Victor Maslin Yeates
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Victor Maslin Yeates, often abbreviated to V. M. Yeates, was a British fighter pilot in World War I. He wrote Winged Victory, a semi-autobiographical work widely regarded as one of the most realistic
Victor Maslin Yeates, passport photo in RFC uniform, 1918
Sopwith Camel.Type of First World War aircraft flown by V. M. Yeates
Victor Maslin Yeates, 1934
Fokker DVII.Type of First World War aircraft attacked by VM Yeates.
No. 46 Squadron RAF
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No. 46 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, formed in 1916, was disbanded and re-formed three times before its last disbandment in 1975. It served in both World War I and World
Victor Maslin Yeates
…Royal Air Force) in May 1917. He married in July 1917, at the age of 19 and while in training, to the disapproval of his parents. Initially serving with No. 46 Squadron, to which he was posted in February 1918, by then he had logged twelve hours of dual flying instruction and fifty-three hours solo, of which the last…
Heraldic badge of the squadron displayed on the Battle of Britain Monument in London
A scoreboard listing the claims for aircraft destroyed by No. 80 Wing between July and November 1918.
AOC presents Squadron Plaque to 46 Squadron at RAF Kenley, 1938.
Hurricane Mk I of 46 Squadron during the Norwegian Campaign, May 1940. This aircraft was abandoned in Norway