Naval Eight's Eyes

摘要

To aid the hard-pressed Royal Flying Corps squadrons on the Somme, the Admiralty pledged 18 aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service on October 25,1916. To do so, flights from each of 1, 4 and 5 Wings were combined to form 8 Squadron RNAS, commanded by Sqn Cdr [a RNAS rank] Geoffrey Bromet. As part of 22 Wing, 'Naval 8', as it became known, was based at Vert Galand in north-west France and began patrols over the Somme at the beginning of November.