The RAF (The Royal Air Force)
The British Airforce was called the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still is now.
Royal Air Force (RAF)
General Douglas Haig was in charge of the British force on the Somme in World War I.
Douglas Haig was a British soldier, a British Field Marshal, and a British Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in world war 1.
British Expeditionary Force
In both World Wars, the name for the army was the British Expeditionary Force. Neither was initially very successful against the German armies. The force in 1914 was decimated, and the one in 1939-1940 had to be evacuated from Dunkirk.
Royal Air Force and Winston Churchill.
British Expeditionary Force.
I'm presuming that you're asking after the British/English air force - they were called the RAF (Royal Air Force) and primarily flew Spitfires and Hurricanes.
The Royal Air Force had numerous targets all through that long war.
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