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Formed: September 1915 at Gosport
Mobilized: April 1916
Insignia:  
Aces: 27  
Victories: abt 390 Claimed
  Confirmed
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
22 Squadron was formed at Gosport in September 1915 and was posted to France in April 1916.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 England Samuel Thompson 30
2 Canada Alfred Atkey 29
3 England John Gurdon 28
4 England William Harvey 26
5 England Ernest Elton 16
6 England Frank Weare 15
7 Canada Carleton Clement 14
8 England Frank Gibbons 14
9 Canada Edwin Babbage 12
10 England Chester Thompson 12
11 Canada Hiram Davison 11
12 England Sydney Oades 11
13 Wales Herbert Beddow 10
14 Canada George Bulmer 10
15 England Stanley Wallage 10
16 England Leslie King 9
17 England Frederick Stanton 7
18 England James Bush 6
19 England T.W. Martin 6
20 England Rothesay Stuart Wortley 6
21 England William Wells 6
22 England John Aspinall 5
23 Canada Chester Duffus 5
24 England Cyril Hurst 5
25 England W.J. Mostyn 5
26 England Thomas Newsome 5
27 South Africa Ian Stead 5
1 F.E.2
2 Bristol F.2
Jul 1917
 
1 Gosport 01 Sep 1915
2 St-Omer 01 Apr 1916
3 Vert Galand 01 Apr 1916
4 Bertangles 16 Apr 1916
5 Chipilly 27 Apr 1917
6 Flez 01 May 1917
7 Warloy 05 Jul 1917
8 Izel-le-Hameau 05 Jul 1917
9 Boisdinghem 14 Jul 1917
10 Estree-Blanche 10 Sep 1917
11 Auchel 22 Jan 1918
12 Treizennes 02 Feb 1918
13 Serny 21 Mar 1918
14 Vert Galand 23 Mar 1918
15 Serny 09 Apr 1918
16 Masioncelle 30 Jul 1918
17 Izel-le-Hameau 22 Oct 1918
18 Aniche 26 Oct 1918
 
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