Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, was a British military officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the "F
Trenchard in RAF full dress c. 1930
Trenchard aged 14 as a militia cadet
After winning the Freshman and Novices' Cups for 1901
Trenchard (shown left) in South Africa
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The Royal Flying Corps was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force. During th
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
…School of Flying at Brooklands. He was subsequently appointed as second-in-command of the Central Flying School. He held several senior positions in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, serving as the commander of the Royal Flying Corps in France from 1915 to 1917. In 1918, he briefly served as the first…
RFC Cap Badge
Royal Flying Corps Sweetheart Brooch
Sopwith Camel
RFC Bleriot XI monoplanes at Netheravon, 1914