Number 1 Squadron, also known as No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, is a

squadron Squadron may refer to: * Squadron (army), a military unit of cavalry, tanks, or equivalent subdivided into troops or tank companies * Squadron (aviation), a military unit that consists of three or four flights with a total of 12 to 24 aircraft, de ...

of the Royal Air Force. It was the first squadron to fly a VTOL aircraft. It currently operates Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth. The squadron motto, ''In omnibus princeps'' ("First in all things") reflects the squadron's status as the RAF's oldest unit, having been involved in almost every major British military operation from the First World War to the present time. These include the Second World War,

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, Gulf War, Kosovo War, and

Operation Telic Operation Telic (Op TELIC) was the codename under which all of the United Kingdom's military operations in Iraq were conducted between the start of the invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 and the withdrawal of the last remaining British forces on ...

(Iraq).

History

1878 to 1918

No. 1 Squadron's origins go back to 1878 when its predecessor, No. 1 Balloon Company, was formed at the

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, Woolwich as part of the Balloon Section. On 1 April 1911 the

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of the

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was created. The battalion initially consisted of two companies, with No. 1 Company, Air Battalion taking responsibility for lighter than air flying. The first Officer Commanding was Captain E. M. Maitland. On 13 May 1912, with the establishment of the

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, No. 1 Company of the Air Battalion was redesignated No. 1 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. No. 1 Squadron was one of the original three Royal Flying Corps squadrons. Maitland continued as the new squadron's Officer Commanding and he was promoted to major several days after the establishment of the squadron. It retained the airships ''Beta'' and ''Gamma'', adding ''Delta'' and ''Eta'', as well as kites and a few spherical balloons. However, in October 1913 a sudden decision was made to transfer all the airships to the Naval Wing of the RFC (which became the

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dictat, not Cabinet decision, on 1 July 1914). While retaining kites 1 Squadron was reorganised as an 'aircraft park' for the British Expeditionary Force. On 1 May 1914, Major

Charles Longcroft Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft, (13 May 1883 – 20 February 1958) was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps who went on to become a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. He was the first comma ...

was appointed as the new squadron commander. Apart from a few weeks as a supernumerary in August and September 1914, Longcroft continued as the squadron commander until January 1915. Brit Flying Squad

The squadron was reformed as an aircraft squadron in August 1914, and equipped with a mixture of Avro 504s and

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s, crossed over to France on 7 March 1915,Halley 1971, p.10. under the command of Major

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, later Chief of the Air Staff. It operated mainly in the reconnaissance role, with a few single seat fighters for escort purposes. The squadron was soon thrown into action, taking part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915, and moved to Balleul at the end of the month, remaining there until March 1918, operating from an airfield next to the town's Asylum.Halley 1971, p. 28. In April–May 1915, the squadron flew reconnaissance missions during the Second Battle of Ypres. On 19 August, Salmond was replaced as commander of the squadron by Major Philip Joubert de la Ferté, later an

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. By October 1915, the squadron had re-equipped with a mixture of various Morane-Saulnier types, with Morane Parasols ( Types L and LA) in the Corps Reconnaissance role and Morane-Saulnier N single-seat fighters. The squadron supplemented its Parasols with more modern Morane-Saulnier P parasols and

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biplanes in 1916, although the last LA remained with the squadron until 1917. The squadron became a dedicated fighter squadron on 1 January 1917, flying

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s and

Nieuport 27 The Nieuport 27 (or Nieuport XXVII C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed by Gustave Delage. The 27 was the last of the line of Nieuport "V-strut" single seat fighters that began with the Ni ...

.Halley 1971, p.10. The obsolete Nieuports were replaced by more modern

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s in January 1918. On incorporation into the RAF on 1 April 1918 the squadron kept its numeral; No 1 Squadron of the

(RNAS) was displaced to become

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.The war diary of No. 1 Squadron held by the Australian War Memorial, starts in January 1918. No. 1 Squadron had among its ranks no fewer than 31 flying aces. They include

Robert A. Birkbeck Captain Robert Alexander Birkbeck (8 October 1898 – 9 January 1938), was a British World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories. World War I service Birkbeck received the Royal Aero Club certificate No. 3157 on 23 June 1916 to qua ...

