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The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the Ministry of Defence. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [8]
The Royal Air Force Ensign is the official flag which is used to represent the Royal Air Force. The ensign has a field of air force blue with the United Kingdom's flag in the canton and the Royal Air Force's roundel in the middle of the fly. The RAF Ensign was introduced in 1921 after some opposition from senior members of the Royal Navy.
The badge was based on a design by a tailor at Gieves Ltd of Savile Row in London. It was first used in August 1918, and the original circlet showed a garter and buckle.The present plain circlet dates from 26 January 1923 when the badge was registered at the College of Arms and, it being noted that the garter and buckle were heraldically incorrect, a substitution was made.
Approval and design of badges extends to all units associated with the Royal Air Force; Regular, Reserve, Auxiliary and Air Training Corps. [27] Over 800 squadron and unit badges, carved from Welsh slate, are set into the floor of the central church of the Royal Air Force, St Clements Danes, London. [28]
The two separate army and naval air arms joined on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force (RAF). The British roundel design, with variations in proportions and shades, has existed in one form or another to this very day. [1] [2] The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF
The Royal Flying Corps and its successor the Royal Air Force have employed numerous versions of the roundel since then. By 1917, a thin white outline was usually added to the roundel, to make the blue of the outer circle easier to distinguish from the dark PC.10 and PC.12 protective dope.
Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force in World War II (5 C, 41 P) O. Operation Chastise (8 P) P. Royal Air Force personnel of World War II (8 C, 1,439 ...
No. 112 Squadron was a squadron of the Royal Air Force.It served in both the First World War and Second World War and was active for three periods during the Cold War.It is nicknamed "The Shark Squadron", an allusion to the fact that it was the first unit from any Allied air force to use the famous "shark mouth" logo on Curtiss P-40s.