No. 41 Squadron Royal Flying Corps

   No. 41 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps was formed at Fort Rowner, RAF Gosport, in mid April 1916 with a nucleus from 28 Squadron RFC and was renumbered 27 Reserve Squadron on 22nd of May 1916. 41 Squadron was re-formed on 14th of July 1916 with a nucleus its original Squadron. It proceeded to France on 15th of October 1916 as a fighter unit. It was redesignated No. 41 Squadron, Royal Air Force in April 1918.

Mid April 1916 Squadron Formed

14th July 1916 New Squadron formed

October 1916   No.41 Squadron proceeded to France in October 1916 flying FE8s. Deployment to the front line soon showed that the F.E.8 was at a severe disadvantage compared with the German Fokker Eindekker fighter. The drag created by its tail ensured it was slower than the Fokker, and its light-weight construction made it vulnerable to attack both from other aircraft and from ground fire. It was nick-named Fokker fodder by its pilots and dead meat by the Germans. Pilots also soon learned not to use it for ground attack.

9th Oct 1916 Aircraft

15th Oct 1916 Move

20th Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged

20th Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged

21st Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged

23rd Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged

24th Oct 1916 Move

26th Oct 1916 Aircraft damaged

9th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

10th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

15th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

16th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

16th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

16th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

16th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

16th Nov 1916 Aircraft damaged

26th Nov 1916 Aircraft Lost

16th Dec 1916 Aircraft damaged

March 1917

24th May 1917 On the Move

15th Jun 1917 On the Move

July 1917

3rd Jul 1917 Move

6th Jul 1917 New Aircraft

22nd Jul 1917 New Aircraft

7th Aug 1917 New CO

7th Nov 1917 Re-Equipping

December 1917

7th Dec 1917 Re-Equipping

2nd Feb 1918 New CO

March 1918

14th Aug 1918

Nov 1918

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