The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from...
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other ranks who had previously supported the Royal Naval Air Service chose to be transferred to the RAF Royal Air Force. The WRNS was disbanded in 1919. At...
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This is a list of military aircraft used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). AD Flying Boat - 29 built Airco DH.4 Airco DH.6 Airco DH.9 Armstrong Whitworth...
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jointly with the Royal Air Force. The RAF was formed by the 1918 merger of the RN's Royal Naval Air Service with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps. The...
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Air Service (Imperial Japanese Navy) Netherlands Naval Aviation Service (Royal Netherlands Navy) Royal Naval Air Service (UK Royal Navy) Soviet Naval...
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of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines Reserve and Naval Careers Service. The Naval Service as a whole...
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The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service (RCNAS) was established in 1918 during the First World War in response to a Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) recommendation...
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The site also contains the Fleet Air Arm Museum, that showcases a variety of aircraft from the Royal Naval Air Service (1914–1918) until the present day...
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The Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS), also termed the Royal Naval Medical Service and branded as Navy Healthcare, is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible...
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officers qualified as pilots and flew aircraft and airships with the Royal Naval Air Service, whilst many RNR ratings served ashore with the RN and RNVR contingents...
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World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allied victory over the Central...
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Kingdom current naval air service. List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in...
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Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, also known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment...
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The Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a branch of the Royal Navy active during both the First and Second World Wars. The RNPS operated many small...
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established its own flying branch, the Royal Naval Air Service. The Japanese admirals, whose own Navy had been modeled on the Royal Navy and whom they admired, themselves...
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the operation of naval aircraft. Historically, RNAS referred to the Royal Naval Air Service, which was the aviation branch of the Royal Navy. This merged...
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to save space: RN - Royal Navy RNR - Royal Navy Reserve RNVR - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve RM - Royal Marines RAF - Royal Air Force MC - Military Cross...
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in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a list...
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The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's...
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The Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (RNXS) was a uniformed, unarmed, civilian volunteer service, administered and trained by the Royal Navy to operate in...
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built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant...
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main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons incorporated...
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sub-lieutenant. Naval pilots in the Fleet Air Arm (and earlier the Royal Naval Air Service) have wings above the curl on the left hand sleeve. Other Fleet Air Arm...
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College, Camberley, and the equivalent in the Royal Air Force was the RAF Staff College, Bracknell. The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was founded by an Order...
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administer the Royal Naval Air Service. In 1908, the British government had recognised that the use of aircraft for military and naval purposes should...
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the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). On 1 April 1918 the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was merged with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF)...
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Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on...
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Baby is a British single-seat floatplane that was operated by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) from 1915. The Baby (also known as the Admiralty 8200 Type)...
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sometimes titled as the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. In December 1915, after the Royal Naval Air Service had broken away from the Royal Flying Corps, Commodore...
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independent air forces, a naval aviation, or army aviation units. At the end is a separate list of no longer existent nations that once operated air forces...
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