No. 98 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

No 98 Squadron formed as a day bomber unit at Harlaxton on the 30th of August 1917 from a nucleus from No 4 Training Squadron. They moved to Old Sarum the next day to equip with DH9s. In April 1918 it was redesignated No. 98 Squadron, Royal Air Force. They proceeded to France in April 1918 and were at once engaged in repelling the German attack of Operation Georgette.

10th of July 1918 Training

30th August 1917 New Squadron formed

3rd April 1918 On the Move

11th Apr 1918 Operations

12th Apr 1918 Operations

25th Apr 1918 Aircraft Lost

3rd May 1918 Aircraft Lost

25th May 1918 On the Move

4th June 1918 Channel force reinforced

6th June 1918 On the move

11th June 1918 Attack on railway junction

24th June 1918

14th July 1918 Low Level Attacks

2nd August 1918 Move back to British lines

8th August 1918 Change of plan

8th August 1918 Attacks on aerodromes

8th August 1918 Lines of Communication Targeted

9th August 1918 Bridges bombed

3rd September 1918 Bombing raids

1st October 1918 Unreliable

30th October 1918 Air Battle

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2Lt. Irving Aloysius "I.A." Peers 98 Squadron

I.A.Peers Royal Aero Club Aviator certificate

I.A. Peers joined the Imperial Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and received his training at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. When sent to Europe, he was stationed with No. 98 Squadron, a bombing unit. His plane, an Airco DH9, was shot down over Belgium in 1918 and he was a POW in Rastatt, Germany for the duration of the war.
Upon his repatriation and return to the US, he enlisted with the Navy and was stationed in Great Lakes, Illinois for training. In March 1920 he deserted and went AWOL. Story is he became a barnstormer and because he was in trouble for deserting, he changed his name to Arthur J Doyle.
Eventually he changed his name back to Irving Aloysius Peers. I.A. was a door-to-door salesman. It's not known exactly why he kept moving west away from his Boston family but eventually he and his wife along with their children settled in Rochester, NY. Irving Peers died suddenly in 1948 at age 49.
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