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No. 82 Squadron Royal Flying Corps    No 82 Squadron formed as a Corps reconnaissance unit at Doncaster on the 7th of January 1917 flying Armstrong Whitworth FK8s. They proceeded to France in November 1917.    No. 82 Squadron formed on the 7th of January 1917 at Doncaster as an army co-operation unit. It proceeded to France on 20th of November 1917 to undertake artillery spotting and photo-reconnaissance. In April 1918 it was redesignated No. 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force. 7th January 1917 New Squadron formed 6th February 1917 Training 30th March 1917 New aerodrome occupied 17th November 1917 Move 2nd October 1918 Food supplies dropped by air 24th of October 1918  Advance Continues   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about No. 82 Squadron Royal Flying Corps? There are:7 items tagged No. 82 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. 82 Squadron Royal Flying Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. McLeod VC.. Alan Arnett. 2nd Lt. (d.6th Nov 1918) 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. 82 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? 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 225501 2nd Lt. Alan Arnett McLeod VC. 2 Squadron (d.6th Nov 1918) Alan McLeod was born on 20th of April 1899 in Stonewall, Manitoba, the son of a doctor. He enrolled in The 34th Fort Garry Horse in 1913 at age 14, but when the war started in 1914 Alan was sent home, as under age. When he became 18 he enrolled in the Royal Flying Corps in Toronto. After obtaining his pilot’s licence at Long Branch near Toronto, he was sent to France on 20th of August 1917 He was originally posted to No. 82 Squadron flying scouts, but then transferred to 51 Squadron on Home Defence duties, flying the B.E. 12 at night. However he was transferred back to France in December 1917 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, where he was posted to No. 2 Squadron flying from Hesdigneul in northern France. With Lt. Comber as his gunner, he was mentioned in dispatches for bringing down a Fokker and an observation balloon near Beauvin in January 1918. On 27th of March 1918 with his observer Lt. Arthur Hammond, in an Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 he destroyed an enemy triplane and but they were immediately attacked by eight more, three of which they brought down. However their plane was hit and burst into flames and both pilot and observer were wounded. McLeod, by side slipping steeply, tried to keep the flames away from his observer, and when the machine finally crashed in No Man's Land, the young pilot, despite his own injuries, dragged his comrade from the burning wreckage and under heavy fire carried him to safety. McLeod was wounded three times in the side and Hammond was wounded six times. Hammond lost a leg but was awarded a bar for his Military Cross. McLeod received the Victoria Cross. He returned to Canada to recuperate but sadly died from Spanish flu on the 6th November 1918. 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