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(later

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), Douglas Cameron,

William Charles Campbell Captain William Charles Campbell, (27 April 1889 – 26 February 1958), was a World War I fighter pilot of Scots heritage who was credited with 23 victories. Serving with No. 1 Squadron during 1917, he was a notable balloon buster, being t ...

, Percy Jack Clayson, Edwin Cole,

Philip Fullard Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard, (27 May 1897 – 24 April 1984) was an English First World War flying ace, one of the most successful fighter pilots of the Royal Flying Corps, with a reputation as a superb combat leader. With 40 confir ...

(later Air Commodore),

Eustace Grenfell Group Captain Eustace Osborne Grenfell (26 August 1890 – 7 March 1964) was an early flying ace of World War I. He was credited with eight victories. He went on to make a career of the Royal Air Force. He was instrumental in developing the integ ...

, Louis Fleeming Jenkin,

Tom Hazell Thomas Falcon Hazell & Bar (7 August 1892 – 4 September 1946) was a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps, and later, the Royal Air Force during the First World War. Hazell scored 43 victories in 1917–18 making him the fifth most succe ...

Harold Albert Kullberg Captain Harold Albert Kullberg (10 September 1896 – 5 August 1924) was a World War I flying ace credited with 19 aerial victories. Though he scored his victories with the Royal Air Force, Kullberg was an American citizen. He was rejected fo ...

Charles Lavers Captain Charles Stewart Touzeau Lavers BEM (17 August 1896 – 1979) was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. Early life Charles Stewart Touzeau Lavers was born in Saint Albans, England on 17 August 1896.Shore ...

Francis Magoun Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr. MC (6 January 1895 – 5 June 1979) was one of the seminal figures in the study of medieval and English literature in the 20th century, a scholar of subjects as varied as soccer and ancient Germanic naming practi ...

Guy Borthwick Moore Captain Guy Borthwick Moore (1895-1918) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. Biography Moore lived in Vancouver and attended the University of British Columbia from 1913 to 1916, gaining a BA. He was an oarsm ...

Gordon Olley Flying Officer Gordon Percy Olley MM (29 April 1893 – 18 March 1958) was a World War I flying ace who later formed his own airline, Olley Air Services. He was the first pilot to fly one million miles in total. Early years Olley was born in Har ...

, Harry Rigby,

William Wendell Rogers Captain William Wendell Rogers (10 November 1896 – 11 January 1967) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He singlehandedly shot down a Gotha G bomber. Early life William Wendell Rogers was born in Alberto ...

and William Rooper.

Between the wars

The squadron returned to the UK from France in March 1919, being formally disbanded on 20 January 1920. On the next day it reformed at

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in the North West Frontier of India (now part of Pakistan), flying the Sopwith Snipe and from January 1920. It moved to Hinaidi near Baghdad in Iraq in May 1921, to carry out policing duties, retaining its Snipes,Halley 1971, p.12. although it also received one

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engined

Nieuport Nighthawk The Nieuport Nighthawk was a British fighter aircraft developed by the Nieuport & General Aircraft company for the Royal Air Force towards the end of the First World War. Although ordered into production before the aircraft first flew, it did ...

for evaluation.Halley 1971, p.15. It remained in Iraq, carrying out strafing and bombing against hostile tribal forces until November 1926 when it was disbanded.Halley 1971, pp.12–15. In early 1927 it was reformed at RAF Tangmere,

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as a Home Defence Fighter Squadron, equipped with the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin. After receiving the Hawker Fury Mk.1 in February 1932, the squadron gained a reputation for aerobatics, giving displays throughout the United Kingdom and at the Zürich International Air Meeting in July 1937, where its display impressed but it was clear that it was outclassed by the German

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and Dornier Do 17 also displayed at Zurich. The squadron re-equipped with the Hawker Hurricane Mk.I in October 1938.Halley 1971, p.16.

