Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhamba 52 Squadron yeRoyal Flying Corps yakaumbwa seCorps Reconnaissance squadron paHounslow Heath Aerodrome musi wa15 Chivabvu 1916. It akatamira kuFrance muna November gore iroro, ari squadron wokutanga vakapakata Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. Pakutanga chikwata akanga zvishoma kubudirira pamwe R.E.8s ayo, kutambura zvakawanda spinning tsaona, uye nokurasikirwa izvi zvakakanganisa mweya zvokuti muna January 1917 chikwata swapped R.E.8s ayo nokuda Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s pamusoro 34 chikwata. It re-vakagadzirira zvakare pamwe R.E.8s muna May, achibhururuka kutsigira vakabatana offensives pana Ypres kuti chirimo. Muna March 1918 yakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru ichibhururuka pasi kurwisa kurwisa kweGermany Spring Offensive
Muna March 1918. The dzechikwata akava chikamu Royal Air Force apo Royal Flying Corps akabatanidzwa Royal Naval Air Service musi 1 April 1918, kuramba Corps Reconnaissance basa, nokuti vakasara hondo. Yakadzokera kuUnited Kingdom muna Kukadzi 1919, ichiputswa paLopcombe Corner musi wa23 Gumiguru 1919.