8 Naval Squadron

Formed:	October 1916 at St. Pol
Mobilized:	03 November 1916
Insignia:
Aces:	24
Victories:	298	Claimed
Victories:		Confirmed
Losses:		Killed in Action (KIA)
		Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
		Wounded in Action (WIA)
		Prisoners of War (POW)

Naval 8 was formed at St. Pol in October 1916 and flew its first sortie on 3 November 1916. The squadron first victory was scored on 9 November 1916 by Flight Sub-Lieutenant DMB Galbraith. Naval 8 became 208 Squadron in the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918.

Aces

Aircraft

COs

Aerodromes

1	Anthony Arnold	5
2	Charles Booker	23
3	Robert Compston	25
4	Gerald Cooper	6
5	Harold Day	10
6	Pruett Dennett	7
7	Herbert Fowler	6
8	Rupert Gifford	6
9	Stanley Goble	5
10	Malcolm Howell	5
11	Reginald Johns	9
12	Phillip Johnston	6
13	Edward Johnstone	17
14	William Jordan	39
15	Robert Little	37
16	William Mann	13
17	Roderick McDonald	8
18	Richard Munday	9
19	Guy Price	12
20	George Simpson	6
21	Wilfred Sneath	5
22	Reginald Soar	12
23	Ronald Thornely	9
24	James White	12

1	Sopwith Pup Nov 1916
2	Sopwith Triplane Feb 1917
3	Nieuport Scout
4	Sopwith 1½ Strutter
5	Sopwith Camel

1	Sqn Cdr. Geoffrey R. Bromet
2	Maj Christopher Draper

1	St-Pol	25 Oct 1916
2	Vert Galand	26 Oct 1916
3	Furnes	07 Feb 1917
4	Auchel	28 Mar 1917
5	St-Eloi	16 May 1917
6	Bray-Dunes	28 Feb 1918
7	Walmer	01 Mar 1918
8	Teteghem	29 Mar 1918

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