Second World War

Hurricane I 1 Sqn RAF at RAF Wittering 1940

On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 the squadron was deployed to France as part of the RAF Advanced Air Striking Force. In October it flew over enemy territory for the first time and soon claimed its first victory, shooting down a Dornier Do 17 on 31 October.Halley 1971, p.20. Further successes were made during the Phoney War, until the

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erupted in May 1940. Within a week the squadron was bombed out of its base at Berry-au-Bac, north-west of Paris. A series of retreats followed, ending only when the squadron evacuated from France on 18 June,Halley 1971, pp. 20–21. with a return to Tangmere on 23 June. In August 1940 the squadron entered the Battle of Britain and was heavily engaged until 9 September, when the squadron was transferred to No. 12 Group and sent to RAF Wittering to refit, rest and recuperate. It returned to No. 11 Group in early 1941 and was employed in fighter sweeps and bomber escort duties. In February, it began "

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" (low-level sweeps over occupied territory) and night flying missions, and was re-equipped with the Hurricane IIA. In this period its pilots included

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DFC, who was the RAF's highest-scoring night intruder pilot and highest-scoring Free Czechoslovak pilot. The squadron carried out night intruder patrols until July 1942, when it was re-equipped with the Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber and relocated to RAF Acklington, Northumberland where it reverted to daytime operations. The squadron was equipped with the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX in April 1944, and in June began anti- V1 patrols, shooting down 39 flying bombs. Missions were also flown over the Falaise Gap, strafing targets of opportunity. Later in the year it reverted to bomber escort duties, based at Maldegem. It was involved in supporting

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: the parachute drops into the Netherlands, and later in support of the Allied counter-offensive in the Ardennes. The squadron dropped 250 lb bombs on to 'Key Points' (KPs), directed by radar to counter the adverse weather conditions. In May 1945 it converted to the Spitfire Mk.XXI, but these were only used operationally to cover landings on the Channel Islands.

Post-War

In 1946, the Squadron returned to Tangmere and took delivery of its first jet aircraft, the Gloster Meteor. In October 1948, Major Robin Olds, USAF, under the U.S. Air Force/Royal Air Force exchange program, was posted in and flying the Gloster Meteor jet fighter. He eventually served as commander of the Squadron at RAF Station Tangmere, an unusual posting for a non-commonwealth foreigner in peacetime. The Squadron was then equipped with the Hawker Hunter F.5, which were flown from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus during the 1956

. The squadron disbanded on 23 June 1958. However, on 1 July 1958 the squadron was reformed by re-numbering No. 263 Squadron at RAF Stradishall. It then moved to RAF Waterbeach from where, flying the Hunter FGA.9, it operated in the ground attack role as part of No. 38 Group. The Squadron continued in this role for the next eight years, operating out of Waterbeach and then

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Alan Pollock of No. 1 Squadron was responsible for the infamous and very unofficial flying display on the 50th anniversary of the RAF in 1968.

Harrier

Under the command of Squadron Leader Bryan Baker, the squadron became the world's first operator of a V/STOL aircraft with the arrival of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier in 1969, declared operational the following year. A detachment from No. 1 Squadron was deployed aboard the Carrier Battle Group (TG 317.8) of the

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during the

, operating from HMS ''Hermes'' and flying ground attack missions against Argentine forces.Ashworth 1989, p.26.Evans 1998, pp. 74–75. It replaced its first generation Harriers with Harrier IIs from 23 November 1988, being declared fully operational on the Harrier GR.5 on 2 November 1989.Evans 1998, p.123. The squadron was the subject of an episode of the BBC documentary series ''Defence of the Realm'' before and during its participation in the Bosnian War as part of NATO's '' Operation Deny Flight''. During the Kosovo war the Squadron flew sorties as part of NATO's Operation Allied Force. No. 1 Squadron left the "home of the Harrier" at RAF Wittering for RAF Cottesmore on 28 July 2000. Cottesmore became home to all operational RAF Harrier squadrons – No. 20 (Reserve) Squadron, later renumbered as No. 4 (R) Squadron, the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit remained at Wittering. The squadrons both flew missions during the Iraq War and were awarded the "Iraq 2003" battle honour. The squadron was awarded a battle honour in March 2020, recognising its role in the War in Afghanistan. One outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review by the coalition government in 2010 was the decision to take the RAF's Harriers out of service almost immediately. All Harrier units, including No. 1 (F) Squadron, ceased Harrier flying on 15 December 2010, with No. 1 (F) Squadron formally disbanding on 28 January 2011.

