In the autumn of 1915, the Germans began producing the Fokker monoplane and in the following months would prove themselves a nuisance for the artillery observation machines.
As a result, General Trenchard decided to form some new scout squadrons to counter the new threat: one of them was No. 60 Squadron.
Formed from No. 1 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron and organised in April 1916, No. 60 Squadron would be in France within a month, equipped with the French Morane Type N.
Following the Somme campaign, No. 60 Squadron re-equipped with the Nieuport Scout; they went on to participate at Arras, Passchendaele and in the March 1918 offensive.
By war’s end the squadron’s members had been awarded 1 Victoria Cross, 5 Distinguished Service Orders, 1 Bar to DSO, 37 Military Crosses and 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and claimed over three hundred aerial victories.
‘Sixty Squadron R.A.F.’ is a classic squadron history of World War I.
Group Captain A. J. L. Scott C.B. M.C. A.F.C. (1884-1922) was a New Zealand-born officer in the Royal Flying Corps, and subsequently the Royal Air Force. Originally an officer in the Sussex Yeomanry, he transferred to the R.F.C., becoming a flight commander with No. 43 Squadron, commander of No. 60 Squadron and later commandant of the Central Flying School. He was noted for being Winston Churchill’s flying instructor.
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As a result, General Trenchard decided to form some new scout squadrons to counter the new threat: one of them was No. 60 Squadron.
Formed from No. 1 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron and organised in April 1916, No. 60 Squadron would be in France within a month, equipped with the French Morane Type N.
Following the Somme campaign, No. 60 Squadron re-equipped with the Nieuport Scout; they went on to participate at Arras, Passchendaele and in the March 1918 offensive.
By war’s end the squadron’s members had been awarded 1 Victoria Cross, 5 Distinguished Service Orders, 1 Bar to DSO, 37 Military Crosses and 3 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and claimed over three hundred aerial victories.
‘Sixty Squadron R.A.F.’ is a classic squadron history of World War I.
Group Captain A. J. L. Scott C.B. M.C. A.F.C. (1884-1922) was a New Zealand-born officer in the Royal Flying Corps, and subsequently the Royal Air Force. Originally an officer in the Sussex Yeomanry, he transferred to the R.F.C., becoming a flight commander with No. 43 Squadron, commander of No. 60 Squadron and later commandant of the Central Flying School. He was noted for being Winston Churchill’s flying instructor.
Albion Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
