R.N.A.S.
abbreviation
Royal Naval Air Service.
R.N.A.S.
Americanabbreviation
British.
RNAS
British
abbreviation
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Royal Naval Air Service(s)
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Royal Naval Air Station
Example Sentences
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Wandered down to Vlamertinghe this morning early to see about some sandbags, and while I was there I met that flying wallah Petersen in the R.N.A.S.
From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
In the earlier part of the war, in addition to its main duties, the R.N.A.S. ventured in many directions, many of them of considerable value to the Army, as, for instance, at Antwerp.
From Aviation in Peace and War by Sykes, Frederick Hugh, Sir
Barry Pain, R.N.A.S.; and just short of a dozen others.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
The great feat of Sub-Lieutenant R. A. J. Warneford, R.N.A.S., who single-handed attacked and destroyed a Zeppelin, has already been referred to in Chapter XIII.
From The Mastery of the Air by Claxton, William J.
The R.N.A.S. during the year carried out many long distance reconnaissance and bombing operations over Constantinople and the vicinity.
From The Crisis of the Naval War by Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl
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