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Mirror: "How The RAF Grew In 100 Years From One Navy Officer With A Pilot Licence To Today's Elite Fighting Force"

Thread starter soleil
Start date Mar 28, 2018

soleil

War Hero

Mar 28, 2018

"It all started when Lt George Colmore became the first Royal Navy officer to gain a Royal Aero Club Aviators Licence in 1910."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-raf-grew-100-years-12266188

onions

GCM

Mar 29, 2018

Best "April Fools" joke ever!

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