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The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
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Royal Air Force
Air and space warfare force of the United Kingdom
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royal Flying Corps
Former air warfare service of the British Army
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force. During the early part of the war, the RFC supported the British Army by artillery…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royal Naval Air Service
Aerial warfare arm of the British Royal Navy (1914-18)
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 the Royal Air Force (RAF),…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
April 1
Day of the year
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