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Royal Flying Corps

British air corps

Also known as: RFC

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development of military aircraft

In military aircraft: Early history
In England the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) fitted some of its aircraft with bomb carriers, which consisted of a kind of pipe rack beside the observer’s cockpit in which small bombs were retained by a pin. The pin was pulled out over the target by tugging on a…
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history of Royal Air Force

In Royal Air Force: Origins of the Royal Air Force
…May 13, 1912, a combined Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was formed, with naval and military wings and a Central Flying School at Upavon on Salisbury Plain. The specialized aviation requirements of the Royal Navy made it appear, however, that a separate organization was desirable, and on July 1, 1914, the…
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