No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 operates the Merlin HC3/HC3A

AgustaWestland EH101

The AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter for military applications but also marketed for civil use. The helicopter was developed as a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy...

 from RAF Benson

RAF Benson

RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station near Benson in South Oxfordshire, England. It is home to the Royal Air Force's support helicopters, the Aérospatiale Puma and the EH-101 Merlin, known as the Puma HC.Mk 1 and the Merlin HC.Mk 3 and Mk 3a....

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No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...

 was formed on 7 November 1915. Initially a training squadron it became a fighter squadron equipped with the Sopwith Camel

Sopwith Camel

The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter introduced on the Western Front in 1917. Manufactured by Sopwith Aviation Company, it had a short-coupled fuselage, heavy, powerful rotary engine, and concentrated fire from twin synchronized machine guns. Though difficult...

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After the end of World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 No. 28 was disbanded. It had claimed 136 victories. It numbered eleven flying aces among its ranks, including
future Air Vice-Marshal

Air Vice-Marshal

Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...

 Clifford MacKay McEwen,
William George Barker

William George Barker

William George Barker VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient...

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Harold B. Hudson

Harold B. Hudson

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James Hart Mitchell

James Hart Mitchell

Captain James Hart Mitchell was an English World War I flying ace credited with 11 aerial victories. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps during the war; he returned to his home regiment afterwards.-World War I:...

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Stanley Stanger

Stanley Stanger

Captain Stanley Stanger was a World War I flying ace credited with 13 confirmed aerial victories scored on the Italian Front. He was also noted for his ingenious escape from being captured by the Austro-Hungarians.-Entry into service:...

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Arthur Cooper,
Percy Wilson

Percy Wilson (aviator)

Captain Percy Wilson was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.-Reference:...

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Thomas Frederic Williams, and
Joseph E. Hallonquist

Joseph E. Hallonquist

Captain Joseph Eskel Hallonquist was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.When World War I began, Hallonquist was chief clerk of a bank in British Columbia. He joined the 19th Reserve Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, only to transfer to the Royal Flying Corps...

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No. 114 Squadron RAF

No. 114 Squadron RAF

-Formation and World War I:No. 114 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was formed In Lahore, India on 27 Sep 1917. It was equipped with the B.E.2 and Bristol F2B and operated on the North-West Frontier...

 in British India was renumbered as No.