Royal Air Force Officers’ Service Records 1918-1919

[Anneca]

National Archives now have Service Records, which can be searched and downloaded, of officers who served in the fledgling RAF during the Great war.

The collection in series AIR 76 consists of records of over 99,000 men and includes retrospective details of earlier service in the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Naval Air Service.

http://discovery.nat...tails?Uri=C2130

[jbw541]

Thanks for posting this. I will be researching a couple of men in the RFC/ RAF in the next couple of weeks and as a novice, I did not know where to start. Thanks. Joe.

[john-g]

Please note that if your man served in the RAF after 1919/20 then his record his record is still held by the RAF

john-g

[hmsk212]

These Air76 records have been available on the National Archives " Documents Online " for a couple of years

[Anneca]

I didn't know these had been available before now. The information was sent to me yesterday by email from National Archives, in their May enewsletter.

Anne

[researchingreg]

I've found the AIR 76 Record really good. However in the my researching my uncle who was a RFC/RAF Pilot the record did not show information about the time he served as an RFC engine fitter before he became a cadet. missing out about a years Army service. It did not even give the date of joining the Army. I wonder if there are other records I could look at?.

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I've found the AIR 76 Record really good. However in the my researching my uncle who was a RFC/RAF Pilot the record did not show information about the time he served as an RFC engine fitter before he became a cadet. missing out about a years Army service. It did not even give the date of joining the Army. I wonder if there are other records I could look at?.

The AIR/79 file should contain a file in respect of him as an engine fitter. The digitized AIR/76 files relate mainly to officers. See the UK National Archives' guides on the subject:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/air-79-record-information-sheet.pdf

[researchingreg]

Thanks Airshipped I will try and look at the AIR/79

[steven belfast]

Is there records of the ordinary men who served in ww1 in the flying corps

[Errol Martyn]

Yes, the AIR79 series, as mentioned above, but unfortunately not digitised for online access.

Errol

[steven belfast]

Thanks Errol bit of a minefield for me as I don't have a number for the man only a name

[Errol Martyn]

What be his name?

Errol

[steven belfast]

Thomas Ruddock from Belfast Errol

[Errol Martyn]

These are the only Ruddocks for which an AIR 79 record is held at The National Archives:

Frank Ruddock Balfour.

William Cameron Ruddock

George Ruddock.

Victor Ruddock.

Arthur John Ruddock.

Roland Ernest Ruddock.

However if you make a simple search for Thomas Ruddock on the TNA site a number of Thomas Ruddock names come up that relate to other types of 'non-air' files. One of them might relate to your query?

If you click on this link it may work and take you directly to the listing:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_aq=thomas+ruddock&_ep=&_or1=&_or2=&_or3=&_nq1=&_nq2=&_nq3=&_sd=&_ed=&_col=0&_sw=ref&_cr1=&_cr2=&_cr3=&_ps=15&_ro=any&_rd=&_rsd=&_red=&_fr=&_st=adv

Cheers,

Errol

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Steven, Errol,

There was also a Wilfred Waring Ruddock, who served with the Royal Naval Air Service and later the RAF