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The following is a list of senior Royal Flying Corps generals. While officially general officers are not considered to belong to any regiment or corps (simply being "late" of their erstwhile regiment), in practice almost all the general officers ever to hold a Royal Flying Corps-related appointment gained their promotion to the general officer ranks in a Royal Flying Corps-related appointment and remained in such appointments until the creation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. Royal Flying corps generals them became Royal Air Force generals. Two officers took up Royal Flying Corps related appointments while holding general officer rank. They were David Henderson who was already a brigadier-general when the Royal Flying Corps was established and Edward Ellington was promoted to brigadier-general while serving on the General Staff of the British VIII Corps in France, prior to taking up appointment as Deputy Director-General of Military Aeronautics. Conversely Duncan MacInnes gained his promotion to brigadier-general while serving at the Military Aeronautics Directorate but subsequently served with the Royal Engineers. Ranks indicated are the highest rank the officer obtained while in the RFC. ==General officer appointments and incumbents== *Director-General of Military Aeronautics * *Sir David Henderson (1913-17) * *J M Salmond (1917-18) * *E L Ellington (1918) *Deputy Director-General of Military Aeronautics * *W S Brancker (1917) * *E L Ellington (1917-18) *Director of Air Organization * *W S Brancker (1916-17) * *L E O Charlton (1917) * *G Livingston (1917-18) *Director of Aircraft Equipment * *D S MacInnes (1916-17) * *W B Caddell (1917) * *A Huggins (1917-18) *General Officer Commanding the Royal Flying Corps in the Field * *Sir David Henderson (1914) * *''F H Sykes'' (1914) - did not hold general officer rank * *Sir David Henderson (1914-15) * *H M Trenchard (1915-18) * *J M Salmond (1918) - continued to hold equivalent post in the RAF until 1919 In late 1915 brigades started to be established in the RFC and so brigadier-generals were created. *Brigadier-General Commanding No. I Brigade * *E B Ashmore (1916) * *D le G Pitcher (1916-17) * *G S Shephard (1917-18) * *''C T MacLean'' (1918) - Temporary appointment, not a general officer * *D le G Pitcher (1918) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Royal Flying Corps generals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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