No. 112 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

No. 112 Squadron formed at Throwley on the 30th of July 1917 and was engaged in a home defence role equipped initially with Sopwith Pups. In April 1918 it was redesignated No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

30th July 1917 New Home Defence Squadron formed

20th May 1918 Bombers brought down

12th June 1918 Night Fighter Squadron formed

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Flt Commander Christopher Joseph Quintin "Flossie" Brand DFC. 1 Squadron

Quintin Brand was born in Kimberley, South Africa on 25th May 1893. He joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, but in 1915 he travelled to England where he joined the Royal Flying Corps. He obtained his pilot's licence and was posted to No. 1 Squadron RFC in France as a Flight Commander. He claimed 7 victories over German aircraft before being posted back to England in February 1918.
Brand was appointed commander of 112 Squadron based at Throwley in Kent. This was a home defence night fighter squadron equipped with specially modified Sopwith Camels.
In June 1918 he was appointed commander of No. 151 Squadron RAF at Fontaine-sur-Maye in France, a night fighter squadron formed to combat German night raids over the Western Front. The squadron downed 26 German aircraft with Brand himself shooting down four. At the end of hostilities he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, having been the highest scoring RAF night fighter pilot of the war.
Brand worked in aviation through the interwar years and served in the RAF in the second world war, attaining the rank of Air Vice Marshall. He retired in November 1943 and lived in Surrey until 1950, when he moved to Southern Rhodesia. He died on 7 March 1968

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