Five Squadron came into being when 3 Squadron detached a single Flight to Farnborough, Hampshire to form the cadre of a new unit commanded by Maj John 'Jack' Higgins. It was July 26, 1913 and by the time war was declaredagainst Germany on August 4,1914, the unit comprised three self-contained Flights: A and B under captains D G Connor and R Grey respectively, with eight Henri Farman HF20s and Capt G I Carmichael's C Flight boasting four Avro 504s.
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机译：当3个中队分开了一个飞往法国杰克的汉普郡的一个飞行时，五个中队陷入了一架飞行，以形成由Maj John'Jack'Higgins命令的新单位的干部。 这是1913年7月26日，并在时代宣布 对阵德国8月4日，该单位分别包括三个独立的航班：A和B分别为船长D G Connor和R雷，其中八个Henri Farman HF20S和CAPT G i Carmichael的C Flight拥有四个Avro 504s。
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