But the RAF wasn’t suddenly conjured up in 1918 out of nothing, before it, there was the Royal Flying Corps and to find ... aircraft and nearly 300,000 personnel. JOE CROWLEY:'Larkhill here ...

The Royal Flying Corps, which became the Royal Air Force in 1918, played an increasingly critical role in the fighting and a new type of hero was born, the flying ace. In the summer of 1918 ...