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Formed: May 1916 at Castle Bromwich
Mobilized: December 1916
Insignia:  
Aces:    
Victories: 11 Claimed
55+ Confirmed
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
54 Squadron was formed at Castle Bromwich in May 1916 and was posted to France in December 1916. It was the first unit equipped with the Sopwith Pup.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Canada Ernest Salter 9
2 England Henry Hollingdrake Maddocks 7
3 England George Henry Hackwill 6
4 England Frank Neville Hudson 6
5 Wales Francis Mansel Kitto 6
6 England Oliver Manners Sutton 6
7 England Michael Edward Gonne 5
8 England George Arthur Hyde 5
9 England Reginald Stuart Maxwell 5
10 England Oliver Stewart 5
11 England William Victor Strugnell 5
1 Sopwith Pup  
2 Sopwith Camel  
1 Maj. K .K Horn
2 E L Gossage
1 St. Omer
2 Chipilly
3 Flez
4 Bray Dunes
5 Leffrinckhoucke
 
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