Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I hangaia te No. 52 Squadron o te Royal Flying Corps hei squadron Reconnaissance Corps i Hounslow Heath Aerodrome i te 15 o Mei 1916. I nekehia atu ki Parani i te marama o Noema o taua tau, ko te roopu tuatahi i whakauruhia ki te Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. I te timatanga kaore i tino angitu te kapa me ona R.E.8, he maha nga aitua hurihuri, ana ko enei ngaronga i pa ki te wairua i te marama o Hanuere 1917 i whakawhitihia e te kapa tana R.E.8s mo te Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2s o 34 Squadron. I whakauruhia ano ki nga R.E.8 i te marama o Mei, e rere ana hei tautoko i nga whakaeke a te hoa ki Ypres i taua raumati. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1918, he nui te ngaronga i nga rererangi rererangi rererangi ki te whakaeke i te Tiamana Spring Offensive
I te Poutu-te-rangi 1918. I uru te kapa ki te Royal Air Force i te wa i whakakotahitia ai te Royal Flying Corps me te Royal Naval Air Service i te 1 o Aperira 1918, i haere tonu i te mahi a te Corps Reconnaissance, mo te toenga o te pakanga. I hoki mai ki te United Kingdom i te Hui-tanguru 1919, i whakakorehia i Lopcombe Corner i te 23 Oketopa 1919.