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No. 28 Squadron Royal Flying Corps    No. 28 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps was formed on the 7th of November 1915 and initially operated as a training unit, before proceeding to France as a fighter squadron. In October 1917 it was sent to Italy to support the war against Austria. It was redesignated No. 28 Squadron, Royal Air Force in April 1918. 7th Nov 1915 Squadron Formed  No 28 Squadron formed at Gosport on the 7th of November 1915 from a nucleus from 22 Squadron. It moved shortly afterwards to Fort Rowner aerodrome. 8th June 1916  8th June 1916 New Squadron formed 23rd July 1917  8th October 1917  26th October 1917  17th November 1917 Squadrons assembled for operations 29th November 1917 Photographic Reconnaissance 26th December 1917  19th February 1918 Austrian aerodrome attacked 26th March 1918  4th May 1918 Air combat 30th May 1918 Attack on enemy camp in Italy 2nd July 1918 Assigned to support Italian artillery 15th June 1918 Austrian attack 18th June 1918 Storm stops flying but sweeps away river bridges 23rd June 1918 Counter-attack 4th October 1918 Austrian pilot school attacked 5th October 1918 Air school bombed 22nd October 1918 Attack positions 28th October 1918 Austrian army in retreat 4th November 1918 Cease fire ordered in Italy If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about No. 28 Squadron Royal Flying Corps? There are:22 items tagged No. 28 Squadron Royal Flying Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with No. 28 Squadron Royal Flying Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 28 Squadron Royal Flying Corps from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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