Order of Battle: RFC, RNAS, RAF, IAF and AFC
1914- 1918, Western Front



The British and Austalian Order of Battle for their aerial forces on the Western Front is a large and complex topic. I have tried to be accurate in these pages, although I may have made transciption errors from the source materials. The pages exist as Excel spreadsheets that I have posted here as webpages. Several of the following pages contain similar material, but each has a different focus. I have tried to describe the focus of each accurately.


Please note, these are large files, spreadsheets do not translate well into html.

Aircraft flown by Squadron and date 418K

Aircraft flown by first date of receipt 387K

Aircraft flown by manufacturer and date 403K

Squadron Location by squadron and date 901K

A summary of the OOB by major battle and at the armistice 600K

A graphical chronology of aircraft flown 307K



The source materials used were:

Wing Commander C.G. Jefford, MBE RAF. "RAF Squadrons. A Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912". Airlife, England. 1988.

Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir. "The war in the air; being the story of the part played in the great war by the Royal Air Force." London, H. Hamilton. 1969. Volume 1.

Jones, H. A. "The war in the air; being the story of the part played in the great war by the Royal Air Force." London, H. Hamilton. 1969. Vols. 2-6 and appendices.

Wing Commander N. MacMillan, OBE MC AFC. "Into the Blue". Jarrolds. 1969.

Austalian Flying Corps: A Complete History of the Australian Flying Corps from 1914 to 1919

by Cameron Riley.

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