No. 30 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

No. 30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps was formed at Moascar in Egypt on 24th of March 1915. It was redesignated No. 30 Squadron, Royal Air Force in April 1918.

4th Nov 1914

17th November 1914 Move to Egypt

17th January 1915 Turkish Army discovered

25th January 1915 Turkish troops bombed

3rd February 1915 Turks cross the Suez Canal

24th March 1915 New Squadron designated

24th Aug 1915 30 Squadron bolstered

27th Sept 1915 The Army in Mesopotamia advanced upon the town of Kut, a strategic port on the Tigris on the route to Baghdad. Due to the depredations of the climate, sand storms and accidents A Flight of 30 Squadron was soon reduced to only two serviceable aircraft. Nevertheless these two machines provided crucial strategic observations of enemy positions assisting in the capture of the town. Four more modern B.E.2cs arrived at Basra together with four pilots and these were shipped up to Kut by river barge.
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October 1915 Reinforcements sent to Basra

22nd Oct 1915 Engine Malfunction

13th Nov 1915 Communications Cut

19th November 1915 More aircraft for Egypt

21st Nov 1915

6th December 1915 Seige of Kut begins

31st January 1916 Combined RFC-RNAS flight formed

6th March 1916 More aircraft for Mesopotamia

15th April 1916 Air drops to besieged garrison

29th April 1916 Fall of Kut

29th June 1916 Joint RNAS/RFC flight disbanded

October 1916 Sent to England

13th Dec 1916

11th March 1917

25th Sept 1917

March 1918

Oct 1918

30th Oct 1918

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