| LC control no. | n 80125866 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps |
| See also | Successor: Great Britain. Royal Air Force Product of split: Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service Absorbed corporate body: Great Britain. Army. Air Battalion |
| Biography/History note | The Royal Flying Corps was constituted on April 13, 1912. On April 1, 1918 the Royal Flying Corps was merged with the Royal Naval Air Services to become the Royal Air Force. |
| Beginning date | 1912-04-13 |
| Ending date | 1918-04-01 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Found in | LC manual auth. cd. (The Royal Flying Corps was constituted by a royal warrant on April 13, 1912, and on May 13, 1912, it absorbed the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers (formed Apr. 1, 1911). On July 1, 1914, the naval wing of the Royal Flying Corps became the Royal Naval Air Service, the military wing continuing as the Royal Flying Corps. On Apr. 1, 1918, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were again merged as the Royal Air Force) Canadiana, September 5, 2019 (heading: Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps; variants: Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service; Grande-Bretagne. Royal Flying Corps) |
| National bib agency no. | 0053B3740E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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