The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty`s Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army`s Royal Flying Corps to form a new service, the Royal Air Force, the first of its kind in the world. During its first year it .....
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(from the article `Royal Air Force, The`) ...on Salisbury Plain. The specialized aviation requirements of the navy made it appear, however, that separate organization was desirable, and on ...
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Air arm of the British Royal Navy during World War I, formed in July 1914 from naval officers and elements of the ...
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Never happy with the RFC, the Naval wing was detached in July, 1914, just before the outbreak of the First World War. The two services were together again as the RAF in 1918 and the Fleet Air Arm was formed in 1923 to look after Naval flying under the RAF. History repeated itself just before the outbreak of the Second World War, when the Royal Navy...
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