No. 5 Wing RAF

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Number 5 Wing of the Royal Air Force was a wing of aircraft squadrons which was originally established as the Fifth Wing of the Royal Flying Corps.

The Fifth Wing of the Royal Flying Corps was one of the earliest wings to be established. On 15 April 1915 No. 8 Squadron and No. 13 Squadron of the RFC were grouped together at Fort Grange, Gosport to form the 5th Wing. Major LEO Charlton, No. 8 Squadron commander, temporarily took command of the Wing until he travelled to France.^[1]

Later the wing saw action in the Middle East during World War I and it was disbanded on 1 April 1920.[1]

[edit] Commanders

• 15 April 1915 L E O Charlton[2]
• November 1915 Lieutenant-Colonel W G H Salmond[3]
• 1 July 1916 Lieutenant-Colonel P B Joubert de la Ferté[4]
• 5 February 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel A E Borton[5]
• 8 October 1917 Lieutenant-Colonel C S Burnett[6]

[edit] References

1. ^ Early Days - World War I - 1915-1920 (HTML). No. 8 Squadron Web Site (2006-09-04). Retrieved on 2007-11-03.