Kullberg	19
7	Harry Reeves	13
8	Gordon Olley	11
9	Robert Birkbeck	10
10	Cecil Clark	10
11	Duerson Knight	10
12	Guy Moore	10
13	Basil Moody	9
14	William Rogers	9
15	Charles Lavers	8
16	William Rooper	8
17	John Bateman	7
18	Edwin Cole	7
19	William Patrick	7
20	Christopher Brand	7
21	Eustace Grenfell	6
22	Ernest Kelly	6
23	Ernest Owen	6
24	Harry Rigby	6
25	Douglas Cameron	5
26	Lumsden Cummings	5
27	Kenneth Laing	5
28	Francis Magoun	5
29	Kenneth Mills	5
30	Frank Sharpe	5
31	Wallace Smart	5

1	B.E.8
2	Morane BB
3	Morane L
4	Morane N
5	Martinsyde S.1
6	Avro 504
7	Bristol Scout
8	Nieuport 16
9	Nieuport 17
10	Nieuport 20
11	Nieuport 23
12	Nieuport 27
13	S.E.5

1	Netheravon 13 Nov 1914
2	St. Omer 07 Mar 1915
3	Bailleul 29 Mar 1915
4	St. Marie Cappel 29 Mar 1918
5	Clairmarais South 13 Apr 1918
6	Fienvillers 05 Aug 1918
7	Senlis-le-Sec 06 Oct 1918
8	Bouvincourt 26 Oct 1918

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