Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa Squadron na 52 na Royal Flying Corps a matsayin Squadron Reconnaissance Squadron a filin jirgin sama na Hounslow Heath a ranar 15 ga Mayu 1916. Ya koma Faransa a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, kasancewar shi ne karo na farko da aka sanye da Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. Da farko rundunar ba ta da nasara sosai tare da R.E.8s, suna fama da haɗari da yawa, kuma waɗannan asarar sun shafi halin kirki sosai cewa a cikin Janairu 1917 rundunar ta musanya R.E.8s don Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s na 34 Squadron. Ya sake sakewa tare da R.E.8s a watan Mayu, yana tashi a cikin goyon bayan abokan adawa a Ypres a wannan lokacin rani. A watan Maris na shekarar 1918 ya sha wahala asarar nauyi a cikin jirgin sama na kai hari a kan kasar.
Harin Bajamushe na bazara a watan Maris 1918. Squadron ya zama wani ɓangare na Royal Air Force lokacin da Royal Flying Corps ya haɗu da Royal Naval Air Service a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1918, yana ci gaba da rawar da Corps Reconnaissance, har zuwa karshen yakin. Ya koma Burtaniya a watan Fabrairun 1919, ya rushe a Lopcombe Corner a ranar 23 ga Oktoba, 1919.