RFC in Macedonia

Which RFC/RAF units were stationed in Macedonia as well as any French units?Also what planes were they using?

47 Squadron, 17 Squadron, and 150 Squadron. There may well have been others. BE2, Armstring-Whitworths. You could consult the reprint of H.A.Jones' Over the Balkans and South Russia.

[Graeme]

17 Sqn started the ball rolling in July 1916, arriving at Mikra Bay, near Salonika with BE2cs, BE12s and Bristol Scouts. Spads were received in July 1917 and supplemented with Nieuport scouts in August. In December the Spads were replaced with SE5as. In March/April 1918, the unit re-equipped with Armstrong Whitworth FK8s and used these to the end of the war.

47 Sqn arrived in Salonika on 20 September 1916 equipped with BE2s and BE12s. DH2s were used between February and December 1917, Vickers FB19s June 1917 to February 1918, SE5as November 1917 to April 1918, Bristol M1c February to April 1918, AW FK8s February 1917 to the end of the war and DH9s August 1918 to the end of the war.

A flight from each of these squadrons was detached to form No 150 Sqn on 1 April 1918, the unit using Nieuport 17s, Camels, SE5as and Bristol M1cs.

As an aside, while both 17 and 47 Sqns arrived in Macedonia in 1916, neither Sqn suffered an operational casualty in that theatre in that year. But the bête noire of that area, malaria, claimed its first victim, an AM in 17 Sqn.

[Graeme]

According to Henshaw (The Sky Their Battlefield) 2nd Lt D D Fowler, 17 Sqn, was wounded by anti-aircraft fire on 5 October 1916, the sole RFC air casualty in that theatre that year.