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Offline dennford

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Re: 42 squadron
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 10 November 05 00:11 GMT (UK) »
Mack,
       I,m sure you'll correct me on this, but wasn't the R.A.F. formed in 1918 - so if 42 sqdn was formed in 1916, was it R.F.C. or R.N.A.F.?
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Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell

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Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
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Re: 42 squadron
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 10 November 05 08:04 GMT (UK) »
hiya denn,it was the RFC in 1916,then the RAF in april 1918,mack
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Re: 42 squadron
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 10 November 05 09:11 GMT (UK) »
So!
        Am I correct in thinking that the R.A.F. has a sqdn that is older than itself?
                                               Denn
Ford, Baines, Dixon, Platts, Peat, Proctor, Rotherforth, Dakin/Daykin, Sales, Beech, Hall, Parkin, Nightingale. ----- Harthill, Waleswood, Woodhouse-mill, Whitwell

South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire

Torremocha, Candog, Ramos, Reyes, Rodrigueus
-------Philippines --- Bohol
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