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No. 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service



1st September 1914 RNAS stay at Dunkirk

4th September 1914 German officers ambushed

6th September 1914 RNAS reclaim Lille

8th September 1914 Marines provide reinforcements

12th September 1914 RNAS aircraft destroyed

19th September 1914 New base established

24th September 1914 French forces take refuge

30th September 1914  Reconnaisance aeroplane shot down

1st October 1914 In retreat

3rd October 1914 Reinforcements sent to Antwerp

13th Oct 1914 Docks

17th October 1914 Return to Britain

January 1915 Air defence

22nd February 1915 Move to Dunkirk

24th March 1915 Attack on Antwerp

12th May 1915 Taken PoW

17th May 1915 Zeppelin attacked over the Channel

7th Jun 1915 Zeppelins destroyed

21st June 1915 Naval air operations re-organised

1st December 1916 Redesignated

4th December 1916 Scouts shot down

1st February 1917 Sopwith Pup captured by German airforce

25th February 1917 Interned

6th April 1917 First Triplane losses

7th April 1917 Reorganisation of naval squadrons

16th April 1917  Photo reconnaissance

21st April 1917 Triplane success

23rd April 1917 Mass formation

23rd of April 1917 Dogfight

29th April 1917 Mass dogfights

May 1917 Shortage of pilots

18th May 1917 Triplanes shot down

1st June 1917 Superior numbers

4th June 1917 Dogfight

5th June 1917 Aeroplanes grounded

6th June 1917 Triplane victories

7th June 1917 Badly injured

8th June 1917 Two Triplanes shot down

6th July 1917 Triplane shot down

7th July 1917 Air forces redeployed

7th July 1917 Three aeroplanes shot down

21st August 1917 Combat Observation Patrol

3rd September 1917 Attacked by 6 enemy aircraft

13th September 1917 Pilot wounded

19th September 1917 Ground attack missions

20th September 1917 Ground fire

26th September 1917 Four Triplanes lost

5th October 1917 Pilot taken PoW

24th October 1917 Killed in combat

27th October 1917 Injured

1st November 1917 Return to Calais

12th November 1917 German aircraft shot down

15th November 1917 Dog fight

5th December 1917 Albatros shot down

March 1918 Air force reorganisation

17th March 1918 Australian shot down

26th March 1918 Naval aircraft moved to the Western Front

6th April 1918 German attack expected

11th April 1918 Pilot escaped injury

22nd April 1918 Dogfight

9th May 1918 Two aircraft shot down

25th June 1918 Pilot killed

4th July 1918 Fighter Ace

19th July 1918 Unhurt

1st August 1918 Shot down

8th August 1918 Railway gun captured

9th August 1918 Two fighter pilots lost

10th August 1918 American pilot killed

13th August 1918 Reconnaissance mission

2nd September 1918 Missing in Action

14th September 1918 Pilot taken PoW

27th September 1918 Two fighter aircraft lost

3rd October 1918 Air battle

27th October 1918 VC awarded

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Those known to have served with

No. 1 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Adlam L. Edwin. Flight Sub-Lieutenant (d.9 Sep 1917)
  • Gerrard DSC.. Thomas Francis Netterville. Flt Lt.

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Flight Sub-Lieutenant L. Edwin Adlam 1 (Naval) Squadron (d.9 Sep 1917)

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