Typhoon

On 15 September 2012, the squadron reformed on the Eurofighter Typhoon at

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. The squadron participated in multiple exercises in foreign countries including Exercise Shaheen Star in the United Arab Emirates during January 2013 and Exercise Bersama Shield in Malaysia during March 2013. On 8 September 2014, No. 1 (F) Squadron relocated to RAF Lossiemouth, to operate alongside No. 6 and XV (R) squadrons, as well as "D" Flight, No. 202 Squadron (SAR) and No. 5 Force Protection Wing. On 14 November 2019 the squadron deployed 4 fighters to Keflavik Air Base as part of the NATO Air Policing, Iceland. The squadron also deployed an additional 100 personnel to support the squadron and forces based in Iceland.

Aircraft operated

* Avro 504 (1915–1916) * B.E.8 (1915–1916) * Morane Parasol (1915–1916) *

(1916–1917) *

(1917–1918) * SE5a (1918–1920) * Sopwith Snipe (1920–1927) * Armstrong Whitworth Siskin (1927–1933) * Hawker Fury (1933–1937) * Hawker Hurricane (1937–1943) * Hawker Typhoon (1943–1944) *

Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...

(1944–1950) * Gloster Meteor F.8 (1950–1957) *

Hawker Hunter The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-R ...

F.5/F.6/FGA.9/T.7 (1957–1970) * Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 (1969–1989) * British Aerospace Harrier GR5, GR7 and GR9 (1988–2010) * Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 (2012 – present)

Battle honours

The battle honours awarded to No. 1 Squadron are: *

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1915–1918 * Ypres 1915 *

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* Loos *

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1916 *

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* Ypres 1917 * Lys * Amiens *

1918 * Hindenburg Line * Independent Force and Germany 1918 * Kurdistan 1922–1925 * Iraq 1923–1925 * France and Low Countries 1939–1940 * Battle of Britain 1940 *Channel and North Sea 1941–1945 * Home Defence 1940–1945 * Fortress Europe 1941–1944 * Arnhem * Normandy 1944 * France and Germany 1944–1945 *Biscay 1944–1945 * Rhine * South Atlantic 1982 * Kosovo * Iraq 2003 Items in bold are permitted to be displayed on the squadron standard

Commanding officers

List of commanding officers of No. 1 Squadron, including date of appointment, sourced from Halley, Shaw and Franks & O'Connor. *

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E M Maitland (13 May 1912) * Major C A H Longcroft (1 May 1914) * Major W G H Salmond (28 January 1915) * Major P B Joubert de la Ferté (19 August 1915) * Major G F Pretyman (24 November 1915) * Major G C St P de Dombasle (24 December 1916) * Major A Barton-Adams (20 June 1917) * Major W E Young (3 August 1918) * Squadron Leader J O Andrews (21 January 1920) * Squadron Leader J B Graham (18 September 1920) * Squadron Leader G G A Williams (10 November 1922) * Squadron Leader E O Grenfell (8 October 1923) * Squadron Leader E D Atkinson (25 May 1924) * Squadron Leader C.N. Lowe (19 April 1926) * Squadron Leader E D Atkinson (11 April 1927) * Squadron Leader E O Grenfell (19 March 1928) * Squadron Leader C B S Spackman (27 July 1931) * Squadron Leader R W Chappell (21 November 1933) * Squadron Leader

C W Hill Cedric Waters Hill (3 April 1891 – 5 March 1975) was an Australian officer in the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force who, together with E. H. Jones, escaped from the Yozgat prisoner of war camp in Turkey during the First World ...

