Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: No. 52 Squadron ti Royal Flying Corps ni a ṣe bi squadron Reconnaissance Corps ni Hounslow Heath Aerodrome ni 15 May 1916. O gbe lọ si France ni Kọkànlá Oṣù ti ọdun yẹn, jẹ squadron akọkọ ti o ni ipese pẹlu Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. Ni akọkọ awọn squadron ni kekere aseyori pẹlu awọn oniwe-RE8s, jiya ọpọlọpọ spinning ijamba, ati awọn wọnyi adanu ni ipa awọn iwa bẹ Elo ti ni January 1917 awọn squadron swapped awọn oniwe-RE8s fun awọn Royal ofurufu Factory BE2s ti 34 Squadron. O tun ṣe atunṣe pẹlu R.E.8s ni May, ti n fo ni atilẹyin awọn ipalara ti o ni ipalara ni Ypres ni ooru yẹn. Ni March 1918 o jiya ti o tobi adanu flying ilẹ kolu sorties lodi si awọn
Ìkọlù Àsìá ilẹ̀ Jámánì ní March 1918. Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun náà di ara Royal Air Force nígbà tí Royal Flying Corps darapọ̀ pẹ̀lú Royal Naval Air Service ní 1 April 1918, tí ó sì ń bá iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ lọ ní Corps Reconnaissance fún ìyókù ogun náà. O pada si United Kingdom ni Kínní 1919, o tú ni Lopcombe Corner ni ọjọ 23 Oṣu Kẹwa ọdun 1919.