The table below lists the independent aircraft flights of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) which were given alphabetical designations.
B, Palestine | RAF Aboukir | 1917 - December 1917 | B.E.2C B.E.12 | formed by re-designating an element of 23 Training Squadron | |
G | MAEE Helensburgh RAF Bowmore | 21 September 1940 – 13 March 1941 | Short S.23 Short S.26 | became 119 Squadron | |
H | RAF Ambala RAF Drigh Road RAF Ambala RAF Lahore | 25 August 1939 – 9 February 1940 January 1940 - October 1940 | Blenheim I | became 'W' Flight on 9 Feb 1940, formed Jan 1940 from an element of Battle Flight RAF, last known at Lahore | |
I | Fauquembergues, France Serny, France | 9 July 1918 – 14 January 1919 | F.E.2b B.E.12 | re-designated from Special Duty Flight, Royal Flying Corps | |
J | RAF Melton Mowbray RAF Cairo West | 28 September 1945 – 10 October 1945 | Stirling V | disbanded at Cairo West to become No. 1589 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF | |
K | Auxi-le-Château, France unknown Summit, Sudan RAF Aqir, Palestine RAF Melton Mowbray RAF Santacruz | 9 July 1918 - unknown 1 September 1940 – 1 April 1941 16 September 1945 – 10 October 1945 | R.E.8 Gladiator I Gladiator II Stirling V | re-designated from 'B' Flight No. 112 Squadron RAF 1 Sep 1940 at Summit; became No. 1588 (Heavy Freight) Flight RAF at Santa Cruz on 10 Oct 1945 | |
M | Hangelar, Germany | 6 October 1918 - August 1919 | F.2b DH.9 Fokker D.VII S.E.5a | ||
N | Vert Galand, France unknown | 18 September 1919 - unknown | F.2b | records begin on 18 September 1919 | |
O | Premont Farm, France unknown | 23 October 1918 - unknown | F.2b | date and location of disbandment unknown | |
P | Serny, France unknown Ismailia, Egypt Jeddah, Arabia | 29 August 1918 - unknown 9 June 1919 – 25 May 1919 | R.E.8 F.2b | date and location of disbandment unknown; formed at Ismailia from a detached Flight of No. 113 Squadron RAF | |
Q | RAF Ambala RAF Rednal | 25 August 1939 – 15 December 1940 October 1943 - January 1944 | Blenheim I Gladiator I Vickers Wellington | formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF; disbanded to become No. 4 Coastal Defence Flight, Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve disbanded | |
V | RAF Ambala RAF Juhu unknown | 25 August 1939 - unknown | Blenheim I Hawker Audax | formed at Ambala by re-designating an element of No. 60 Squadron RAF, disbanded finally at unknown location and date | |
W | RAF Drigh Road | 9 February 1940 – 15 December 1940 | Blenheim I | re-designated from 'H' Flight | |
X | Aqaba, Egypt RAF Haifa RAF Habbaniya RAF Abadan | 24 November 1917 – 19 October 1918 May 1940 - June 1940 6 June 1941 – 30 June 1941 16 July 1942 – 30 October 1942 | B.E.2C B.E.12 Bristol F2b Nieuport 17 Gladiator I Gladiator II | initially formed from Special Duty Flight RFC | |
Y | RAF Ambala RAF St. Thomas Mount unknown | 1917 | Blenheim I Audax | ||
Z | Istrana, Italy Villaverla, Italy Taganrog, Russia Rostov, Russia RAF Ambala RAF Dum-Dum | March 1918 - 3 July 1918 30 November 1919 - January 1920 28 August 1939 December 1940 | Bristol F.2b R.E.8 Blenheim I | formed, at Istrana, by re-designating an element of No. 34 Squadron RAF; re-formed at RAF Ambala, by re-designating an element of 60 Squadron |