THE R.A.F. BROADCAST
SIR,—Sir A. Sinclair on Sunday night, Match 28th, mentioned the names of several well-known men who helped on the Service which; from small. beginnings, is now the mighty R.A.F. He described how, at the time of the Armistice, it was the largest air force in the world. One name, however, was omitted: that of the man who built it up and commanded it from 1912-14, but was enly sent to France as Chief of Staff or Second in Command owing to his juniority. He did, however, command it (then the Royal Flying Corps, Military Wing) from 1914-15. After commanding* a Naval Wing at Gallipoli, he later returned, as Chief of the Air Staff, to the Air Ministry, 1918-19. In addition, he was a pioneer flyer in the most dangerous days, and his was the foresight and energy which made the R.F.C. into an instrument not only of reconnaissance, but also of destruction in war. This man is Major-General the Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Sykes, now a member of Parliament, whose leading part should surely be remembered.—Yours faithfully, (Capt.) ALBAN F. L. BACON. Burghclere, Hants.
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