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RNAS St Pol/Dunkirk



1st September 1914 RNAS stay at Dunkirk

16th September 1914  RNAS move to Antwerp

19th September 1914 New base established

17th October 1914 Return to Britain

31st October 1914 Seaplane base established at Dunkirk

5th November 1914 Lost over the Channel

25th November 1914 Bomber raid

17th December 1914 Shot down over Holland

20/21st December 1914 First Night Bomber raids

10th January 1915 Air combat

22nd January 1915 Submarine Bombed

22nd February 1915 Move to Dunkirk

24th March 1915 Attack on Antwerp

12th May 1915 Taken PoW

17th May 1915 Zeppelin attacked over the Channel

31st May 1915 Seaplane shot down

2nd August 1915 Swap of duties

15th August 1915 On the move

23rd August 1915 Naval bombardment

26th August 1915 U-Boat claimed

6th September 1915 U-Boat damaged?

7th September 1915 Coastal bombardment fails

21st September 1915 Reinforcements

26th September 1915 U-Boats damaged

3rd October 1915 Friendly fire

8th October 1915 Zeppelin destroyed

18th October 1915 Pilot killed

19th October 1915 Taken PoW

November 1915 RNAS expansion

28th Nov 1915 RNAS claim victory

28th Nov 1915 RNAS in Action

14th December 1915  Combat over the Channel

28th December 1915 Flying boat success

23rd January 1916 U-Boat bombed

24th January 1916 Shot down

20th February 1916 Combat

29th February 1916 Shot down

1st March 1916 Reorganisation

23rd April 1916 Enemy aircraft forced down

5th May 1916  Two aimen killed

20th May 1916 Seaplane attacked

21st May 1916 Two victories

18th June 1916 Seaplane crew rescued

1st July 1916 Triplane in action

9th July 1916 One won, one lost

15th July 1916 Seaplane shot down

24th July 1916 Shot down by u-boat

20th August 1916 One killed, one PoW

23rd January 1917 German destroyers move to Zeebrugge

14th February 1917 Aerodrome attacked

7th April 1917 Reorganisation of naval squadrons

26th April 1917 In the Channel

19th June 1917 Seaplanes lost

July 1917 Fighters replace seaplanes

22nd September 1917  U-Boat sunk

28th September 1917 Return to Calais

1st November 1917 Return to Calais

13th January 1918 New Naval Squadron formed

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