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Formed:March 1916 at Gosport
Mobilized:October 1916
Insignia: 
Aces:30 
Victories:258Claimed
 Confirmed
Losses: Killed in Action (KIA)
 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
 Wounded in Action (WIA)
 Prisoners of War (POW)
 
45 Squadron was formed at Gosport in March 1916 and was posted to France in October 1916. The unit was reassigned to Italy in November 1917 before returning to France in 1918.
 
AcesAircraftCOsAerodromes
1ScotlandMatthew Frew23
2AustraliaCedric Howell19
3EnglandGeoffrey Cock13
4EnglandJack Cottle13
5AustraliaRaymond Brownell12
6EnglandJohn Firth11
7EnglandKenneth Montgomery11
8CanadaMansell James10
9ScotlandNorman Macmillan9
10WalesPeter Carpenter8
11CanadaRichard Dawes8
12EnglandNorman Jones8
13EnglandErnest Masters8
14EnglandHenry Moody8
15CanadaThomas Williams8
16EnglandWilliam Wright7
17EnglandJames Dewhirst7
18CanadaEmerson Smith6
19EnglandJames Belgrave6
20USACharles Catto6
21EnglandEdward Clarke6
22EnglandAlfred Haines6
23ScotlandThomas Harries6
24EnglandOscar McMaking6
25EnglandAlan Rice-Oxley6
26EnglandFrancis Bowles5
27EnglandJames Child5
28CanadaEarl Hand5
29EnglandArthur Harris5
30EnglandJohn Pinder5
1Sopwith 1½ Strutter
2Nieuport two-seater
3Sopwith Camel
  
 
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