Saved! 100 years of Search and Rescue
1915 saw RNAS pilot Richard Bell-Davies make the first recognised rescue of a person using an aircraft - an act that earned ...
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Jutland 1916
The Battle of Jutland was significant for the Royal Naval Air Service in that it was the first time an aircraft was used ...
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Fighting back against the Zeppelins
Enormous Zeppelin airships bombing mainland Britain added a new and terrifying dimension to the way wars were fought. ...
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The Navy's Air War 1914-18
When World War 1 began in August 1914, the newly formed Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) had 93 aircraft, six airships and ...
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