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2012
The
Centenary
of
the
Foundation
of
The
Royal
Flying
Corps
13th
April
1912
King
George
V
signed
a
Royal
Warrant
establishing
the
Royal
Flying
Corps
(RFC)
on
13th
April
1912.
The
first
Officer
Commanding
the
RFC
was
General
David
Y
Henderson
(born
Glasgow
11th
August
1862),
who
took
the
Corps
to
France
in
1914.
An
exhibition
to
mark
the
Centenary
was
opened
at
the
Farnborough
Air
Sciences
Trust
(FAST)
Exhibition
on
12th
April
2012.
We
were
privileged
to
be
invited
to
the
opening
and
were
delighted
to
see
that
the
exhibition
includes
pictures
of
my
Grandfather,
Great
Uncle
and
my
wife,
Annabel's
Grandfather,
who
served
in
WWI
with
the
RFC
which
combined
with
the
Royal
Naval
Air
Service
(RNAS)
to
become
the
Royal
Air
Force
(RAF)
in
1918,
in
which
my
parents
were
later
to
serve.
Information
board,
all
together,
the
Laird
brothers
and
Alec
Bennett
BE2
at
Farnborough
Centenary
Links
Centenary
of
Royal
Flying
Corps
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ITV
News
Royal
Flying
Corps
at
100
-
ITV
News
The
few
who
reached
for
the
sky
-
Telegraph
FAST
Farnborough
Celebrates
100
years
of
the
RFC
-
YouTube
II(AC)
Squadron
Centenary
tail:
key.Aero,
Military
Aviation
©
Iain
Laird
2012
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