Great War>The War in the Air

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site you agree to accept cookies. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation.     Site Home     Great War Home     Search     Add Stories & Photos     Library     Help & FAQs  Features     Allied Army     Day by Day     RFC & RAF     Prisoners of War     War at Sea     Training for War     The Battles     Those Who Served     Hospitals     Civilian Service     Women at War     The War Effort     Central Powers Army     Central Powers Navy     Imperial Air Service     Library     World War Two  Submissions     Add Stories & Photos     Time Capsule  Information     Help & FAQs     Glossary     Our Facebook Page     Volunteering     News     Events     Contact us     Great War Books     About Advertisements World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment

No. 34 Squadron Royal Flying Corps    No. 34 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps was formed from a nucleus from 19 Squadronn at at Castle Hooskow on 7th of January 1916. It proceeded to France in July 1916 as a reconnaissance unit and was later deployed to Italy. It was redesignated No. 34 Squadron, Royal Air Force in April 1918. 7th January 1916   No. 34 Squadron was formed at Castle Bromwich on the 7th of January 1916 from personnel from No. 19 Squadron. They moved to Beverley in March to complete their training and for conversion to the BE2 aircraft. They proceeded to France in July 1916 and operated in an artillery support role. 24th Jun 1916 Midnight News 8th Aug 1916 Aircraft damaged 21st Aug 1916 Aircraft damaged 29th Aug 1916 Aircraft Missing 10th Sep 1916 Aircraft Hit 14th Sep 1916 Aircraft damaged 17th of September 1916    23rd Sep 1916 Aircraft Lost 24th of September 1916    24th of September 1916    27th of September 1916 Attacks   29th of September 1916 Orders   16th Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged 22nd Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged 26th of October 1916 Orders 26th of October 1916 Orders   27th Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged 28th of October 1916 Orders 28th of October 1916  30th of October 1916 Orders   31st of October 1916 Orders 31st of October 1916  31st of October 1916 Orders   31st Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged 2nd of November 1916 Instructions 2nd of November 1916 Orders   3rd of November 1916 Orders   3rd of November 1916 Orders   4th of November 1916 Secret   9th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged 10th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged 21st Dec 1916 Observer Wounded 26th of December 1916  27th of November 1916  4th of January 1917  12th of January 1917  19th of January 1917    19th of January 1917  21st of January 1917  24th of January 1917  February 1917  6th July 1917  26th October 1917  17th November 1917 Squadrons assembled for operations 29th November 1917 Photographic Reconnaissance 26th December 1917  29th December 1917  RFC aerodrome bombed 26th March 1918  2nd July 1918 Assigned to support Italian artillery 3rd July 1918 New Squadron formed in Italy 22nd October 1918 Attack positions 22nd October 1918 Preparations for battle 27th October 1918 Battle of Vittorio Veneto 28th October 1918 Austrian army in retreat 4th November 1918 Cease fire ordered in Italy November 1919  If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about No. 34 Squadron Royal Flying Corps? There are:57 items tagged No. 34 Squadron Royal Flying Corps available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with No. 34 Squadron Royal Flying Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. Brewster John. 2Lt. Brown Robert. Cpl McConnell Hillis. Lt. Thom William Dorian. Sub.Lt. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 34 Squadron Royal Flying Corps from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2023 marks 24 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 22nd April 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 249285 2Lt. John Brewster 34 Squadron Jack Brewster served with 14 Wing in 34 Squadron. Leslie Nurden Add to this record. 247665 Cpl Robert Brown 34 Squadron Bobby Brown returned from Canada to join up, enlisting in December 1915. His knowledge of motor vehicles, rare at the time in Europe, led him to service as an engine mechanic. He served during the early part of the Somme offensive and was deeply affected by the terrible losses in the air. Never spoke about his experiences. He died aged 95. Add to this record. 227694 Lt. Hillis McConnell 34 Sqdn. Hillis McConnell served with 34 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

Links Suggest a link

The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.