13 August 1914

After assembling with other RFC squadrons in the south of England, the Montrose-based No2 Squadron of the RFC took off for Amiens on the Western Front and were the first to land on August 13, 1914. Their Farman Shorthorns and BE2s had no armaments of any kind and they had no parachutes – at the time deemed “bad for morale”. The only means the pilots had to defend themselves was their service revolver.