(1 October 1934) *

T N McEvoy (acting) (31 January 1936) * Squadron Leader C W Hill (1 December 1936) * Squadron Leader F R D Swain (12 April 1937) * Squadron Leader I A Bertram (15 January 1938) * Squadron Leader P J H Halahan (17 April 1939) * Squadron Leader D A Pemberton (24 May 1940) * Squadron Leader M H Brown (10 November 1940) * Squadron Leader R E P Brooker (23 April 1941) * Squadron Leader J A F MacLachlan (3 November 1941) * Squadron Leader R C Wilkinson (31 July 1942) * Squadron Leader A Zweigbergh (30 May 1943) * Squadron Leader J Checketts (3 April 1944) * Squadron Leader H P Lardner-Burke (29 April 1944) * Squadron Leader D G S R Cox (11 January 1945) * Squadron Leader R S Nash (21 April 1945) * Squadron Leader H R Allen (9 January 1946) * Squadron Leader C H MacFie (26 October 1946) * Flight Lieutenant N H D Ramsey (acting) (7 May 1947) * Squadron Leader T R Burne (15 July 1947) * Major R Olds ( USAF) (4 February 1949) * Squadron Leader T R Burne (1 October 1949) * Major D F Smith (USAF) (10 January 1950) * Squadron Leader J L W Ellacombe (18 August 1950) * Squadron Leader R B Morison (21 November 1952) * Squadron Leader D I Smith (27 July 1953) * Squadron Leader F W Lister (1 December 1953) * Flight Lieutenant H Irving (acting) (1 June 1955) * Squadron Leader R S Kingsford (8 August 1956) * Squadron Leader L de Garis, AFC (5 July 1958) * Squadron Leader J J Phipps (1 December 1958) * Squadron Leader P V Pledger (1 January 1961) * Squadron Leader F L Travers-Smith (1 January 1963) * Squadron Leader D C G Brook (28 December 1964) * Squadron Leader G. Jones (1 November 1966) * Squadron Leader L A B Baker (20 September 1968) * Wing Commander J A Mansell (10 April 1969) * Squadron Leader L A B Baker (21 May 1969) * Wing Commander D Allison (4 August 1969) * Squadron Leader L A B Baker (October 1969) * Wing Commander K W Hayr (1 January 1970) * Wing Commander E J E Smith (6 January 1972) * Wing Commander P P W Taylor (3 December 1973) * Wing Commander J G Saye (9 July 1976) * Wing Commander R B Duckett (17 July 1978) * Wing Commander P T Squire (26 March 1981) * Wing Commander J D L Feesey (23 December 1983) * Wing Commander I M Stewart (13 June 1986) * Wing Commander I R Harvey (3 October 1988) * Wing Commander C C N Burwell (17 May 1991) * Wing Commander D Walker (29 April 1994) * Wing Commander M A Leakey (18 March 1996) * Wing Commander I Cameron (acting) (26 November 1997) * Wing Commander A Golledge (9 January 1998) * Wing Commander S M Bell (26 October 1999) * Wing Commander M E Sampson (June 2004) * Wing Commander K A Lewis (1 November 2006) * Wing Commander D F Haines (31 October 2008) * Wing Commander M Flewin (15 September 2012) * Wing Commander M Sutton (9 October 2014)

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

* Ashworth, Chris. ''Encyclopedia of Modern Royal Air Force Squadrons''. Wellingborough, UK:PSL, 1989. . * Bowyer, Michael J.F and John D.R. Rawlings. ''Squadron Codes, 1937–56''. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1979. . * Bruce, J. M. ''The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing)''. London: Putnam, 1982. . * Evans, Andy. ''BAE/McDonnell Douglas Harrier''. Malborough, Wiltshire, UK: The Crowood Press, 1998. . * Flintham, Vic and Andrew Thomas. ''Combat Codes: A Full Explanation and Listing of British, Commonwealth and Allied Air Force Unit Codes Since 1938''. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlif Publishing Ltd., 2003. . * Franks, Norman and Mike O'Connor. ''Number One in War and Peace: The History of No. 1 Squadron, 1912–2000''. London: Grub Street, 2000. . * Halley, James J. ''Famous Fighter Squadrons of the RAF: Volume 1''. Windsor, UK: Hylton Lacey, 1971. . * Halley, James J. ''The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth, 1918–1988''. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. . * Jefford, C.G. ''RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912''. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1998 (second edition 2001). . * Rawlings, John D.R. ''Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1982. . * Rawlings, John D.R. ''Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft''. London: Macdonald and Jane's (Publishers) Ltd., 1969 (new edition 1976, reprinted 1978). . * Shaw, Michael. ''No. 1 Squadron''. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1986. . * Shaw, Michael. ''Twice Vertical: The History of No. 1 Squadron Royal Air Force''. London: Macdonald & Company Ltd, 1971. . * Shores, Christopher; Franks, Norman & Guest, Russell. ''Above The Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920''. London: Grub Street, 1990. .

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